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Tickler or Calendar

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?

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I'm in the "used to...

I'm in the "used to do it" camp on tickler files.
On the plus side, they impress the hell out of work mates, and they are very accurate time based tools. But...
Unless you have a diary crammed full of daily items, you forget to use them. In my previous job, I was running around 15 projects (one of those split in to over 20 sub projects) at the same time. Then a tickler file was essential. Now I run a few larger projects so the deadlines tend to be spaced through the month making day to day shuffling empty folders a pain in the neck.
I'm falling back on Outlook's shared calendar for hardscape work items because the office network lets others know what I'm up to, but it's not where I want to post my private goals, and it's not easy to sync with my home life.

 
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