One technology item that has helped me countless times is Google calendar. But not just the calendar. It’s the daily event reminders.

Every day at 5 am, Google calendar emails me my daily schedule. And since I check email as soon as I get up – yes even before coffee – I know if I have any important meetings or deadlines that day. And for whatever reason, that works better for me than trying to remember to open a calendar program. If I have something scheduled early (which I try to avoid as much as possible), then I use an alternative. But usually the email is enough.

There are other helpful features from Google calendar (and others as well) that we can highlight as well. We’ll be sure to feature them soon.

So tell us, do you rely on reminders for events? Have you trained yourself to just check a calendar? Or maybe you use phone notifications instead? Let us know what works for you and your family.

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Right now I’m struggling with balancing everything. I have a lot of projects going, a lot of balls in the air. Fortunately, a bigger project is about ready to end. I’m mostly okay with that.

What it will do is free up my time for other projects. The ones that are getting bits and pieces here and there, rather than a good, solid bit of my attention.

There’s still the balance issue, though. For my sanity, I have to find a way to get my work done so I can spend quality time with my husband and son. That’s important to me.

They don’t need me hunched over my keyboard every evening, because that’s when it’s convenient for me to work (while someone else can watch the baby, natch).

As a work at home mom, I need to set some office hours. That’s a bit close to impossible right now, but I’m hoping I can do that in the next couple of months. I think it would go a long way towards keeping away from burnout.

What about you? Do you over schedule? Are you finding a good balance, or do you need help with this, too?

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