Comments on: Out With The Old, In With The New: Set Up a Truly Useful Calendar http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/12/12/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new-set-up-a-truly-useful-calendar/ 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: Christine http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/12/12/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new-set-up-a-truly-useful-calendar/#comment-937817 Christine Sat, 05 Feb 2011 07:36:54 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/?p=6366#comment-937817 For Mary Nasfell, (#22)
I, like you have shared your feelings concerning my estate and heirs. I was ignored for a long time. You are not bad, simply hurt. I had never been very close to my family members until they became very ill. At that point I realized how important they were to me. Since they were reluctant to reach out to me, I made the decision to reach out to them. I now help them any way I can, as their suffering was too much to bear and witness. They are fine now after much treatment, but someone had to take the steps towards a better relationship. Much of the inviting is on my part, even now, but in the end, who cares.. we manage to spend time together, and how much time do we have left? I care very much about them, and discovered, when one hurts we all hurt. There is always one family member who is the glue who holds the others together. One who is the beacon of strength for all the rest…. the rock and anchor who holds it together. At the end of the day, we are judged only for the Love we have given, not the Love we received. I guarantee that your children love and need you very much. They always do. Perhaps the kids are longing for a beautiful relationship with you. As for your grandchildren, don’t let these years slip away. They need you too. Be the ONE to reach out to THEM and watch how they respond. I am a firm believer in maintaining a loving, generous spirit, which has been my guide in life. Any other way is not worth it and makes for a lonely life. My advice is to begin a new page, show all the love you have to give to those grandkids and the rest will take care of itself. Plan something special together, a dinner, event, etc. When it is all said and done, you will find a beautiful place for your estate. Wishing you much love and happiness… C.

]]> By: Bryan Buckley http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/12/12/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new-set-up-a-truly-useful-calendar/#comment-937291 Bryan Buckley Mon, 31 Jan 2011 04:17:55 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/?p=6366#comment-937291 I too have been using google calendars extensively. Thank you for sharing all the categories you are using, I broke my main calendar (everything not school, workout, or annually related) into a few more categories. Now it is much nicer to look at and more manageable!

The one bad thing about splitting everything up is if you need to do some collaboration with others using find a time (http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?answer=178219&ctx=tltp&hl=en) then you would need access to each individual calendar, right?

]]> By: Debbie http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/12/12/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new-set-up-a-truly-useful-calendar/#comment-933200 Debbie Sun, 19 Dec 2010 13:40:13 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/?p=6366#comment-933200 Love my Google Calendar and especially the reminder system.

]]> By: Mary Nasfell http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/12/12/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new-set-up-a-truly-useful-calendar/#comment-932960 Mary Nasfell Thu, 16 Dec 2010 00:40:35 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/?p=6366#comment-932960 Would like some advice about dividing my assets between my five children. One has two children, my only grandchildren, but I am not close with any of them. They don’t visit me, not even the one who lives in the same town I do and has my grandchildren. I am hurt and a bit resentful, and recently found out that one of my daughters expects me to divide my estate equally and she has already estimated her share. I am tempted to leave each child a few thousand dollars and put half of the remainder in trust for the grandkids, and spend or donate the rest. I wish I could feel better about giving it to my kids but I don’t. Is this bad?

]]> By: Briana @ GBR http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/12/12/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new-set-up-a-truly-useful-calendar/#comment-932745 Briana @ GBR Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:52:55 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/?p=6366#comment-932745 I love Google Calendar, but I haven’t made it my end-all-be-all of calendar. Currently I have 2 calendars on my desk: one Franklin & Covey my fiancee recently purchased for me, which is going to be dedicated strictly for my side projects, and another Staples brand that has my hourly appointments. I use Google Calendar to show me when I have an appointment I need a reminder of (I have my agenda e-mailed to me every morning) any upcoming events after work, and when bills are due (as well as birthdays). It may not be efficient for most, but it sure helps me. I was keeping all of my things on Google until I had a sync nightmare with my Blackberry that I’m STILL dealing with.

]]> By: Patty http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/12/12/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new-set-up-a-truly-useful-calendar/#comment-932734 Patty Mon, 13 Dec 2010 23:10:49 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/?p=6366#comment-932734 Also you get to share calendars so my husband and I can share the ‘Occasions’ (birthdays & anniversaries) with each other instead of having a motherinlaw or sisterinlaw missing from each others lists. Either of us can update events and see them but we can also have a peronally color coded calendar for personal or individual professional items. LOVE IT. Love it even more now that we both have droids and thus calendars on the go!

]]> By: Michael http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/12/12/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new-set-up-a-truly-useful-calendar/#comment-932697 Michael Mon, 13 Dec 2010 19:36:58 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/?p=6366#comment-932697 I too follow GTD, but I only use 4 calendars:

Work Hard Landscape
Work Possibly / Maybe
Personal Hard Landscape
Personal Possibly / Maybe

I use iCal, which is included with Mac OS X, but use Google Calendar as the back end fir my company, so I can turn on or off my employees calendars for planning around their schedules.

The ‘Hard Landscape’ calendars are appointments or other commitments that I’ve committed to doing at that date and time. Nothing goes on these calendars that I am going to miss unless something gets rescheduled.

The ‘Possibly / Maybe’ calendars are where I capture upcoming events of interest that I may want to participate in.

My calendar is never where I capture tasks or To Dos. I use OmniFocus for task management. Only things that are date and/or time specific make it here. This keeps my calendars clean(er).

On a side note…
I seem to have trouble getting this comment to post to your website. This is a last try…

]]> By: Aubrey http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/12/12/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new-set-up-a-truly-useful-calendar/#comment-932690 Aubrey Mon, 13 Dec 2010 18:49:13 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/?p=6366#comment-932690 I’ve been using the Flylady calendar (the 2011 calendar came out in time for the ridiculously early school year). No pictures, but BIG squares. In many ways, it’s my brain. It’s not just birthdays and anniversaries and appointments, it’s also got bill due dates, when it’s time for a new flea collar for the cats, it’s where I chart my weight, and the plan for dinner!

]]> By: the other Tammy http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/12/12/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new-set-up-a-truly-useful-calendar/#comment-932666 the other Tammy Mon, 13 Dec 2010 15:19:44 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/?p=6366#comment-932666 @lurker carl…I still use that ol’ calendar! :-)

My husband likes Google calendar for his business because it syncs with his Droid phone and he can access it anywhere, which is useful when he is on the road. He used to forget his day planner all the time, so this works better for him. Plus I can see it too!

]]> By: Gretchen http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/12/12/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new-set-up-a-truly-useful-calendar/#comment-932637 Gretchen Mon, 13 Dec 2010 01:47:01 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/?p=6366#comment-932637 If I don’t know a birthday well enough to actually already know it, I don’t need to do anything for it.
Ergo, it doesn’t need to be on a calendar.

(Carl and I use the same calendar.)

]]> By: lurker carl http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/12/12/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new-set-up-a-truly-useful-calendar/#comment-932636 lurker carl Mon, 13 Dec 2010 01:35:11 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/?p=6366#comment-932636 Does no one use the free hardware store calendar with big squares for each day and hang it in the kitchen for everyone to write their stuff on?

]]> By: kjc http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/12/12/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new-set-up-a-truly-useful-calendar/#comment-932634 kjc Mon, 13 Dec 2010 01:05:00 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/?p=6366#comment-932634 Notably absent on his list: a NaNoWriMo calendar!

]]> By: Cheryl http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/12/12/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new-set-up-a-truly-useful-calendar/#comment-932626 Cheryl Sun, 12 Dec 2010 20:52:42 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/?p=6366#comment-932626 I’ve used Now Up to Date and Now Contact for many years. Had lots more stuff on it when we had a business and my husband was working. Makes it easy to coordinate people and events.

]]> By: No Trust Fund http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/12/12/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new-set-up-a-truly-useful-calendar/#comment-932625 No Trust Fund Sun, 12 Dec 2010 20:16:02 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/?p=6366#comment-932625 Google calendar has change my life. Or more importantly, it has revolutionized scheduling between my husband and me. Like Kat mentioned, we have access to each other’s calendars and have a shared calendar and I love that we can both make commitments without having to consult with one another.

We also have another calendar for our daughter and her appointments. However, I had never thought of having a maintenance or birthday calendar. We may have to try this at our house! Thanks Trent.

]]> By: Katie http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/12/12/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new-set-up-a-truly-useful-calendar/#comment-932624 Katie Sun, 12 Dec 2010 20:12:58 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/?p=6366#comment-932624 This and the GTD series has reminded me that there are different kinds of people in the world – some people (Trent, apparently) feel liberated by rigid, scheduled systems; some people (me) feel suffocated by them. Nothing wrong with either type of person; you just have to know who you are and how you accomplish things, and then order your life accordingly. But trying to impose the wrong types of systems on your life — too rigid or not rigid enough — is going to be hellish and make you miserable.

]]> By: Interested Reader http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/12/12/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new-set-up-a-truly-useful-calendar/#comment-932623 Interested Reader Sun, 12 Dec 2010 19:54:32 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/?p=6366#comment-932623 Trent has talked about Google calendars and using multiple ones although I don’t think he listed eleven.

That just seems so excessive. How many boards and councils do you serve on? I don’t think you’ve ever mentioned that before.

]]> By: Rebecca http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/12/12/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new-set-up-a-truly-useful-calendar/#comment-932622 Rebecca Sun, 12 Dec 2010 19:08:49 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/?p=6366#comment-932622 @ marta, I agree, I am glad the GTD series is over. If I did stuff that way, I’d never accomplish anything.

I have a main family calendar on the kitchen fridge. It is actually a large desk one that I hang. Every thing goes on there, in pencil only. I say if it isn’t on there, it doesn’t happen. The only things not on there are our bills/ budget, which I have in a separate calendar with my desk. I even keep a note of what meals I planned for the week on the calendar in the kitchen. If my husb has mtgs at work I need to know about, ie he’s out of the office, he puts them on there, otherwise his work stuff is at work. That one calendar is more than big enough for everything, and if we have more than 2 or 3 things in a single day, I often seriously consider dropping one if I can.

]]> By: marta http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/12/12/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new-set-up-a-truly-useful-calendar/#comment-932620 marta Sun, 12 Dec 2010 18:25:44 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/?p=6366#comment-932620 I am sorry, but when I read posts like this and the ones about GTD and such, I can’t help thinking you lead an overscheduled and robotic life. At least, that’s the impression *I* am getting.

I keep a calendar too and all my papers are organised, but the systems you describe sound way too convoluted.

Someone else has brought this up already, but you wouldn’t need to worry about being late on bills if you automated those payments. And yes, of course you still need to be checking the invoices and the bank statements to verify if the money was actually debited. But that can be done regularly, just read the statements when you get them. It’s like brushing your teeth… do you actually need to put that on a calendar to get it done?

]]> By: kjc http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/12/12/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new-set-up-a-truly-useful-calendar/#comment-932618 kjc Sun, 12 Dec 2010 17:27:46 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/?p=6366#comment-932618 Seriously? ELEVEN calendars??

]]> By: Cathleen http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/12/12/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new-set-up-a-truly-useful-calendar/#comment-932616 Cathleen Sun, 12 Dec 2010 15:08:45 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/?p=6366#comment-932616 I do the same thing only with iCal on Mac which syncs with my iPhone, MacBook Pro and iPad all at once. I use it for business and personal calendars like talked about here, it’s great. I’m pretty visual so I like the color coding as well…

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