From the course: Time Management Fundamentals
Choosing the right calendar for you
- Now, let's cover the third principle, time. Specifically, consistently using your calendar to manage your time. It sounds simple, yet it deserves careful consideration. There are two main categories of calendar, paper or digital. Most people now are using digital calendars, which is what I recommend. But what about paper calendars? They're fast and they're simple, and there's something nice about writing your thoughts down by hand. If you choose to use a paper planner, get a weekly view planner that shows the hours of each day, so you can budget your time effectively. However, I don't recommend paper planners because they're bulky. They're also difficult to use for recurring appointments. If you have a meeting with your team at the same time each week, you're going to have to recopy that appointment over and over. And finally, if you lose that planner, you lose all that information. So I strongly recommend using digital calendar apps, ideally ones that sync across all your devices. That way, it's always up to date, close at hand, and your data is easily recoverable if you lose your phone. Now, the app you use is up to you. Choose something you're comfortable using. If your work uses a standard app for scheduling, it may be best to use that as your go-to calendar. Avoid using separate calendar apps for your work and personal life. Many apps allow you to create color-coded calendars that you can view overlapped on top of each other. That works because you can see everything together in one place. So if you haven't already, take a moment now to choose the calendar app you'll use going forward. If you haven't been using it much, you're about to become better acquainted.
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