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[Michal_Gebacki]

Welcome back, Dynatrace Community!

These days, we can get quickly overwhelmed by dozens of deadlines, things to buy, bills to pay, responsibilities, commitments, etc. Even though some of you love perfect order, while others find peace of mind in total chaos, we're all usually keen on some form of planning that helps us manage all this madness the best we can. 😉

This time, we ask you to share your favorite and most effective planning methods! Are you using analog calendars and notebooks? Or maybe the digital tools help you maintain the feeling of "controlling what's going on"? Share your examples below, maybe you'll inspire somebody to be a better planner! 😎

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[Mike_L]

For me it depends on the goal. If it's a personal trip or a guest list for an event and so on, I usually go with notes on my phone so I always have it with me.

If it's for work I usually use the Outlook calendar, combined with "Remind me" on Slack, as well as unread emails to know what my to-do list is.

[Kenny_Gillette]

Work - definitely some reminders / meetings in my calendar to focus on a goal.  Meetings with myself really help me focus on certain tasks that I need to work on.

[Karolina_Linda]

"Meetings with myself" - I may steal that idea! 💗

[Kenny_Gillette]

It really helps me get more focused.  Also put in meeting "what are you doing" during this meeting with yourself

[Karolina_Linda]

Love the topic! 😀

At work, I highly rely on Outlook where I have color-coding for meetings and events and a separate calendar with my kids' extra classes 😄 One of my teams has also created an Outlook vacations calendar, so I always know who's out of the office and for how long 💚

For daily planning, I'm a huge fan of analog to-do lists on post-its 😍

[GosiaMurawska]

I love paper calendars and notebooks; it's always somehow easier for me to visualize the length of a task or break a task down into smaller pieces.

Since besides work I have many meetings, additional projects, and generally don't like to be bored, I started setting up events in my Google calendar for the morning - so that when I'm already up and starting work, I get a sort of complete agenda for the day. This is especially useful when I've scheduled a meeting in advance.

Also, when I'm planning focus time and don't want to burden my memory, I highly recommend alarms as reminders. 🙂

[AntonPineiro]

Hi,

Emacs + Org mode for personal life.

Microsoft software (Outlook, Onenote...) for work.

Best regards