My schedule is really crazy. Between everything that my kids do, all the therapies that my son needs, everything that my husband does, everything I do with my business, all our family activities, and caring for my grandmother's appointments and being her chauffeur, I'm a time juggler.
Writing things down isn't really in my nature. Until recently I remembered just about everything and stuff just worked out. Along came MS.
I can't remember anything anymore.
I started writing things down on multiple calendars trying to have enough space for everything, color coding one calendar that we had in a prominent place in the house...all these things just didn't work. They didn't go with me when I needed them. They didn't keep everyone straight.
Enter the smart phone.
I used every calendar on my phone until I found an app that works for me. Every list I need to take, every appointment that needs to have a spot, every time that I have to remember goes in this app. It's called Cozi. I can coordinate all the kids' schedules, my husband's schedules, my schedules, and everything else on the calendar. I know who is supposed to be where because of that app. The grocery list is there. The to do lists are there (and can be sent to the person who needs to do them via email if necessary). There's even a spot for a journal for the scrapbooker in me who wants to remember stuff about certain events. It's really cool.
The other cool thing is that my husband and I both have the app on our phones and share the calendar and everything in real time. If I'm at the grocery store he can add stuff to the list while I'm looking at it if I've forgotten something. He can look at the schedule and find out where everyone else is to see if he has the ability to say that he will be somewhere. He knows where everyone is as well as I do.
I love it that I don't have to remember things, I just have to check Cozi. It's an easy habit to get into. It works great for my family.
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