I don't know about you, but my year doesn't start in January. It starts in August with the back-to-school rush. And so it is at this time of year that I purchase my organizing calendar. I am definitely a pen-and-paper girl when it comes to schedules. While I try to "go green" in other areas, this is one where a few trees are going to have to be sacrificed.
So, I find myself standing in the planner aisle at Staples with the high school and college students, studying all the different choices of time management assistance. What I really need is to be split into three separate people to accomplish all that is needed. Since that isn't possible, a good planner to keep me organized is the next best thing.
This year I have gone with a Day Runner Weekly/Monthly Planning Calendar. It has a week on a two-page spread and a big column for everyday, there is plenty of room to coordinate all five household members' schedules. Between work for my husband, my numerous work and sales initiatives, the kids in two different schools and extra-curricular schedules for all three of them, there is a lot to keep straight and this calendar has room for everything.
One thing that I have learned is to only write in pencil in my family planner. You never know when you are going to have to make an adjustment and last year it usually happened right after I had written something in pen. I got lucky at Staples and found a $5-pack of mechanical pencils which ends up being FREE after an Easy Rebate. The pencils are by Cadoozles and you get 10 pencils in the pack. Not a bad deal!
As for the sacrificed trees, maybe this is the last year for a paper calendar. My new Day Runner had an advertisement for a free family scheduling calendar at www.meadcal.com. Why a paper calendar would point me to a FREE service that helps me track my appointments, grocery shopping, party planning and more I'm not sure. But maybe I can make a change and the trees will be happy with me after all!
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