A new plan for day planners SECOND Edition

It won't surprise you to hear that I hate day planners. They masquerade as tools to manage your time, but do nothing of the kind. They list months, dates, hours, and even the minutes you'll fill up (or not) for the next year. But they also give you space to write in your dreams. And your a...

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Published inThe morning call (Allentown, Pa.)
Main Author Renee A. James, Special The Morning Call - Freelance
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Allentown, Pa Tribune Interactive, LLC 04.01.2004
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Summary:It won't surprise you to hear that I hate day planners. They masquerade as tools to manage your time, but do nothing of the kind. They list months, dates, hours, and even the minutes you'll fill up (or not) for the next year. But they also give you space to write in your dreams. And your aspirations, your affirmations, your motivations, your confirmations and your affectations (kidding). I want to write in my resignations -- as in "I resign from having to deal with things like day planners." That's another thing. Did you ever notice that the older the calendar, the smaller the day squares? What did those people know then that we've forgotten? My parents hang up a new cloth calendar every year, usually featuring a barnyard animal or mountain lake scene that will become next year's dishcloth. How many people under the age of 70 hang up a cloth calendar? It doesn't have any squares on it at all. Of course, my parents' refrigerator is littered with doctors' appointment cards. Maybe there's some middle ground.
ISSN:0884-5557