Every day is full on my schedule until next March, sorry.

How's Tuesday in April?

I'm at work.

What about Wednesday?

Still working

And Thursday?

Believe it or not, work.

I can do weekends.
No we're not open on weekends.

Google calendar literally changed my life. They ask me if I’m available in 6 months, I am pulling up my calendar and adding that immediately. Now I know that on that day, I am booked for an hour.

I just wish the app wouldnt keep fucking changing to Day view instead of Month view
- I feel the same way
- I keep the month view as a whole page widget on my phone.
- I can recommend Business Calendar 2
I wish that it had better reminders though. I don't want a little polite notification area message for events, I want an alarm.
- Also it hangs around until you remember to cancel it. So sometimes you have reminders to buy some milk that's been on screen for 8 months.
Same. Google Assistant is pretty good with calendar too. I now just say hey Google set an appointment for June 4th next year at 2pm called nostril doctor. And most of the time she listens
- The trouble is you then have to pull your phone out to make sure that she's actually done it right.
  Half the time it struggles with "what's the weather forecast for tomorrow". Often replies with "it will rain the rest of today", yeah, but what about my question?
- nostril doctor.

I have a schedule that has events going out until 6+ months from now. How do you survive with adult responsibilities without doing that?

By not having so many events I need to schedule them 6 months out. You should give it a try, works wonders.
- So you don't schedule any doctor appointments and never buy tickets to concerts or other events in the future? Huh....
No kidding. At least with writing in my dentist appointment that far out, I can plan around it, or reschedule if it conflicts. I know plenty of people though that just keep everything in a mental schedule, and they are constantly scrambling.
- That just sounds like someone trying to do far more than they are capable of. Real schedule or mental it would all still need to be reconfigured when something comes up, which it always does unless you just ignore everything else that’s not on your list…..
By flying by the seat of your pants. A plan is just a list of stuff to go wrong. Sick kid and now you’re with them at home trying to figure out which appointments to move instead of just dealing with each week as it comes.
How often does everything work out in your schedule for a day? Week? Month? Because if you say more than once you’ve got a seriously wayyyy to easy going life apparently.
I have adhd so unfortunately my ability to manage time is literally handicapped. The further ahead something is scheduled, the more difficult it is for me to keep track of and remember.
- Nobody can remember months ahead, that's why calendars exist.
I’m with you on this. Routine visits are always booked 6+ months in advance and I’d totally lose track if I didn’t keep a calendar for my life lol
- You really should go every 4 months though. 6 is just what insurance is willing to cover.

Had a dermatologist appointment today. The receptionist asked me with a straight face if 2 PM on Tuesday in June of 2025 would work.

"No, I'll be watching Dune 3." Do you have a 3:45?
Honestly think it's a fair question. Check your calendar. Maybe you had a wedding that day. Maybe you normally work from 8-5 and would prefer to go at 7am. Maybe you had vacation planned.
- Who plans vacations nearly two years in advance?

I got ADHD so ANYTHING that needs to be remembered for later goes in Google calendar, or it ceases to exist 20 minutes after being told about it

I can do it in 10 minutes without ADHD.

I'm one of those assholes who has to negotiate dates and times even 4 months or a year out. I live by my calendar and my schedule is always packed M-F.

Why do you live like that?
- There's nothing wrong with keeping busy
What do you do that keeps you so busy?
- I'm a Sysad. I don't have a massive workload, I just keep things organized. I got into the habit when I was in IT management and it stuck.

Look at Mr Fancy Pants over here, still got a dentist.

Basic healthcare is insanely fancy!

Morning or afternoon?

Ronald Reagan says hello

I guess that's better than what happened to me:

Went to the doctor for a raptured eat drum, the checkup (free of charge) was in two weeks but the secretary won't take appointments unless it's within the week, so when I called she said she was full and set up one for next week (how hard was doing that 2 weeks ago...). When I went for the appointment the doctor tired to charge me 1/2 of a regular visit since it took me way too long for the checkup...

raptured eat drum
Jesus getting awfully picky lately.
- Must've heard it wrong.
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I always say, "Um, I think so. I guess schedule it and I'll cancel it later if I have to?" Then there's an awkward silence while they put it into the system.

Worst part of the dentist by far.

Could just say "sure"

4/13????????

Good, I'm not the only Homestuck on Lemmy

That's socialized medicine for you.

I lived through that shit in Germany until I left, and I was almost gonna die because of it once. Now where I live, most my appointments are next day or two, including instant x ray, ultra sound, while MRI and CT takes 3-5 days at most.

I know people who waited for months to get an MRI in Europe. X ray easily takes 2 weeks if not months unless it's an emergency.

I know gynecologist appointments for some people went for 6+ months.

I guess people made their choice. Enjoy the free medicine you always wanted. No hate. Just enjoyment. It's just fun to watch.

TIL my privatized American dental system was actually socialism.
That's bad socialized medicine. But sure, private medicine is objectively better than underfunded socialized medicine, if you belong to the minority of people who can afford it. Congrats!
I'm pretty sure they triage things. If you are actually going to die if you didn't see a doctor immediately I don't think they'd go no come back in 3 weeks.
That's capitalized medicine. When care must be profitable, that's what you get. Rarity makes profit. The socialised part in the example only means that everyone suffers the same, unlike with full liberalism where the poors can die for the rich to benefit from the service.