I don’t know about you, but I use my Outlook calendar to remind me of any number of things, not just work meetings and deadlines. For example, if I have a dentist appointment scheduled during normal working hours, I’ll put an appointment reminder on my calendar for 4:00 PM the day before. That way, right before I leave it will remind me of that appointment the next day. However, I also use it for tasks that I need to do but that I tend to put off. I’ll set it up to remind me every X amount of hours so that I’m constantly bothered to get it done. This cuts down on my procrastination time, but that doesn’t mean it still doesn’t take me a while to get it done. A great example of this is an upcoming airline reservation I have.

In the middle of February, I signed up for a training class in Chicago that is scheduled for the end of April. Of course, I needed to make an airline reservation for this but I didn’t have the time. Per usual, I set my Outlook calendar to remind me. The next day rolled around, and I deferred it to the following day. Fast forward about a month later, and I’m still deferring it. To date, this is the longest I’ve put something off. What I want to know is what’s the longest you’ve deferred something on your calendar? A week? Two weeks? A leap year? Let me know in the comments section.