Two calendars. Work life in Outlook, personal life in Gmail. Neither knows the other exists.
Real scenarios that kept happening:
- I'd block "Business Travel" on my work calendar (3 days in NYC) but my husband had no idea I'd be gone until I told him
- I'd schedule a doctor appointment for my kiddo on Gmail, then forget to block my work calendar. colleagues would book meetings over it
- Weekend-only family trips didn't need a work block, but a Friday-through-Sunday trip did. I had to think about this manually every time
- Single-evening events (team dinners, after-work events tagged for sync) landed on Gmail as all-day blocks instead of at the right time