Never miss a task ...

These days I got so busy with lot of interesting things happening in my life and at work too. I don't see any motivation in thinking about anything else other than my 6 month old daughter :) With so much action that keeps one engrossed, it's quite natural that one forgets to attend to a few important things in life - things that one used to fulfill on time earlier, though. Some of the important things are - paying credit card, utility bills on time, wishing a friend or a relative on a birthday or an anniversary, etc.

Recently I ran into a situation where I forgot to maintain sufficient funds in one of my bank accounts (an account that I use to pay my home loan). I ended up paying a penalty that I would have avoided if I had check the balance in the account. I got to know of the penalty only after the bank issued me a note seeking my attention ! Now, there are various ways to remember such things. The ways could be as simple as writing down a list of "todos" on a piece of paper every day or adding reminders on your mobile phone. I find the latter to be a good option as we spend a significant part of our life with our mobile phones.

One other interesting option to keep track of tasks and get reminded is "Google calendar". Let me tell you that Google has some really cool things but I am not sure how many people make use of them. One such thing is - "I'm feeling lucky" button on a google search page which I think is the least frequently used feature on a most frequently used web page

I started using Google calendar to keep track of my tasks and get reminded over my mobile via SMS or an email and all this comes for free :)

Let me introduce you to Google Calendar:

You just need an account with Google/Gmail to be able to access Google Calendar.

Here is what you see after you log on to Google Calendar:

• Create a new calendar or pick an existing Calendar on the left.



• Open the menu that's right next to the calendar and click on Notifications as illustrated in the screenshot.

• Set up your phone for the reminders on the page that follows.

• Provide your phone number on the following screen.
  
  
  



• Add an event

• Set up the schedule (you could set up recurring events too :))
  




• Add a reminder and get notified :)

Based on the event definition (the description that you gave and the scheduling set up for the event), Google will send you an SMS.

Now tell me, is it possible to miss a task in life ? ;)