40+ different and surprising ways you can use your digital calendar
Almost every client I’ve ever worked with are shocked to learn just how much they can do with their digital calendar.
For this reason, a blog entirely dedicated to all the ways you can use your google calendar. (Plus, I’m sure that I am missing some, hence the + sign in the title, so I’ll be adding more as time goes on.)
I truly believe if more people used their calendars in a holistic, human-centric way the world would change.
We’d be healthier, happier, and wealthier humans! We’d make the money we want to make! We’d be a force in our communities!
The biggest thing keeping that from happening?
People NOT using their calendars.
Or worse… using it to overwork, overcommit, shame, and guilt themselves. 😣
In this article, you’ll learn 40+ different ways you can use your calendar for a healthy mind, body, soul, relationships, and business.
From your mind and body to your relationships and business…you can do so much with your digital calendar!
Ways you can use your google calendar for a healthier mind
According to The American Institute of Stress: 73 percent of people have stress that impacts their mental health. Just by using your digital calendar, your stress level will decrease.
In 2019, a study from North Carolina State University found that people who manage to balance living in the moment with planning for the future are best able to weather daily stress without succumbing to negative moods.
You can use your calendar to…
Schedule therapy, meditation, journaling, and other meetings.
Create daily affirmation reminders throughout the day.
Realistically plan your days and weeks to heal the tendency to overcommit, time scarcity, toxic productivity, and feelings of uncertainty.
Practice keeping time boundaries with yourself and others by saying no.
Set reminders to keep yourself on track throughout the day and build greater time awareness.
Move events around to live in the moment while also healing procrastination, shame, perfectionism, or other forms of self-sabotage.
Add time for focus work helps you to feel good about how you spent your time at the end of the day.
Habit track by adding your habits and deleting the habits you didn’t get to that day.
Spread out predictable events that tend to be more stressful.
Ways you can use your digital calendar for a healthier body
One in four adults worldwide don’t get enough exercise (source). The heart foundation says, “ I don’t have enough time” is the third most common reason why people don’t exercise.
Of course, exercise isn’t the only way to have a healthy body, so here are many different ways to have a healthy body using your google calendar.
You can use your calendar bestie to…
Set time aside for movement and attach tailored workout plans to the events.
Plan time to meal prep.
Make sure you don’t work through meal times. Looking at you lunchtime!
Track seasons, astrology, and hormonal cycles for more aligned planning.
Schedule conscious time off + rest.
Reminders to take vitamins or medicines.
Add and manage appointments with doctors.
Ok, you got me. I’m ready to feel healthier and balanced.
Dive into Digital Calendars For Humans today.
Ways calendar management allows you to have a healthier soul
Stark contrast, but it’s true! Everyone has different definitions of the word soul. I think of it as my heart, my joy, my essence, my truest self. I am a deeply spiritual being, and connecting to that part of me in my calendar is essential.
You can use your digital calendar to…
Keep your purpose at the forefront as you move through the day.
Set aside time for your passion projects and hobbies that bring you joy.
Acknowledge and celebrate yourself for all that you do get done.
Travel feeds my soul, so you can use your google calendar to schedule vacations, flights, and important travel dates.
Schedule time for a spiritual connection with the natural world, your higher power, source, or God (whichever word you prefer).
Build self-trust by experimenting with whitespace in your calendar.
Add time to learn new things you’re passionate about.
Learn to trust your intuition and gut instinct.
Ways you can use your calendar for healthier relationships & community
The Mental Health Foundation gets right to the point, “Relationships are one of the most important aspects of our lives.
People who are more socially connected to family, friends, or their community are happier, physically healthier, and live longer, with fewer mental health problems than people who are less well connected.”
You can use calendar management to…
Share a calendar or specific events with your partner, team, children, and/or friends to facilitate better communication and have time to be present with them.
Schedule your house care for your home or with your housemates.
Make a difference in your community by scheduling volunteering opportunities, calling your representatives, and voting dates ahead of time.
Set reminders to call friends and/or family members you care about.
Add and manage events you want to be a part of, with the people you care about.
Ways you can use your digital calendar for a healthier business (or work-life).
We all know using our time wisely helps us be productive and achieve our goals at work. Google calendars are known to substantially increase your ability to accomplish the things you want.
You can use your google calendar to…
Plan more effectively (I saved over 37 hours and $2500 every quarter by planning more effectively using my google calendar).
Establish a work schedule that feels good to you and integrate it with apps like Calendly so other folks can make appointments with you while respecting your boundaries.
Create marketing and content plans and schedules.
Manage project deadlines or launches with ease.
Plan ahead for admin time, which I find most folks usually don’t account for.
Collaboratively schedule meetings with your team, clients, and other collaborators.
Create a reference calendar for networking events, programs, masterminds, and more groups you’re apart of so you can pop in when they fit into your week.
Use themed days to juggle the many responsibilities you have.
Block time to work on a workflow in your project/task management software.
Invoicing (if you aren’t using auto invoicing).
Reminders to help keep you on time for your meetings and appointments.
Keep track of payments. This one can work for your home life too!