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Time to plan ;)

smoochy — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:04:28 GMT

in other words, its time to select our 2027 planners and calendars. I love these! Great fun to peruse all the choices, features etc. In the olden days of good vision, I carried small pocket sized planners in my purse. Now I need bigger font, bigger everything haha 😄

This year Ive been using the Livewell 7x9 planner by Blue Sky. It has so many cool features. Too big to lug around. Stays on my side table next to couch. I also put appts in my phone calendar so I can reference those if Im at an appt that will need a follow-up. My paper planner is the back up to the phone-like many Boomers I feel "safer" having written backup to digital tech.

DH and I share a wall calendar in the kitchen. That way I know his work schedule and whatever else he is doing .For the wall calendar I like something with nature scenes or city scapes.

Another nice planner brand is Graphique de France. Fun covers and sticker pages (Snoopy, love ❤️)

So how do you plan your life?

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Marsha2003 — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:16:39 GMT

I gave up paper planners once digital calendars became more functional, but I still like to browse all the products because they are so pretty.

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FranandZoe — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:23:41 GMT

I like the At-A-Glance brand monthly planners - I buy a bigger one for home and one for my purse. I mainly need the purse one for my brother - I take him to his appointments and mark them down at/when we finish the appt. Then transfer to the bigger planner too. I got him one of the small planners last year - he loves it.

I used to use their bigger wall calendar - for myself, hubby, grandson but now the planner is enough.

Thanks for the reminder tho - time to reorder!

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smoochy — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:31:28 GMT

I enjoy jotting little notes, lists and whatnot. Also i love using stickers. Yes like a ten year old haha. With a paper planner I can indulge myself. Ok not gonna lie-I decorate the wall calendar with stickers too

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nambee — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:50:20 GMT

@FranandZoe - lol you are my calendar twin!! I do the same thing: large monthly calendar for home and small one for my purse for making appointments.

My "system" easily keeps me organized. Very simple. All my appointments, birthdays, due dates for CDs, monthly bills to be paid, streaming service subscriptions are listed so I always know what needs to be done and what has been completed.

I have used e-calendars in the past but always kept my paper one too. And when I retired, I found that I didn't use the e-calendar. I know it's old fashioned but, at my age, that's what I am! Everyone should do what works for them.

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kaydee50 — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:07:54 GMT

So far I've received 4 wall calendars from various charities. I will keep a couple--I do use them--and donate the others.

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lork — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:08:35 GMT

I keep a big calendar on my frig, a jorurnal type on my desk, and a pocket calendar in my purse. I still struggle with keeping track of where I'm going. . . The one on my desk also has often used addresses, what books I've read this year, birthdays & anniverseraries I want to remember, order's I've placed, sporting schedules, etc. I try very hard to be organized - I'm a work in progress!

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jackthebear — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:32:27 GMT

iphone calendar

paper calendar 1 more thing to loose

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Q-Checker — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:37:19 GMT

Love purse size At-A-Glance calenders and keep one close by when at home or out. It is a "to do list" for things to be done on or before certain dates in addition to a note of appointments, zoom meetings, social activitis, etc. I use it at tax time to access information related to dates of medical appointments.

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Laura14 — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:37:26 GMT

I actually finally moved to the iPad calendar.

I get a kick out of the daily reminder check offs and adding deliverys and appointment reminders to it.

It's my morning and evening check off list for each day that I completely customize myself.

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Estellee — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:48:08 GMT

I like to pick up the puppy dog calendars each year.

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FranandZoe — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 20:31:18 GMT

@nambee wrote:
@FranandZoe - lol you are my calendar twin!! I do the same thing: large monthly calendar for home and small one for my purse for making appointments.

My "system" easily keeps me organized. Very simple. All my appointments, birthdays, due dates for CDs, monthly bills to be paid, streaming service subscriptions are listed so I always know what needs to be done and what has been completed.

I have used e-calendars in the past but always kept my paper one too. And when I retired, I found that I didn't use the e-calendar. I know it's old fashioned but, at my age, that's what I am! Everyone should do what works for them.

@nambee It's "old school" not old fashioned LOL.

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JudyL — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 20:37:49 GMT

I use the calendar on my phone.

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Icegoddess — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 20:45:15 GMT

I use the At a Glance 2-Yr calendars for my purse. That works best for me, especially if I need to go back and find something. I like seeing each month in full.

I recently was trying to figure out when I had a particular medical procedure done. Due to how I wrote it in my calendar, I would've never found it had it been in my phone digitally. Nope, I didn't write down Colonoscopy. I wrote down what time I needed to be at the hospital. I was able to go back into my old calendars (yes, I keep them all), and find exactly when my last colonoscopy was.

We're all wired differently, and no one way is overall better.

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smoochy — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 22:08:47 GMT

@Estellee wrote:
I like to pick up the puppy dog calendars each year.

the 365 days of puppies?

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nambee — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 22:22:49 GMT

@FranandZoe - You're so right - it is old school rather than old fashioned!

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willdob3 — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 22:33:55 GMT

@smoochy Most of my planners are undated but I couldn't resist the purple florals of Kellofaplan's new 2027 Whimsical Blooms dashboard layout planner.

I started an undated Faith Planner on September 1st, from Happy Planner's Rise & Align line. And I began Scripture Writing, which doesn't require buying a thing, but I came across Copy Bible and it is perfect. I am doing Ruth & Esther now. I will definitely order another when I've completed these two books.

Lots of beautiful stickers... I'm still working on being a sticker gal... lol

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smoochy — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 22:38:31 GMT

@willdob3 wrote:
@smoochy Most of my planners are undated but I couldn't resist the purple florals of Kellofaplan's new 2027 Whimsical Blooms dashboard layout planner.

I started an undated Faith Planner on September 1st, from Happy Planner's Rise & Align line. And I began Scripture Writing, which doesn't require buying a thing, but I came across Copy Bible and it is perfect. I am doing Ruth & Esther now. I will definitely order another when I've completed these two books.

Lots of beautiful stickers... I'm still working on being a sticker gal... lol

this all sounds so interesting 😊 the discipline to stick with any Christian/faith based daily activity is admirable.

I have perused the Happy Planners-some pretty cool offerings 😍

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smoochy — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 23:42:54 GMT

the main thing i like about my phone calendar is the notification feature. Even if I haven't looked at my planner, Fancy Fone(thats what I named her) alerts me

🥰

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jackthebear — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:07:47 GMT

circling back to say, I tried with the planners and calendars but they just were not for me

they do look so tempting tho with all the pages and places to fill in

but I have a little clipboard for my today list