The Yuppies had their Filofaxes, DayRunners and Franklin Planners. While there have always been calendars, planners are a relative modern invention from the 1980’s onward. You still have to know the style that’s right for you, and then there are a myriad number of options from which to choose. Of course, knowing that you want a paper planner is only the beginning. Somehow, dragging an email into Outlook to set a meeting, or typing an appointment into your phone, leads to an out-of-sight, out-of-mind situation for many, but with a tangible paper planner, every time you eyeball your month or your week, you are speedily, comfortingly reminded of the important aspects your life. Certainly the point of using a planner is that if you write something down, you can stop thinking of it, per se, and start thinking more robustly and contextually about it.
This year, we’ve discussed, at length, the research indicating that handwriting leads to greater learning and recall. Clare mentions the sensory aspects (you can see more at once, customize the look to appeal to your aesthetic preferences, and make your planner feel good), and notes that you can be grid-independent - the availability of electricity, internet and Wi-Fi are non-essential in the workings of a paper planner.īut it was Clare’s note about the nature of handwriting vs.
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Surprised that people still use paper planners? Canadian professional organizer Clare Kumar explains five reasons why paper planners will never go away.
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