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How do you keep your life organized?

Mike Jones
edited August 2007 in General
i'm going to take a butt load of courses in the fall, along w/ a part time job, so i'm browsing for PDAs. paper just doesn't work too well for me. any suggestions on what I should get?

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  • Steven
    edited August 2007
    A smart phone..
  • JayDub
    edited August 2007
    I do six courses a semester including distance ed ones as well as I am on the rowing team, yet all I use to organize my life is my head and occassionally google calendars.
  • imelting
    edited August 2007
    i use a lil notepad type proggie that displays any text on the desktop and i basically just jot down all notable events.. like deadlines and stuf, then i mentally figure out how i need to divvy up my time effectively

    i used to use a fair sized wall/desk calendar too, that works well
  • illicit
    edited August 2007
    http://www.rainlendar.net/cms/index.php
  • meeshmeesh
    edited August 2007
    i use Mozilla Sunbird, which is just a calendar application. When I get all my course outlines in the beginning of the semester, I record them into the app as events. It can give you alerts of when things are coming up as well.
  • Mike^
    edited August 2007
    i use my brain ;)
  • Mike Jones
    edited August 2007
    Mike^;15000 said:
    i use my brain ;)
    where do i get me one of those?
  • da_prodigy
    edited August 2007
    meesh;14990 said:
    When I get all my course outlines in the beginning of the semester, I record them into the app as events. It can give you alerts of when things are coming up as well.
    S M A R T
  • baby e
    edited August 2007
    I use my head and occasionally write things down in a calendar.

    I almost never use a course planner, but yet i always get one each year....
  • da_prodigy
    edited August 2007
    I try to write things down, but since I have no single place to keep track of everything, I end up forgetting to do things...

    I'm actually strongly thinking of getting a Blackberry. That way managing emails and such is a lot easier and maybe even allow me to have a "things to do" list with a scheduler for when essays are due
  • Mike^
    edited August 2007
    Mike Jones;15032 said:
    where do i get me one of those?
    priceless =P
  • Bhambra
    edited August 2007
    I write on my calendar, I don't hang it up because i look at it probably 5 or 6 times a day and i need to flip through the pages a lot. I like seeing my monthly commitments / hw/ b-days / work shifts , EVERYTHING all on one page... so i know what's coming up and i can "prioritize".

    I also have post-its around my room. Just random stuff that i need to remember. ..... but nothing important on those.

    And couple times a year I have one piece of construction paper wid some goals on there.... even if your goals are pretty basic or something obvious, seeing it everyday or everytime you come into your room helps you accomplish your goals much quicker, and it feels so good to cross one of them out.
    Right now i've got Study Math , Study CHem, and paint fence written on mine... how about u guys?? :P
  • illicit
    edited August 2007
    meesh;14990 said:
    i use Mozilla Sunbird, which is just a calendar application. When I get all my course outlines in the beginning of the semester, I record them into the app as events. It can give you alerts of when things are coming up as well.
    http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/download.html


    going to try it now.
  • Simon604
    edited August 2007
    I like the concept of an online desktop. Having everything on one page anywhere you go could help sort out all the digital disorder on the internet nowadays. Although this one is more of a personalized start page, it allows you to have your email account, wikipedia, news, to do list and more all one page and fully customizable.

    http://www.pageflakes.com/

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