I carried a calendar all through high school. It was one of the habits I dropped like a boulder when I got to college. I've never picked the habit back up, but I feel like it would keep me more on top of what I've committed to do.
I've discovered that having cell phones precludes me making plans very far out. Which becomes an increasing problem when all my friends get married and have to plan things.
My calendar got really bogged down with trivial-but-interesting minutiae about each day, and which classmate's birthdays it was, etc. I was hoarding dates. Not a good thing.
I do feel that way. Two friends who just got married this year have both become immediately less spontaneous. One of them said, "This is why we plan things more than five minutes in advance." It may have something to do with the scheduling nature of their lives. Theatre schedules make it difficult to have regularity in time spent together, so you take it and cherish it where you can. I get it, but my life isn't that heavily shared. Yet.
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I've discovered that having cell phones precludes me making plans very far out. Which becomes an increasing problem when all my friends get married and have to plan things.
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I am curious about the married part of your comment. Do you find married people are more likely to plan things in advance than unmarried people?
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I do feel that way. Two friends who just got married this year have both become immediately less spontaneous. One of them said, "This is why we plan things more than five minutes in advance." It may have something to do with the scheduling nature of their lives. Theatre schedules make it difficult to have regularity in time spent together, so you take it and cherish it where you can. I get it, but my life isn't that heavily shared. Yet.
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