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Tickler or Calendar
juman | Oct 13 2006
I am slowly building my way up to a blackbelt but one thing I haven't really got going for me is if I should use the ticklerfile or the calendar for some things. Booking a meeting is of course something for the calendar but going through some papers the day before the meeting where should they go? I have to go through them before the meeting but not exactely the day before but it is nice to have a full day to make sure I get the time to go through them. This is one case and whatever it is I am thinking about putting into the tickler I find myself putting more and more as events into a calendar which give me an easier overview. So when doing a weekly plan if I see that my Tuesday is getting to much work in it I can easier see what I have to review that day and see if I can move them. Any ideas and thoughts about this? What do you put in your tickler or what goes into your calender as an event to do on a specific day? 18 Comments
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 I use my tickle file...Submitted by anielsen on November 1, 2006 - 11:07am.
I use my tickle file everyday, but it took a while to get in the habit. I find that it's most useful for storing information that I'll need in the farther off future. In fact I modified mine to have 53 folders, another 10 for the next 10 years. This is especially useful for things like vaccination reminders (how come my dog's vet can send a reminder, but my own doctor can't seem to do this?) which only come up every two or three years. I have notes in there to renew driver's license and passport. On a more short term basis I keep all of my chore reminders in the tickle file. There's no specific time to do a chore, but generally I like them to be done weekly, monthly, etc. This makes sure they happen more or less at the frequency I'd like them to get done. I also use it to store upcoming paperwork, show tickets or notes on where to find the library books I need to return. » POSTED IN:
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