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Comment by JoshTriplett

5 days ago

> If I'm going to the cinema or baseball or any other event... I don't have it in any calendar.

If I don't have it in my calendar, it doesn't happen. I would fail to actually go to the event otherwise.

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dmd  5 days ago

I'm calendar-driven to such an extent that I joke that all it would take to murder me would be to insert "jump off a cliff" in my calendar.

  • SweetSoftPillow  4 days ago

    I never use a calendar; most days, I don't even know what day it is. So, your approach is very interesting to me. Could you please tell me more about what your day looks like on the calendar? How detailed is it, and do you do this even on holidays?

    • dmd  4 days ago

      I think you're reading more into this than I meant. For example, today:

          [todo/home] clean air filters
    [todo/home] take out trash
    [todo/home] refill [daughter]'s medication
    [work] 9:30 meeting with [person]
    [home] 10:30 doctor appt @ 313 river
    [home] 11:30 [daughter] dropoff at middle school orientation
    [work] 13:45 meeting with [person]
    [home] 16:00 [daughter] cello lesson
    [todo/work] 16:45 check if zpool is done resilvering
    [home] 19:30 ?outdoor contradance @ c?

      I cannot imagine how people operate without a calendar. How would you remember a half dozen or dozen things, every day, some of which might have been scheduled weeks or months in advance?

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    • jhickok  4 days ago

      not OP, but the only way for me and my 3 kids (2 high school, 1 junior high) to keep everything straight between appointments, sporting events and practice, work schedules (2 kids have jobs) is to use a shared calendar. We learned early a few things, like 1. don't get cute and put padding because you are worried about being late, it messes with other people 2) don't put reminders, they confuse people 3. if it isnt in the calendar, it isnt happening

      We used our calendar for a recent road trip to keep everything sorted. Even on vacations, if you are doing more than chilling at a campsite, it can be very useful for the same reasons.

buu700  4 days ago

I'm in between. I do use a calendar for pre-planned personal outings, but more for blocking off dates/times than tracking details. If I hide work meetings, pretty much my entire calendar is just a bunch of events generically named "Balls" with no other information. Occasionally I'll use someone's name or the name of a travel destination.