I have always been a bit of a diary keeper, not to record my thoughts, but to keep track of appointments. (And I keep those calendars and diaries for years, but confessions about my hoarding will keep for another day.)My immediate problem has been that in some ways I have been over-organised. The problem is that I use a Filofax, my iPad, my phone and my computer calendar to keep track of stuff. I also have a couple of hanging calendars but thankfully I don't put anything on them and I just look at the pictures or check a date if I am in the kitchen - yes, I have two in the one room.
I have tried syncing the electronic calendars but that doesn't seem to work properly. As I don't just use one product they don't all recognise each other so I get a mishmash on each device. I know the answer to that would be to use one type of electronic calendar so they would happily sync but I have only just thought of that solution as I have been writing!
Anyway, I decided to use my home computer's calendar (Outlook) as my main recording device. Yesterday I updated all the entries for the next two weeks from my Filofax to Outlook. And because I often have to show my Mum what she has scheduled, I printed out the diary to keep with me.
In theory this should make life a bit easier for me. I will just update the one electronic calendar. Since I got my iPad I have been using my phone less and less for scheduling stuff anyway. Of course, all this might change as I am doing an iPad course later this week and scheduling and sharing between devices is top of my list of questions to ask the instructor.
Any and all ideas on how to keep track of schedules will be gratefully received.
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