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This is neat. I've looked at many calendar styles that fit my needs - minimal and straightforward yet adhering to the custom quirks I wanted. I ended up with a Spreadsheet (Google Sheets) where I align the weekends (SAT/SUN) by moving the Month's start date up/down. It helps me get a bird's eye view of the critical events this/next year and tentative plans - such as travels, visas, weddings, reunions, and other events where work and family inter-twins. It helps me look at the coming year (e.g., 2024), a few months behind (2023), and the next (2025). In the spreadsheet, I have one sheet ("Years") that marks years against significant events for the family, such as the tentative kids' graduations, college, retirement, how old is someone which year, and, of course, the likely year behind which I might no longer be operational. For instance, I can look up where and what stage we might be in the years 2030, 2040, and 2050. Heck, I have the years dragged all the way to 2100. I'm definitely not alive to see that, but it is fun to see what year it is if you can hit 100 or what it is going to be when I hit 80. This is, of course, only for the big-picture items. The daily, weekly, and monthly go to the calendar, and the perpetual to-do in plain text. And I know that everything will go differently than the plan -- the idea is to build an idea maze of what ifs and then the repercussions of the events that can unfold in the future. It is fun; go and play the mind game this Sunday. I had used David Shea's[1] printables for a very long time. Well, even some of the printables I made for my use and kids' are inspired by his work. I just forked and cleaned out a bare sheet for 2024. I hope this is helpful to someone to start from or get inspired to do their own versions -- https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YwAf8vgVR0FbTU6n1dVO... 1. https://davidseah.com |