How do u manage agendas?

aphillipsr · January 2013

Hi!!! I have a question, how do u manage the caotic agenda of work + personal + kids schools?? I have a caos and the different colors and different calendars just makes it all a mess! I need tips, advice! Im missing meetings, and just going crazy all day! I keep getting everyones facebooks birthdays but not the important stuff, and sometimes I miss the emails for the meetings people want to schedule...

How do u do it?

Thankx!

Manateearmz · January 2013

I set reminders on my electronic calendars (email or phone), I put important appointments on the refrigerator and I write it all on a calendar I hang in my laundry room.

honeybee111 · January 2013

DH and I use Google calendar as our family calendar. We just put everything(personal, doctor's appt, DD's school stuff, etc.) on there and it will send an email notification to the other person - super convenient. Our work calendars are seperate - I'm a teacher, so I use my plan book as my agenda.

1026pumpkin · January 2013

DH set up our iPhones with a google calendar that we put all personal stuff into, any work travel, and anything before or after normal working hours so that we don't both plan to work late the same day. I have my work outlook calendar also synch with my phone, so I only need to look there to see everything.

also, the calendar entries are color coded for me, DH, and family and everythunhas reminders set.

whenever we get an invite, school schedule, etc., it goes right into the phone. I keep it with me while I open mail.

lexusolsen · January 2013

We have a calendar in the kitchen that most things go on. I keep a separate planner/ calendar for work (I am also a teacher). I often write my personal stuff in there as well so I can plan out my units. I don't want to collect essays from 150 kids the week before break or when I'm going to a training. Since I can't have my phone off of vibrate, I found I was missing the reminders when I tried to use the calendar on my phone.

KL777 · January 2013

I do it the old fashioned way. I write everything down on my bedroom wall calendar at home and I have a small desk calendar on my desk at work.

On occasion, I'll set alerts to my phone for personal or Microsoft Outlook for work.

asyph107 · January 2013

I put doctor's appointments on the home calendar, and my work calendar. I also set alarms on my phone for those types of appointments. All of my appointments, or the family appointments go into one day planner i have, and anything important for DH to know I write on the home cal or email him a reminder. And if I have a big work meeting I set an alarm on my blackberry cal to go off an hour before I have to be there that way I don't miss things.

No real system I just try to put info everywhere. I'd rather see reminders everywhere than forget stuff.

jcath · January 2013

I use an outlook calendar at work and put everything personal or business on there. Even if other people can access your outlook calendar you can hit the lock button and it becomes private. I sync my outlook calendar to a google calendar so I can access it on my iphone. If I tried multiple calendars or some electronic and some paper things would fall through the cracks.