When dealing with friends and activities, being unorganized can come into play and can cause problems including not knowing carpool situations, friends not being able to make it, and not being prepared with what to do or where to go.

Anywhere in life, it is always good to be organized because it means less stress, and it is just easier on a person in general. Most of the time, friends are unorganized and indecisive with what they want to do on the weekends. Trying to figure out plans can be stressful for everyone, including their parents. Being unorganized usually means that activities are getting planned last minute and so are rides and times. The friends usually end up struggling to find out who will bring or who needs a ride. Because some teenagers cannot drive, the parents usually have to bring, and sometimes the parents are unable to when plans get created last minute. Also, when things get planned last minute, people might not be able to go because they have already made other plans. Some people in friend groups live further away than others and need advance notice, so they may also not be able to make it if plans are really last minute and spontaneous. Lastly, when friends want to hang all of the sudden, they sometimes take time to come up with something to do or somewhere to go. Occasionally, friends end up not doing anything at all because they cannot decide where to go or how they will get there, and it ends up being too late to do anything. Overall, being disorganized amongst friend groups can cause last minute plans, which leads to rushing to get rides, having to come up with an idea of what to do quickly, as well as risking the chance that some friends may not be able to make it.

This problem of last minute plans and disorganization can easily be solved by simply making a calendar for each member of the group or having just one big calendar. Each person in the group will have a small calendar or planner, and they can all get together to plan what is in the calendar, or they can text plans and put it in their calendar from there. Not all plans have to be made at once and some can spontaneously come up, but the calendar will provide more organization for everyone in the group as well as their parents. The calendar will show when, where, what time, and who is driving. The calendar allows them to schedule ahead of time just in case someone might not be available. Sometimes groups, especially when events are planned last minute, disagree on where they should go or what they should do. Therefore, a calendar would allow the group to discuss plans and schedule beforehand so that everyone is happy. For example, one thing that could be done is that if the group goes to lunch every Saturday, then each friend gets a turn to decide on a place to eat. The calendar would also allow for more equality on who is driving and/or who is hosting something at their house. This idea of equality solves the problem of just one person bringing and hosting all the time. A calendar is the most efficient way to fix the problem that many friend groups face when doing activities on the weekends and during the summer because it allows for more organization. Overall, a calendar will make for a more organized schedule amongst friend groups and makes planning a lot easier and more simple.

The solution of a calendar will improve all of the problems that being disorganized and having last minute plans causes by knowing who is bringing and when and where, allowing everyone to be able to make it because everything is planned beforehand, and giving time to agree on what to do. The calendar allows the group to be more organized with their plans because it has everything set out ahead of time and is done in a structured manner. The group and their parents will know who is driving, what time they should be ready for, and where they are going. By letting the parents know who is driving beforehand, the teens will not have to worry about finding a ride because at least one parent has been assigned and notified in a timely manner. Because everyone is in-the-know, parents are able to work around their own schedules, thus plans are less likely to be canceled. Just like the parents, when plans come up out of the blue, the teens might also have something to do and therefore end up missing out. However, the calendar lets teens know that their friends are doing something, so they do not schedule any other plans. The same goes for those who live farther because they will need time to get ready and time to drive where they need to be; furthermore, those people that live farther do not want to miss out on last minute plans just because everyone else lives near each other. The more distant people would rather know what is going on beforehand, so they can be prepared and make it to whatever it is the group has planned. Sometimes when groups come up with plans out of nowhere, they rush and disagree on ideas and what to do. Eventually, when the group ends up deciding on what to do, the place is sometimes closed. Having a calendar with information on where they are going and what time that place closes, gives them time beforehand to make it to whatever it is they have planned in a non-hurried fashion. The calendar also gives time to agree on ideas rather than waiting for people to respond that they do not want to do something, and they can also determine if they are available to go. Overall, the calendar puts less stress and more organization on the friend group, and fixes and makes easier any problems that the teens encounter when faced with last minute plans.