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How to make Monday less of a surprise?
sarah | Nov 4 2005
I've never been great with things like Monday morning meetings, appointments the day after vacation, birthdays on the first of the month... tasks that I need to flip a calendar page to see, or tasks that I think of as "next cycle." (Next week, next month, next project.) I tend to start my new cycle, get settled in a bit, then check the calendar and discover I've missed an appointment already. So far all my hedges against this still depend on me remembering and being good (look further ahead in the calendar, put "heads up" notes about appointments-at-risk in the tickler file, stick my fresh week's calendar in front of the breakfast cereal...). As much as possible I make appointments on Thursdays and the 10ths, but it turns out "as much as possible" is not that much. I just stood someone up (Saturday morning after being out of town), so I'm really ready for any ideas about systems, hacks or some more automated process. Any ideas, anyone? 4 Comments
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 For the first of the...Submitted by sabreuse on November 4, 2005 - 1:51pm.
For the first of the month problem, use a 4-week rolling calendar rather than one based on calendar months. Set up email or SMS alerts for your appointments rather than having to remember to go look -- especially first thing on Monday morning. Do a weekly review on Fridays, and make the next week's calendar a prominent part of it -- it doesn't cure the slow start on Monday problem, but at least you've got a structured time to make yourself flip that calendar page, so it won't be a complete surprise to you. » POSTED IN:
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