Tools make our lives easier, but only if we use them properly, and calendars are no exception. In fact, once you start to think of your calendar as the “home base” for your whole life, it becomes the most important organizational tool in your time management kit. Plus, connecting your calendar to the app where you store your notes, files, to-dos, and other important info means nothing will fall through the cracks ever again.

Notifications and reminders ensure you won’t miss appointments, deadlines, or that upcoming wedding anniversary. A single digital calendar app can be updated and kept synced across multiple devices, meaning you only have to make updates and changes once. Utilizing a digital calendar is the most productive way to manage your schedule in the modern era.

And while the paper calendar in your kitchen is helpful to keep track of holidays, birthdays, and the weekly trash pickup, you can’t take it with you when you’re on the go. Maybe you prefer a traditional paper calendar, or you’re a lifelong devotee of the sticky note method, but those little pieces of paper can’t send you notifications. You might think you’re seasoned enough to be able to keep your calendar in your head, but your brain can only hold so much information. And it gets even harder if you haven’t figured out an effective way to track and update your schedule. Whether you’re studying for school exams or bouncing between office meetings, finding time to get everything done-day in and day out-can prove quite the challenge.

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