October 2009 Archives
Planning For The Planner
Here’s where I’m going to go off on a mundane, yet relevant (to me), subject manner a la’ Andy Rooney on “60 Minutes.” The year 2009 is drawing to a close and this means that I will have to purchase a new planner. I don’t want anything technical or fancy. I like my planners old-school, Franklin Covey style. Here’s my problem…I can NEVER find a planner that I like.
I have a very nice, afore mentioned, Franklin Covey leather planner. All I have to do is buy the inserts for it. Sounds easy, right? WRONG! First of all, the inserts cost around $30 for nothing more than a bunch of paper bound together with wire. And I ONLY use the month by month section. I don’t need all the other crap which consists of weekly planners (completely useless to me), SIX pages of international holidays (like I give a flying crap when Denmark celebrates Easter…April 10), three pages of “Inspirational Quotes,” a page on weights and measurements (REALLY?), a world map of time zones (everyone I know lives in a two-state distance of me), four pages of blank notes (what the hell am I taking notes on…am I in school?), and a bunch of “names and addresses” pages. Jesus Christ! I DO NOT need all this, but do you think I can find a planner that doesn’t include all this shit? Nope. Am I alone in thinking planners could be WAY more streamlined and therefore, less expensive?
At least I won’t make the same mistake I did a couple of years ago and buy the “Woman’s Point of View” planner, which gave me tips on how to be a more powerful woman on a monthly basis complete with quotes by famous women (yes, Oprah was in there.) It was the only planner left on the shelf or I wouldn’t have spent an entire year using it. I think it even included a place to record my cycle. Yes, that was a LONG year.
