Paper calendars and event planners are now passé as electronic calendars are the ubiquitous choice for everyone keen to make the best use of their time to lead a stress-free life. Using Google Calendar puts you in the driver's seat as you are in control of your tasks, appointments, and meetings as well as aware of all other engagements in family and personal life. You can create separate calendars for different spheres of your life encompassing everything from your professional life to personal life, and the best thing is that you can view all your schedules from one place, which is the Master Calendar. The best part is that the calendar can sync with various devices, including smartphones, so that it is always accessible to you for creating, viewing, and editing appointments.
Although there are several calendars, Google's calendar remains the most popular because of its high user-friendliness and comprehensive features that sets it in a class of its own. What sets it apart from the rest will become clear from this article.
Email populated events
Whether you want to take your family for dinner or plan a trip to an amusement park for your kids or book movie tickets during the weekend, you can enter it in the calendar and leave it up to Google to see that you do not miss the event or task. For Gmail account holders, the calendar automatically posts the appointment and ensures that you receive a reminder on time before the schedule so that you have time to get ready and leave. If you are using multiple calendars for different areas of your life, you can select which calendar you want to see by checking the boxes under My Calendars in the Settings menu. If you wish to view all the calendars in one place, then check all the boxes.
Share events or calendars
The sharing aspect of the calendar encourages more inclusiveness and transparency, which is necessary for smooth and effective teamwork. Just as others should have access to your calendar so also you must have access to the calendars of co-workers and team members to have information about their available time and movements. Go to the menu of the calendar you want to share, and from the list options, choose Settings and Sharing. Here you can add the names of people you want and even set the level of accessibility by specifying whether they could only view the calendar or also edit it.
Mobile access gives more flexibility
Google believes in providing the best user experience, which is demonstrated through the Google Calendar app that enables installing it on smartphones, both iOS and Android. It gives immense flexibility as the calendar is accessible from anywhere and anytime. Moreover, having your calendar on one device gives you the chance to sync it across all other devices you are using. It ensures that you are always viewing the most updated information.
The calendar serves as your personal assistant, and the more information you load on it easier will be your life as you need not worry about tracking events and tasks for which you receive automatic reminders.
