How I schedule my entire life in iCal

[@DeerghKataria]

0:11 - Woah! It must have taken you so long to create that motion graphic. How long does it take you to edit a video like this? It was so well produced 💯

[@maziekate]

Hey! I’m not her, but I do edit videos as well. The scrolling on the right was probably a screen recording of her scrolling and then cropped and moved to the side, the text moving can be done by writing the same text twice and copy pasting back and forth to create a stop motion, and the pink could just be a solid color generator with the opacity turned down! I love her production too, just thought I’d answer your question since I have a background in editing lol.

[@TheBlissBean]

Hiya! Thanks so much for this question AND answer hahaha, I hadn't checked the comments yet but my mom told me about this comment and I had to come answer cause I love nerding about this stuff haha I did initially take a screen recording of me scrolling through the calendar, but I found it better to actually just take a freeze frame (so it could have just been a screenshot) and then use keyframes to make it move smoothly from top to bottom. I cropped it and placed it on top of an internet browser frame graphic that I found online a while ago to give it those rounded edges. This was the hardest part: to insert the videos into the events, I cropped it to match the shape of the calendar event. Then I changed the blending mode to something other than "normal"... it might have been "multiply"? Basically I wanted the name of the event to still be visible and for the video clip to retain some of the color of the calendar event. Then I used keyframes and changed the position every 2-3 frames to make it follow the movement of the calendar. Exactly right on the pink - a color generator with opacity turned down, and the text was three separate PNGs that I did with my graphics tablet and cycled between.

[@mystikfrost3821]

Tips: #1: Subscribe to calendars for school, work, etc. so you always have the most up-to-date version 1:20 #2: Create repeating events for routines you aim to do consistently 2:20 #3: A recurring event can be a placeholder or a task you want to do regularly; you can then move it to the most convenient time 3:08 #4: Anticipate and schedule time for work that may not be on your to-do list yet 11:40 Calendars: School 0:39 Personal 2:00 Work 2:45 Songkick 5:25 Exercise 5:46 Birthday 6:06 Course 6:14 Daily 7:14 How To: Attach Outside Calendars 0:44, Duplicating Events 6:50, Good Ideas: Brain Dump 7:58 Big Rocks First 8:08 Schedule Time for Homework 11:02 Focus on Themes, not Details 11:16 Widgets on iPhone 13:35 Widget on Apple Watch 13:55

[@DemetriPanici]

iCal is such a nice software! I really enjoy all of these different kinds of calendar apps!

[@kelliott125]

Monday start weeks. Truly cultured. I switched over when I was using a Hobonichi and now starting a week with Sunday just feels weird.

[@TheBlissBean]

Hahaha I can't imagine Sunday

[@meliksahdipcin]

6:15 You can add birthdays in the contacts app so it will create an all day event by saying how old the person is (if you add the year) 

[@hasanwanl]

Thank uuuuuu 🥺 I'm looking for this

[@LOL13262]

they used to call me hella autistic when I did this, but I don't care hahah

[@sanikakulkarni4887]

First! Love the productive videos and ilysm Beatrice!! ❤️

[@asirrisa7615]

I'm coming up on a school year that is infamously stressful and workload heavy, applying the concepts for your videos is basically the main reason I feel confident enough even attempt this challenge (as a recovering total slacker) thanks Beatrice!

[@TheBlissBean]

🤗🤗

[@tardisblue3032]

have not been keeping up with my calendar blocking, but this inspired me so much i’m excited to try it again

[@MPFleetCOPK]

Great vid! Wise Words. Thanks B

[@queenofthecosmos5020]

Uploaded just when I needed it!

[@iteite9488]

This was so helpful for me! I like the idea of calendar blocking because I think it would be very helpful for me, as a very messy and forgetful person. I've tried to follow other people's advice of having a million different calendars for every single thing (one for eating, one for resting, one for working out, one for school, one for leisure, one for plans, etc, etc.) and I always end up giving up because I felt like it was too much work and lost all of my time planning this little activities and got overwhelmed seeing so many events and colours on the calendar.

[@KimYang]

Oh my goodness!! I so need to see this because it’s so therapeutic to be organised like this ❤️

[@Veladan]

ical is like calendar on an Apple? I have a windows PC and an icloud account, but there's no calendar on it. So, none of this can apply to me? I mean I can see notes, drive, pages, contacts but no calendar. So, guess I should go look for a youtube video on how to get access to ical on windows.

[@edwardleecaliforniausa]

I'm proud of you gurl because you are sweetheart and you are amazing productive happy Thanksgiving day

[@ariva7369]

Thank you so much!!! I am definitely going to try this from today!!!!

[@MillaExplores]

This is great! I love using iCal for personal stuff but now I'm definitely going to just have EVERYTHING in my iCal including my business and work stuff, learning, time blocking etc. Thanks for all the tips! 😄

[@damlaozenc9067]

Hello The Bliss Bean, I love your time management and productivity videos. I also use iCal exactly like you. It feels great to divide my weekly work into groups every Sunday evening, to divide it into days and hours, and to see on the calendar that I have made a great use of every moment. But during the week, things may not go as expected. I have a motivation problem and I fall behind the schedule I prepared. This makes me feel high stress and I feel like a failure. When you prepare these programs, what is the rate of realization in general? How do you organize your program or what do you do after the problems you experience behind the program entirely because of you?

[@simbaloveshimself]

And the Beatrice strikes again with another spectacular video!!! Just what I needed!!!!!!! XOXO!! Edit : Wow, I'm the first one to comment!

[@luisbruv]

Love This, Really Helpful Thanks

[@poeticprism_]

Really useful video, I like what you do with the mentor session calendar. I always find your videos, especially the planning ones very cheerful and calming. Thank you

[@cjoth]

don't take dis inappropriately, but Menstrual calendar is such a genius idea for my gf doe

[@abelrodriguez2656]

And that makes me really happy: She makes me really happy

[@thebarbsdiary]

I used to think you were crazy. In a good way. Now I do this every Sunday religiously 🤦🏾‍♀️🤣😂.

[@stephanieforget2818]

Love the rock and pebble analogy 👌

[@starsailor4405]

Where were you when I was going to college 15 year ago?! 😂 Thank you so much for this content, I learned so much!!

[@LindsayAmandaR]

girl, I love you!!!! just know that!

[@TheBlissBean]

aww thank you so much!

[@michaelknofler4354]

just one comment regarding your "Birthdays Calendar": If you maintain the birthday within your contact it automatically appears as an Event in your Calendar (incl. the turning age in case you have maintained the year of birth also).

[@ObjectFit]

Thanks this was helpful I have never been a Calendar person my whole life but as I am getting super busy between owning a business, job, graduate degree, puppy.... I forget things so easily which never used to happen but here we are. My biggest problem is the to-do list part. How do you manage a to-do list? I find it annoying that to-do's don't show up on my calendar and without subscribing to yearly paid apps I can't figure out a work around

[@candicefoy]

This is really helpful. I tried digital planning in a PDF template on my iPad and it helped keep me organize plus it was cute/fun to decorate BUT if it's not in my iCalendar it's really not happening lol. So managing two calendars just doesn't make sense. Plus a lot of gyms, schools, salons, etc. are starting to integrate with iCal so def useful. Thank you for all the great tips!!

[@elizabethhernandez5709]

Eres una Reyna de la productividad. Saludos soy mexicana aprendiendo inglés en Canadá. Lindo 2022.

[@creampuffs3633]

Wow, love this! we're also using blackboard so this is really helpful

[@OMDB-AJ]

Love the big rocks analogy , along w/ the video altogether. Earned a new sub

[@MrWarxhe]

Great video! For birthdays, you can add them in the contact details. There's a section for birthdays and then they just show up in your calendar and you don't have to do it manually like it.

[@Itstwistedroots]

To add to your glass jar analogy, be sure to pour water in that jar. It will completely fill up the jar and it is a good reminder to drink water. :D

[@takishaburns]

WTF! You just changed my life in one minute 🤯

[@prettyzen2]

does anyne know why i only have coloured dots on apple calender & not the blocks?

[@MartinaBB-nq7dt]

omg i really want to try ical but i cant find it in App Store :s is the normal Apple’s calendar?

[@dazeerae]

Yeah, I think iCal is just Apple’s native calendar.

[@TheBlissBean]

yes!

[@jermainenavarro946]

I love the big rocks analogy, OMG! I never think of task that way

[@sarahnunez318]

I didn't know I could sync my BB calendar with my iCal!

[@JoeyTyler]

This was actually super helpful and informative, touched on alot of really relatable real-life points!

[@oOlhysz]

Really Really good tips for managing your time. It helps me a lot to start organizing my days

[@mdalaminmahamud6894]

Thanks for the Big Rock analogy!

[@delacruzp01]

La edición!!! increíble!!! 💗💗💗

[@Nessabirdie]

I love the subscription of calendars, but remember you are on the mercy of the professor inputting that information in the dates, etc.

[@TheBlissBean]

It's just for classes, not assignments, it's what we all follow, students and professors haha there's no more accurate source of information

[@fatimahmuneer8406]

can people with androids use ical?

[@zYuL05]

I guess no

[@anne-marie2159]

You need to sync your Google calander and iCal to use them together. I've done this and I can use my android phone or macbook and see the same calendar, but it doesn't allow the different colour coding (unless I just haven't figured that out yet)

[@anne-marie2159]

I went and had a look as I wanted to spruce up my calendar and see if I could use it for time blocking, not just keeping track of appointments. Found out that if I create different calendars in Google and colour code them, they will all sync with ical (it doesn't work the other way around, so make sure to make any new calendars in google first, on web browser, not in the app). So now I have a different calendar for each thing I want to schedule and can access them all across my android phone and macbook :D

[@shristigupta007]

Yayyyy loved this video!! Aesthetics, tips, content! *Chef's kiss*

[@chloef544]

Why do I only learn this now when I only have a month of school left !!

[@melimartinezf]

Me encantó!! ❤

[@виктория-й1ж4е]

love ❤️

[@ShaySunshyne]

This is exactly what I needed! Thank you!

[@ronisedaluz2355]

Fun. I also went to IE.

[@barbarealla]

Perfect as always, thank you for helping me

[@AliseTV]

The editing on this video is so cute!

[@TheBlissBean]

hehe thank you so so much!

[@franciscogomez1290]

great info!

[@properpropertiesmanagement7910]

I love your channel! Keep up the good work!

[@dunncopywriting]

I so love and needed this!! Thanks!

[@utubeuser7314]

First of its kind: iCal

[@kylamaybuella5960]

5:42 OH MY GOD I SEE ATEEZ

[@vaalenchu10]

I NEED to know what is your astrological sign? I'm a sagittarius and it's IMPOSSIBLE for me to plan this much lol

[@delacruzp01]

thank you so much for your dedication and effort, we can see it 💗

[@nataliea7398]

I found this really helpful and also can I know what camera you use?🤍

[@TheBlissBean]

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