The following takes place between 12 am and 11:15 pm on Monday, February 16th.
Greetings readers…
I hope your week went well and if you celebrate Valentine’s Day, I hope it was all you hoped for. My particular weekend, for once, was actually quiet from Friday night through Sunday evening (shudders!). Where it became hectic was from THIS morning up until a particular point this evening (and Deb Lee knows why!).
I spent a great deal of time on Twitter, I have often said that it’s the best social media site I have EVER been on in the 10 years of participating on such sites. Just like last week, I came across (ironically) a tweet this evening which DEFINITIZES just how my evening has been going so far:
“I wanna write a blog but I don’t wanna write b/c I have so much reading to do. Why can’t I just make a multiple of myself? I’d be so productive.”
I know, AND BELIEVE, that cloning is unethical, but I tell you, if there was ever a night to be cloned, this would be a good one! What is so ironically funny about this tweet is I *FORGOT* (yes, me) that my contribution to Deb’s wonderful OTR Blog is *weekly*, not *monthly*! The moment Deb so pleasantly sent me a message asking if I forgot about my submission, I started freaking out!
All day long my Blackberry reminded me of calendar events I put in for today and later on this week. I looked at reminders in my planner to call a fellow musician who’s asked me to play on his next CD, as well as schedule a recording session here in two weeks. Oh yeah, the kids honor assemblies are two days this week! I came home to my Mac here in the studio and iCal similarly popped reminders up in front of me.
When I got Deb’s message, I had just started helping to flesh out a presentation for my 2nd grade son to give in class, my daughter (at my request BEFORE Deb’s message) brought her 8th grade math homework for me to check, and I promised to deliver a track to a new vocalist I am producing (and yes…iCal is STILL popping up MORE reminders at the same time!) This began to remind me of the candy factory bit in “I Love Lucy” when Ethel and Lucy lost control of their candy wrapping and boxing skills as the conveyor belt started moving faster and faster.
Prioritization skills to the rescue! I looked at the amount of time left to meet Deb’s deadline. I got the presentation done and this blog post done. Next will be to check my daughter’s math problems and finally record one small part to complete this track to send to my vocalist! Voila. Oh, one more thing. I need to place a recurring date entry on my Google Calendar, use Google Sync to place it on my Blackberry wirelessly, and then sync my Mac’s iCal calendar to receive the same. That entry – don’t forget your blog post for OTR! (smile)
Google Calender, iCal, and my Blackberry Calendar all do a good job of handling tasks, but I’d love for them to keep track of scheduled events. I’ll explore the various ways of how they can help me grab the most time efficiently and share my findings in the near future.
Have a great and productive week (without the cloning!).
All the best!
- Paper & Tech Team Up to Catch Time (dallisonlee.com/blog)
- Smart Use of Google Calendar (andreavascellari.com)
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