Goldilocks and the Three Planners

 I have had  planners which I called date books for many (many) years.  First there were the calendars with spaces large enough to write info in like weather, work schedule, dates and vacations.  Then there was the small thin, barely can write in, pocket calendars. 

Then I joined Tupperware and I needed one to keep my parties, meetings and rallies written in as well as not double dating on family and personal appointment days.  This was the start of the wire-bound planners.  As Tupperware consultants we were taught about color coding, stickers and making your pages look fun way before it became popular but not to the extent that is done to day.

The problem with the wire bound planners was that if you wanted to take extra papers with you they had to be stapled, paper clipped or stuffed into it.  The chances of losing those papers was always there.

Then I discovered Franklin planners (now call Franklin/Covey) and their entire system. Being able to carry everything I needed in one place was great.... and awful.  What size was big enough to hold what I needed but small enough to take with me when I traveled?  Yes, I take my planner everywhere.  I was taught the golden rule of owning a datebook: always keep it with you.  It was and is a good rule.  I can't tell how many times, when I didn't bring my planner with me somewhere I was asked what I was doing on such and such date.   But because of this rule, I went through may different size and type of planners.

For several years I bounced between a classic and the pocket size, with the compact size throw in for awhile.  I felt like Goldilocks and the three sizes of planners.  One was to big to fit in my purse comfortably, one was two heavy and one was just right but small to write in.  Once in a while I would go back to a wire-bound planner but that didn't last more then a year as I once again stapled, paper clipped and stuffed papers into it and then would lose paper out of it.  Every year about September I would get anxious as it got closer to a new year and that time when I would have to pick a planner style for the year.  Part of the problem was I would make myself live with my choice for the year.  For better or worst I was stuck with my choice.  I learned a lot about my needs in a planner because of this, with the ringed planner (and so far this year a pocket size) being just right.



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