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ButterflyEffect  ·  3752 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Locked out of my house 🔐 what stupid things do you never prepare for

Forgetting about things in my schedule. Starting to use a calendar and planner much more often to keep track of everything.

Is that a lock and key icon in the title or am I going even crazier than I already am?





mknod  ·  3752 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Calendars are hard to consistently use. I have no idea how they've been so successful through the years.

The lock/key is from my phone's keyboard (swiftkey) which automatically chooses an emoticon if it matches the word, by the time it posted i didn't notice.

user-inactivated  ·  3752 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Basically how I use mine is by compartmentalizing every part of my life and set it on repeat. It makes me suuuuper productive, especially partnered with Wunderlist.

Still need to add "Homework" and "Watch Hannibal" in there.

_refugee_  ·  3752 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I am thinking about starting to block out my time in half hour or hour long increments and devote each to a task or activity or whatever. How do you find this works for you?

user-inactivated  ·  3752 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Pretty well, as long as I stick to it. Once you get into a rhythm, it becomes second-nature. No room for excuses, and I find that I'm the type of person that needs everything planned out, or I'll end up doing nothing.

_refugee_  ·  3752 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I procrastinate/"stretch available work to fill allotted time" and I am trying to get better at that. AKA do things right away even if I know I could start three days later and finish in time.

ButterflyEffect  ·  3752 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I use mine primarily to remember when and where I have meetings, when which homework assignment is due, and when I have tests. I also keep track of which concerts I'm going to in the same calendar .

I don't go quite as hard as 8bit in the calendar life, but I can see how that could be beneficial.

thenewgreen  ·  3752 days ago  ·  link  ·  

What lock and key? ....

Yeah, I was wondering about that too. I don't think I've ever seen an image in a post before. Not a fan