setting goals

In this phase of my life, my daily struggle is most definitely balance.  Balancing the plates of full time student, two assistantships, children's choir director, and wife is a challenge.  I do my best, though I am not always the most successful.  Each week, I sit myself down to make a plan - daily goals, weekly goals, monthly goals get set.  If I follow my own plan, I can find ways to fit it all in. 

Two tools I have found invaluable in my organization are:

Wunderlist.  This app, free for my iPhone, lets me categorize my to-dos and combines the multiple lists into a daily and weekly list.  I love the feeling of checking things off as I accomplish them!  I can share honey do and grocery lists with my husband, or with my colleagues on combined projects.  The app has a version for my computer and another for my phone.  They sync automatically, so I'm always just a click away from productivity.

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iCal sync'd with Google Calendars.  Thanks to iCal and google calendars, my husband and I can keep up with our crazy schedules at the same time.  We share our calendar between all of our devices.  I keep track of appointments, gigs, and travel information here.  Specific due dates and to-dos pop up in Wunderlist.

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In combination, these two programs keep my life on track.  An occasional operator error is all that derails my productivity!  How do you keep up?