Like most people, I have a variety of
interests. In an effort to discover more time in my schedule, I
created a Google Calendar. In it I first put what I routinely do.
These were things that you sort of move through without thinking.
Then came things that you have to do like laundry, bathing, feeding
animals, making food, etc. Next came work hours. After all that, I
added things I make time for like watching football on Sundays. For
me that day also involves making the snacks that we eat during
football. For my husband, this is a very important part of the football experience. So anyway, since you are able to choose
colors for the entries, it makes it very easy to sort through at a glance.
While making an entry into a Google
Calendar, it asks you about notifications. This is where Google sends
you a notification about one of your created entries. This is done by
email at intervals that you decide, like if you want to be reminded you that you have an appointment, it will allow you to decide
how far in advance of the appointment you want a notification(s). If you're on your computer, it also sends you popups of the appointment. I thought that was pretty nifty.
It all sounded great to me. The
notifications could keep me on track. You see, one of my enduring
problems is that I get to concentrating on something and loose time
and then I'm trying to make up for it all day.
I completed my calendar and the funny
thing is a few days later my employer asked me to send them my
schedule. I thought really? I'm not going to make an entirely new and
separate calendar for them and what do I care if they know that I'm
up making dog food for my dogs or that I take a bath before I come to
work. It's not as though my life is that of an international spy. I'm
a housewife when I'm not at work. So, I just sent them the calendar
and told them “You are the green entries.” The next time I saw
our company President, she looked confused and said she just
“couldn't deal” with my calendar. I thought, "Well, no shit." Neither could I. I was still getting things done, but I was annoyed all day.
Here's the problem. I started feeling
that the notifications from the Google Calendar were harassing, more
so than my family members who wanted to know the status of the things
that I do for our family. I created the darned thing to help me find
more time. Instead, it was telling me that I'm always behind, like I
needed a reminder of that. I turned the notifications off. There, I found
more freaking time! Take that you popups.
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