Color Coding for Clarity (Calendar Time Management, Part 3)
For my third post on how I use my calendar as a tool to manage my time, I thought I’d write about something more fun: color! I color-code my calendar events to help me see what events are meetings and when I’m working on which project. Yes, that’s right even though my first post focused on how calendar events are all time commitments, that doesn’t mean I threw out the ability to quickly see my meetings! [ Also posted on medium .] Since a picture can help regardless of how many words I use, here is a blurred-out version of my calendar from a few weeks ago: Meetings events are bold colors To make it easy to see which of my events are meetings, I use dark or vibrant colors. Using this color coding, I can quickly scan my calendar to know what events are meetings that cannot move unless I coordinate with someone first. Versus what events are work sessions that I could potentially move around as needed. I do all of this using Google Calendar. If you have access to the enterprise version, wh