New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: I Think I Need a New Calendar App
Ask HN: I Think I Need a New Calendar App
3 by d--b | 3 comments on Hacker News.
Hi HN, Sorry for posting this here, but since reddit meltdown I can't post there. Here is the deal: I am working freelance with a very flexible schedule, and I also live in the woods and have two young kids. As a result, I have both things I normally do every day (driving kids to school, working, preparing lunch, etc) -- and a ton of non-work stuff to do that often need to interrupt what I normally do (doctors appointments, do stuff in the garden, etc.). Now, I have a very hard time staying on top of it all. To the point where I am finding it difficult planning a time to go to the hairdresser. Since my freelance job pays me by the hour, I set myself to work x hours in the day (on average per week) to ensure a fairly constant salary. But with all the other stuff I need to do, I always need to catch up on work I skipped and end up getting confused about how much work I did and how much work I can put in in the following days. The whole thing means that I am constantly struggling about what I should or shouldn't do. So I am looking for an calendar app that's different to all the ones I have seen on the internet. I think I need an app where there is a "default" mode, or "template week" or whatever you want to name it. That would hold the "regular things": work, driving kids to school, grocery shopping, etc. And then I could add "exceptional tasks", that would "interrupt" the "default" thing I would normally be doing at that time. This is so i can know when I take an appointment at the bank, this will reduce my work time by 2 hours. If it could also take care of padding the time with driving times between places that would be a huge help. Anyone knows anything like this? Otherwise, I'll just make a spreadsheet
3 by d--b | 3 comments on Hacker News.
Hi HN, Sorry for posting this here, but since reddit meltdown I can't post there. Here is the deal: I am working freelance with a very flexible schedule, and I also live in the woods and have two young kids. As a result, I have both things I normally do every day (driving kids to school, working, preparing lunch, etc) -- and a ton of non-work stuff to do that often need to interrupt what I normally do (doctors appointments, do stuff in the garden, etc.). Now, I have a very hard time staying on top of it all. To the point where I am finding it difficult planning a time to go to the hairdresser. Since my freelance job pays me by the hour, I set myself to work x hours in the day (on average per week) to ensure a fairly constant salary. But with all the other stuff I need to do, I always need to catch up on work I skipped and end up getting confused about how much work I did and how much work I can put in in the following days. The whole thing means that I am constantly struggling about what I should or shouldn't do. So I am looking for an calendar app that's different to all the ones I have seen on the internet. I think I need an app where there is a "default" mode, or "template week" or whatever you want to name it. That would hold the "regular things": work, driving kids to school, grocery shopping, etc. And then I could add "exceptional tasks", that would "interrupt" the "default" thing I would normally be doing at that time. This is so i can know when I take an appointment at the bank, this will reduce my work time by 2 hours. If it could also take care of padding the time with driving times between places that would be a huge help. Anyone knows anything like this? Otherwise, I'll just make a spreadsheet
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