Comments on: The One Hour Project: Do Some Preventative Maintenance http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/23/the-one-hour-project-do-some-preventative-maintenance/ Financial talk for the rest of us Sat, 16 Feb 2013 01:14:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: LaVonne http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/23/the-one-hour-project-do-some-preventative-maintenance/#comment-510086 LaVonne Fri, 06 Feb 2009 22:25:49 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/23/the-one-hour-project-do-some-preventative-maintenance/#comment-510086 I also use Google calendar to schedule household chores and a lot of other things. It’s great. I have a tasks calendar that I set up automatically to send me an email reminder for each thing I add to that calendar. That way, I don’t have to add a reminder to each task when I schedule it in. It works great. Then I can also add it to my tasks in gmail and that makes it harder to forget to do something.

]]> By: steve http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/23/the-one-hour-project-do-some-preventative-maintenance/#comment-314722 steve Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:21:09 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/23/the-one-hour-project-do-some-preventative-maintenance/#comment-314722 yes, scheduling things gets things done much better and makes for a less hectic life because things don’t break down on you when you need them the most.

Also, and slightly off topic, but i also use a computer calendar (google calendar) almost exclusively to send me reminder emails about billing cycle end dates and due periods. so i get and email that says, “discover card billing cycle ends today (the 18th), payment is due next month on the 13th”)

In combination with automatic bill pay set up in my checking account, it’s almost unbeatable.

]]> By: Jamie http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/23/the-one-hour-project-do-some-preventative-maintenance/#comment-76192 Jamie Mon, 24 Sep 2007 03:33:14 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/23/the-one-hour-project-do-some-preventative-maintenance/#comment-76192 Some (perhaps?) helpful hints: I’ve got my family using chorebuster.net. I schedule everything in that. It tells one of us to do the task and makes sure that the distribution of tasks is even. I also use the Days Since gadget in iGoogle to remind me how long it’s been since I did a certain task.

We tried Outlook, but I have so many darn things in my calendar, that some things get overlooked and forgotten.

]]> By: vh http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/23/the-one-hour-project-do-some-preventative-maintenance/#comment-76110 vh Sun, 23 Sep 2007 23:34:01 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/09/23/the-one-hour-project-do-some-preventative-maintenance/#comment-76110 Great idea to use your computer calendar to signal when it’s time to do these forgettable little tasks. Duh! Why didn’t I think of that??? It’s one of those excellent ideas that’s so obvious you don’t even notice it.

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