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> 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 f
by JoshTriplett 1y 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.
- ryandvm 1y agoSame. Calendar events, reminders, and timers are the only way anything in my life gets done.
- taco_emoji 1y agoI also have ADHD!
- FirmwareBurner 1y agoI doubt only ADHD people are aided by this. Lots of people are just busy nowadays juggling home, work, kids, friends, hobbies, errands, etc.
- aembleton 1y agoI don't have ADHD but also do this. I just forget stuff too easily.
- dmd 1y agoI'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 1y agoI 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?
- jhickok 1y agonot 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.
- dmd 1y agoI 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?
- SirMaster 1y agoIt's simple, I don't have things like that that I need to do on any sort of daily basis. I have a work calendar for work meetings, but never saw a need for personal calendar. OK sure I put doctor and dentist on my personal calendar, but dentist is 2x a year and doctor is like once a year for a physical. On my personal calendar I might have a dozen things put on it for the whole year. Some upcoming family event, some wedding, etc.
- dmd 1y agoI probably have 20-30 “personal”events a week. But that’s because I have two kids.
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- buu700 1y agoI'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.