Too Many Calendars!

by on Apr 20, 2009

I just received an email from someone in my office that basically instructs us to update a shared Outlook calendar, which is fine and dandy. But, if we schedule something during the current month, we’re also supposed to pencil it in on the printed version of said calendar. This now makes five calendars I need to remember to update whenever I schedule something during the current month…

  1. Google calendar (personal & important work stuff)
  2. My desk calendar (record time off)
  3. My Outlook calendar (appts  & project due dates)
  4. Shared Outlook calendar (appts & vacation)
  5. Printed calendar (appts & vacation)

I guess I need to consolidate some of these, but the only one I can really give up is the desk calendar, but that comes in handy when all I need is the time I’ve taken off, so I can quickly update my time sheet at the end of the month. It would be nice if all of our Outlook calendars were synched, so there would be no need for a shared calendar, in turn eliminating the need for the printed version. Gotta love redundancy. Gotta love redundancy.

  • http://www.luxuryrentalsmiamibeach.com/ Setai

    I used to use google calendar but now my iPhone cal works more than fine – I have a software that displays tasks to do on the locked screen so it works perfectly for me!

  • http://drivelocity.com drivelocity

    Setai, Unfortunately, I’m stuck in a contract & don’t want to pay full price for a new phone, otherwise, I’d want to try something like that…

  • http://www.gry-dla-dzieci.eu gry-dla-dzieci

    Oh man, this really sucks. I have 2 calendars I need to update regularly and even this is a pain… can’t imagine having 5 !
    My advice would be to limit yourself to 2 calendars too – one would be the shared Outlook one, as it’s necessary for work. The other – that depends, but I’ve found that you can get a calendar that would meet all your expectations even for an older, cheaper mobile phone – like my N95.
    Seriously, simplify where you can, this will save you a lot of time and stress.

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    Ohh,i feel that 5 calendars are TOO MANY…
    1 is ok,good,nice,2 are bearable but what about 5,no,no,i dont like it…lolz!