I swore color coding was pointless until last Monday

Had a week with 3 client calls, my kid's soccer tournament, and a supply order that all overlapped. Using blue for work, green for family, and orange for deadlines in my bullet journal saved me from double booking myself twice.

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rosebarnes26d ago

Wait, does this mean I'm supposed to actually plan my week instead of just guessing and hoping for the best?... I started doing a similar thing with sticky notes after I accidentally scheduled a dentist appointment during my kid's parent-teacher conference last month. I use pink for anything that involves leaving the house and yellow for stuff I can do from my couch, which is mostly just staring at my phone and feeling guilty. Honestly, color coding feels like cheating at life, like I finally found the cheat codes for being a grownup. But hey, if it stops me from eating dinner in my car while rushing between two things, I'll take it.

drew_bennett2426d ago

What color do you use for "staring at my phone feeling guilty"? That's most of my Sunday afternoons. I've got a similar system but I use red ink for anything with a hard deadline and black for everything else. Saved my butt last week when I almost missed a project submission because I forgot to move it from "black" to "red" status. The sticky note method sounds chaotic but honestly whatever works. My wife uses highlighters on the fridge calendar and that woman has never missed a single appointment in seven years.

dakota_patel9826d ago

Wait is your wife a wizard or something cause that highlighters on the fridge calendar trick sounds like magic. I feel your pain on the phone guilt thing though, I've got a whole sticky note just labeled "staring at nothing" cause I can't even commit to feeling guilty properly.