One of the biggest struggles busy moms have these days is keeping track of everyone and everywhere they need to go! As you know, if you don’t have a system in place to hold all of that together for you, chaos ensues and life gets crazy and unmanageable.
I have used Microsoft Outlook for years now since my husband showed me how this tool could make my life easier! It certainly did, sharing our calendar and appointments with just one click was great, easy peasy to know what each of us had going on and where we needed to be. But I always struggled with a way to let my kids know what the schedule held – until now!
I ran across the website Cozi, some of you may have already seen it and are happily using it! Cozi is a FREE online calendar where you can keep everything all in one place – appointments, family calendar, to-do lists, grocery lists, and so much more. You have the ability to send reminders to family members about appointments with a click of a mouse – great for teens! I just click and off goes a text message reminding them of baseball later that night.
There are so many features that I know I have not even discovered and tested yet, but here are a few of my favorites:
You have a shared family calendar that is color-coded by family member, which you can then print to post in either a DAY, WEEK or MONTH – this is what I had been looking for. I use to hand write out a calendar to post with all the activities listed, but holey moley that took me forever and I started to dread it, so it stopped happening. Now, I just print off a day or week schedule and everyone can see what is happening and even check their color to see if they have an appointment. It is such a time saver for me and gives my kids the opportunity to do planning on their own!
I love that it sync’s with Microsoft Outlook too, so my hubby is happy! It is so easy to share appointments and keep each other in the loop. In addition I can send him over a grocery list and he can drop by the store on his way home and save me a trip!
I can’t wait to use the reminder function even more with my kids. I know this will be helpful for them and will stop me “manually” reminding, which then gives me more time for other stuff.
Make sure you hop on over to COZI and take a look if you are struggling with keeping everyone’s schedule in one place and organized. I have a feeling this will be the answer to your prayers!
