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If you need someone else’s input, schedule a time to check in with them for their inputs if they don’t get back to you by X time.
Been using this for years and it has worked really well for me.
This is the essential principle behind Getting Things Done . If you’ve got to do something, and it takes more than 90 seconds, book time for it. If you need someone else’s input, schedule a time to check in with them for their inputs if they don’t get back to you by X time. Been using this for years and it has worked really well for me.
If your stress level is so high that doing nothing becomes a task you have to schedule ahead of time, you’ve got bigger problems than a calendar app can solve.
Some things, absolutely. Maybe you can even schedule most things when the stars align. But not all tasks fit into a calendar (think subtasks in a project that you don't know when you'll handle, if ever).
If all you have is the calendar hammer, then all tasks looks like nails.
To lists work really well, but I have to have a (at least) two-tier system. Stuff I'm doing now and a backlog. If all I've got is the backlog, it's too overwhelming
I don’t fill it with junk — “watching game of thrones” (wtf), but it’s filled with items that generally have a due date.
- due date for water bill
- due date for credit card bill
Then it’s repeated monthly.
I have my creditors setup to auto withdraw from a throwaway bank account (I only keep it funded with the amount needed to pay my bills). Calendar reminder is there to remind me to check if throwaway bank account is funded sufficiently.
I do kind of like the idea of a “done” calendar which will give a better visual indication rather than just dismissing the cal notification
I have replaced my calendar with todos. But not to the extent of this author. I don’t fill it with junk — “watching game of thrones” (wtf), but it’s filled with items that generally have a due date. - due date for water bill - due date for credit card bill Then it’s repeated monthly. I have my creditors setup to auto withdraw from a throwaway bank account (I only keep it funded with the amount needed to pay my bills)…
Moving everything to a calendar immediately becomes background ignore noise for me and it's even worse because it comes from that bothersome box the phone
I have replaced my calendar with todos. But not to the extent of this author. I don’t fill it with junk — “watching game of thrones” (wtf), but it’s filled with items that generally have a due date. - due date for water bill - due date for credit card bill Then it’s repeated monthly. I have my creditors setup to auto withdraw from a throwaway bank account (I only keep it funded with the amount needed to pay my bills)…
TIL throwaway bank accounts are a thing.
Many stories of creditors auto withdrawing more than what was authorized. If a creditor was supposed to be paid $100, but somehow they withdrew $10,000.
I’ll be out of that money for an unspecified moment of time. By having a minimally funded bank account, that withdrawal attempt for $10K will get declined.
Unfortunately in USA, ACH (direct debit or credit) transactions do not have the same protections as debit or credit cards.
As a neurodivergent, the idea of scheduling this tightly makes me physically sick. I do need structure, even to the point of "I'm going to veg for two hours", but having it in a calendar entry will make me immediately ignore it. To lists work really well, but I have to have a (at least) two-tier system. Stuff I'm doing now and a backlog. If all I've got is the backlog, it's too overwhelming