Me-Time Calendar

Been using Google Calendar for years, but your video definitely inspired me to reorganise everything. I’m in love with how it looks now! Thank you!

OMG I loved this! I’ve been using google calendar for the longest because I always have so much going on & I never thought of using the different calendars! It’s geniussss

you should’ve put atleast ‘for android/iOs’, please put the platform next time in title. Some or most people don’t read descriptions like me unless its short. I’m finding apps like this in pc platform. I didn’t find what I need.

Samsung Pixon 12 calendar apps is the best calendar apps ive ever had, assigning personal tones in every event is available on the apps that for me makes pixon12 calendar the best. Its year 2020 but tel now my phone is alive and make it as alarm and reminders.

I am working 3 days a week from 16:00 to 00:00 and I’m finding my self tired a lot as I go to sleep at 2 am on those days so I am tired and I get to be tired all day

Thank you Amy for this info! It would be interesting to also do a Graduate student’s perspective! As an undergrad i did not really develop a routine, or managed my time very well, and it has carried over to graduate school, but this info helps! Thanks again!

I use it pretty much the same as you. I only have two calendars, one I call “life” and one I call just calendar. the life one does NOT send me reminders, but i schedule there things like “breakfast”, “lunch”, “dinner”, “take a shower” and so on, because i need the visual representation of how long it takes me to do things (like getting ready in the morning with breakfast included). The seond calendar, it does give me reminders, and it’s for everything else, and I just color code the events (not build different calendars for categories). For me, gym (or exercise) is purple because everything that is “self care and fun” is purple (so, going out for a drink with a friend, going to the movies, going shopping, stuff like that). Anything related to my master’s degree is Red and Pink (the colors tomato and flamingo), the red is more urgent, the pink is less urgent, and since I usually work in two articles at once, then it helps me know what time is for which article. I also teach in college, so my classes are blue, and work related to them is either orange or yellow (orange for grading, yellow for prepping classes). Green used to be for the classes I had to take, so darker green for the actual class, and lighter green (mint, i think) for the work related to classes. Anything in the deep blue color is “life management”, so things like chores and grocery shopping and paying bills, and my life calendar (mentioned above) is lavender…. I don’t use the reminders and tasks either, i actually prefer microsoft to-do for the tasks, and i just schedule things in the calendar if i need a reminder. I do use, however, google keep a lot. For taking notes, for saving pictures, captions, quotes, links, anything. and you can put reminders on your keep notes, so it works fine for me, AND you can see everything you have on keep from your calendar when you are on the desktop version, so it’s really cool for me.

Sorry for the extra-long comment, I just love talking about my calendar, i’m really proud of it actually.
I found that scheduling even my times for relaxation/reading/going to bed, helps me with managing my time a lot better. Actually, when building a calendar, the FIRST thing I schedule is my sleep time. Never less than 8 hours, and with whatever time I have left, that’s what i work with.

Again, sorry for the long comment and i love your channel!

Due to your recommendation, I recently purchased Calendars 5, but do you think Fantastical 2 is better than that since it works both for Mac and iPhone?

Great video. I would add Week Cal to that list. They definitely under-market the great functionality.
Week Calendar by WeekCal B.V. https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/week-calendar/id381059732?mt=8

I’ve been satisfied with Outlook, having recently migrated away from Samsung’s built-in one. Just needs 5 day view on landscape. No clue why they only provide 3 days even in landscape.
Can’t put out a top3 since I haven’t really had a need for active calendar use before now, so haven’t app hopped or used anything else extensively.

You said they’re coming out with a desktop app in 2019? Source?

Great Content thanks Carl. Quick Question. When you time block and delete that task as it’s in your calendar to do… What have you got left in your TODIST that is “Your Today’s Focus”? Wouldn’t that be in your calendar in a time block? Can you give an example of what would be in there as priority but not blocked in time on your calendar?

Hi Carl, following your example / tutorials I am also shifting to a time based approach for my todos. Love it. Thanks! Can’t help wondering, though, why you aren’t using the top tabs of Todoist.. the Today + Next 7 Days tabs. Is it because you use your Calendar for actual dated tasks and time blocking. Think I know the answer to this, but just confirming.

This was really helpful! My problem is I make a schedule, and then feel too ‘boxed in’ and feel like I want to be more free to just do what I want. And then I try doing that for a bit and end up not doing much and feeling frustrated at how unproductive I am �� This inspired me to get back to a schedule again.

I loved this video and you energy! Thank you for all the information and tips, I needed this lol
P.S.: You give me Rory Gilmore vibes! Idk if you have seen the show Gilmore girls, but you really remind me of Rory <33

Great job, and definitely legit tips! These are some of the things that I learned in a Success Strategies college course. The quality is also awesome… you deserve more subs, comments, and views!

I love how you presented this topic in such an easy and understandable manner. I also like what you said about making time for ‘everything’ in terms of ‘if it is important to you, you have time for it.’ that is so accurate and most people seem to struggle with that.

The problem is that I want to do so many things and my kalendar is full, and then I get so tired and not motivated to do anithing, so it will be nice to make a video about prioritization

Thank you so much for this video! I am 31 and going back to university this december and i have never been so petrified! Can you do more college/university related organisation videos that could be useful especially for older students?

If you create a task using the task calendar that comes with google calendar automatically, it will allow you the option to mark the task as complete. If you mark the task as complete, a line will be put through the task crossing it out for you so you will know. This is one way for you to know if you accomplished your tasks or not. Same thing with the reminders calendar.

Hi Beatrice! I just wanted to say hi and to congratulate you for you high quality videos (both content and visuals)
I really hope you keep growing
Thanks for everything!

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Man her actuall college schedule is lax AF, if I had so little classes I wouldn’t have to spend so much time researching how to manage time better, lol.

Hey girl! Would you be able to do something like this but for a working adult who is in school and how to make time for the gym and all the other personal activities?

great video!
and btw if you want to remove things you done, you can add them to tasks and check as done when done, it will be removed from the calendar automatically

Have you looked at Business Calendar 2? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appgenix.bizcal&hl=en
If it would only have also a matching web interface….

Just watching the bliss bean makes me want to put away my laundry, declutter my phone and laptop, take time to read outside and listen to the birds and take a no phone day ������

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A very helpful video Carl. Again, I use different apps (Omni and fantastical) but this is completely transferable to these. I like the idea of deleting tasks once they are on the calendar. I think it will force me to be more serious about what gets on the calendar in the first place. Going to give It a go.

I have this mental block that won’t let me start over or create a new schedule unless its at a beginning of a week, month, holiday, something. if I try to do something on a random day I don’t feel motivated haha. can’t wait till July!! lol  ❤︎

Carl, about deleting tasks planned in your calendar. I can see the point, but how do you handle the situation where you don’t manage to complete the task in the allotted time? Create the task again in Todoist? Simply adding a new timeslot in your calendar? It’s for such situations that I’d be enclined to keep the task in Todoist until it’s really done. Apart from that, great video.

Can we see a inbuilt calendar in todoist in upcoming updates? I am a mobile user and I can’t connect Google calendar with todoist

Amy! This is kind of a foolish question but should the time block for studying be strictly for studying or can extra assignments like papers and homework be done during this block? or should homework be in a different block?

Thanks to you I learned to be productive in my own generation because most productivity/minimalists channels take a perspective of a grownup! You make our generation proud haha

I have been making such schedules since I started following you. But my struggle is that sometimes a task takes longer than the block I assign for it. This delays my sleep, meals, and everything.

My current struggle is that I work in the mornings (from 6-9) and I am in full-time grad school. I’m having a hard time finding a morning schedule routine because I can’t bring myself to get up any earlier than I do.

my summer break ended today and online classes are starting tomorrow, I have downloaded the time tracking app and also downloaded these worksheets. time to plan and get my life together

My issue is working a job that doesn’t allow me to have a consistent sleep schedule, coupled with having to wake up early to drive kids to school. I’m so fatigued all the time, and that makes it difficult for me to successfully prioritize and stop procrastinating.

Amy, in which video did you talk about the 4 quadrant to do list method? I’ve been trying to start doing it but I’m still not sure what should go in which quadrant…

Omg I would have loved to see you try and have done my old schedule, biochem major, thee jobs, 45 minute commute �� so glad that’s over! I look back and if I had just been more organized I would have done 30-50% better. I didn’t figure it out till like the last couple semester.good luck to all my college students out there!

I use the Google Calendar in a similar way as you.. but instead of checking things off in Bullet Journal I use Microsoft To-do (My fav To-do list app). Very well explained video ��

Girl, I think you can read my mind! I was just thinking about getting a GC setup ready for the new semester. Thank you sm for this!!

My biggest struggle is that I’m on the ballroom dance team, and practice doesn’t end until 11 PM!!! By the time I’m in bed it’s already midnight. How do I manage this when all of my classes start at 8 AM? Dropping classes or dropping dance really isn’t an option these classes have to be taken at this time, and dance is really important to me.

Why don’t any of these videos feel relevant? What IF she did have a part-time in addition to being full-time and also wants to commit time to the gym while being part of more than just one extracurricular? I feel like there should be more scheduled rest… Research then a 2 hour study block right after, for example, just doesn’t sound like it’s going to happen. Same with the back-to-back class/study/class/study blocks on MWF. It’s a wonderful concept but it sometimes doesn’t seem so easy!

It’s scary to think of how crazy this schedule would look if this student had a part time job too. I feel for all the college students that have to have a part time job to make ends meet.:(

One of those few youtubers with REAL talk and tips. Yours aren’t only aesthetic and cute, but something that actually we can use in life. Thank you so much! I wish you get more recognization and love! Good luck!

Not a student for years, still here I am for food-for-thought. Blocking out to do’s is really helpful versus just creating a list without realising how much you are realistically going to be able to do.

OMG Amy just what I needed!!!! The hardest part for me in college has been meal prep and workout, eventually hwk and study needs to be done, but the other areas of my life have been quite messy for the past few months. Hope to get back on track soon!

My biggest problem: my schedule has double the amout of classes. 17 credits? You have to be joking United States. I mean, in Hungary, studying law, I spend 31 hrs at school, and that is just in classes! I also have a weekly 2 hr project I am in and another class that is a block seminaire (however you write this word), and will be overlapping some couerses for two weeks. I do have a two gym classes included, but those really are classes for me. Total credits: 33. All you in the US freaking out on not having time, pls chill. See this post as something to be thankful for that you don’t have this many classes. I do deal with it though, xx

My biggest struggle is starting everyday and getting back to work after breaks. So I guess breaking the inertia. It would mean the world if you made a video about this.

For your consideration: CalenGoo (best notifications, for Android) and DigiCal (great split view and a nice set of Android widgets). When.Do for the task list, on Android devices. I’m old school, so Outlook (desktop) is synced through gSyncit to Google Calendar and Google Tasks.

College student and mom here. I find it easier to commute, then plan to study on campus. I’ll calender block those times into my day-and find that the change of scenery helps my focus. The second I am home, I’m in mom mode and just have to acknowledge that. Sleep is very important, but some days the only time I have to study is when the kid is in bed. I practice reverse engineering a lot, but some times due dates sneak up on you.

Also…. I’m an art student, so I have to block off way more time to be in the studio. Those classes are no joke when it comes to time commitments.

I got a great schedule this semester! Tuesday-Thursday 8:00– 8:50 then Tuesday and Thursday 11:30– 5:15. 5 classes. 3 credits each. I also work 25 hours a week on my off days from class. Id say I got a good schedule. Last semester I had 5 classes and class 5 days a wek, but only 1 or 2 classes each day. That also worked really well

what laptop is that you said it but i couldnt catch it. im looking into buying one like that for university and yours seems great. would u recommend it or rather not?

Love this! Love love love this! �� Did I mention how much I love this. Blazing new intro aside, how helpful is this calendar blockinglife havingsleep-eat -+ morning routine schedule!? I love this idea so much… even though I wonder how much could apply in my case. When i first saw this video in my feed, I ignored it, even though Amy is Awesome.�� BC I figure college kids hahah that’s not me.

Tonight after 5 hours of studying Neuroscience and Research Methodology and Statistics (whee fun!) and 2 class hourswait a secI’m in grad school maybe this would help me!?

So okay, next up Amy, calendar blocking for moms in PhD programs, who have approx 4 kids, approx 5.000.000.000 appointments and activities per week, who also are working on growing a side hustle (YouTube) and yes who still are desperate to get enough sleep, eat, exercise, meditation and morning routine done. And oh yeahgotta keep the whole house clean, laundry, dishes sheets on the bed, etc. Sooo. Any tips on that? ��

I tried using Google calendar for time blocking but I had to move so many things around each week that it kinda made me cry. ��

But I welcome your suggestions! ����
xo

It would have been sooo much fun to see this video with a class schedule from a latinamerican university. In Chile if you have all the classes you’re supposed to take at one semester you have between 6 and 8 different classes. If you add up transport time you have sometimes 5 to 6 hours a day, ending up with a schedule that starts at 5-5:30 am to get to you first class at 8am, then have class until 1pm for lunch and then continue classes from 2:30pm to 5:30pm sometimes 6pm or later so if you don’t stay at your university studying or doing something related to that you get home at 8pm aprox �� and it’s similar from monday to friday. Anyway, we somehow finish our majors with many ups and downs. It would be very interesting to see what Amy would suggest in those scenarios

I have class from 8:30AM to 7:30PM (and 1 hour to lunch in the middle) from monday to friday, so it’s kinda hard to put 100 hours of studying in the white spaces left:(

My dad had me calendar block everything as young as middle school to help with my really bad anxiety, and when I went back to college I found your videos and was reminded of how wonderful this system is! Used it as a person who both worked full time and went to school full time, and I firmly believe that is why I was able to a) graduate in the first place and b) get good enough grades to graduate with honors. To any students currently reading this, even if you’re still in high school or younger, please don’t underestimate the amount of relief you’ll get in your day to day life after a little bit of planning!

Thank you Amy! I’m a college student majoring in English and Portuguese Literature and Language in Brazil, while being a private teacher and also in research projects, like Ashley. All of that trying to be healthy and move ma butt and spending 3 to 4 hours daily on a bus to commute. Most of my classes are at night, so I get home around 11:30 or 12:30 and it takes me around half an hour to get ready for bed.
Even though I don’t need to be up super early, I struggle to get out of bed with 8 hours of sleep because, by that time, it’s already 8:30, sometimes 9 in the morning and I feel like I lost all of my morning time, and my morning time is my favorite time of the day.
My question, and I would appreciate so much if you could answer, is: how to have a morning routine that makes me feel good about my day, even though I can’t get up at the time I want because I need at least 8 hours of sleep to fuction?
I’ve been watching your channel for almost 2 years now and everybody compliments me for my calendar skills. I always tell them about you. You helped me get where I am and I’m so glad <3

This was a particularly cool video. Like seeing some real life application with a someone’s schedulr, even if you’re not a student lol. Love it and you! You’re awesome!

I will be candid here. I screwed my life currently having 10 backlogs and 6 subjects this semester and I have 4 months for my exams. Need to eliminate 5 of the old ones and finish the current 6.
problem is I also want to upload videos Cause I love makiing them i am not a confident guy maybe a 1 on 1 might help. amy? wanna help a poor soul?

Thank you for this, as a full time college student working part time and raising a toddler sometimes life gets overwhelming and hectic and mommy brain plays a big role.

Thank yoy so much Amy. I’m a student and I find it hard to juggle everytjjng. I have a lot of anxiety and stress. Im definatly going to impliment these tools into m schedule. ��