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How to use a calendar by tehmorp

"easy when I had the right tools"

How I did it: I used iCal on my OS X laptop. It's so easy, it just sits right there in my dock and everytime I think of anything or need to check it, I whip out my laptop and update the calendar.

I just wish there were a way to check things off on the calendar when I'm done with them without actually deleting them, because I'd like to keep a record of what I've done but also not have it show up in my main view anymore.

I guess I'll just start a calendar called "done" and when things are done, I'll just change them from, say, the finance calendar to the done calendar and see how that goes.

Lessons & tips: choosing a good tool is essential. my mom has been using a portable paper calendar for years, but that's never worked for me. it was having a laptop (specifically an iBook -- light and containing the dock so it's amazingly easy to open up this nice program) that really made me able to do this. My partner has a huge desk calendar that works for er.

Resources: iBook
OS X
iCal


 

Oct 02, 11:06AM PDT | 0 comments



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    I’m actually only on Day 8, but this is so entrenched in my life already thanks to iCal that I declare it a success. Also, its a subgoal for my larger goal “Go Paperless”, so it’s not as if it will fall off my radar when I do so.

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    Day 1/Success Criteria 3 months ago

    I’ve actually been doing this for several days now, but my success criteria is:

    1) Look at the calendar every morning when I wake up for 30 days
    2) Whenever I think of something that has a due date associated, put the event on the calendar
    3) Pay attention to alarms

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