This Free Google Calendar Trick Will GiveYou Back Hours of Time

It works better than expensive AI-assisted apps. And did I mention it’s free?

Kelli María Korducki
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If you want to simplify your life, you have to organize your time. Unfortunately, this task is often easier said than done.

If the recent rise of pricey AI-assisted calendar apps says anything, it’s that people are desperate to regain control of their schedules. What I’m about to share is a super simple calendar trick that works just as well as those pricey apps, leveraging digital tools you already use every day. Oh, and it’s free.

This will probably sound familiar: At any given point in time, I usually have three active inboxes tied to three separate email accounts with, of course, a corresponding calendar for each. One is my primary work email, the one that’s linked to whatever full-time job I might have or major client that I’m doing a lot of public-facing contracting for. I typically only have one of these at a time, but sometimes I’ll have a couple.

The second is what I call my “writer email.” It’s the account I set up for promotional minutiae back when I wrote my first book, and which I still predominantly use for freelance writing correspondence. It’s how I email my agent and my editors, and where I receive hate mail whenever…

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