| The top 10 uses and reasons to have a paper Planner | | | | your key information. Like your To do List. This is just a |
| Book: | | | | long list of things to do in no particular order. I just list |
| 10) A leather bound or good looking Planner Book | | | | things as I think of them. I want these things on paper |
| looks good in your hand and feels good in front of you | | | | rather than trying to remember them. Key information |
| when you are reading it, writing in it and adding to it. | | | | to me are things like driving distances, my medical |
| You can sit at a desk, a table, an easy chair or | | | | information, a Special Days page (birthdays, |
| anywhere with just the Planner Book and something to | | | | anniversaries, etc.), Personal Information page and |
| write with and make progress on your life goals. | | | | Medical Record page. |
| 9) You have your main current month calendar in the | | | | 3) You have a place for Family information and Your |
| Planner Book. You would note on this calendar all the | | | | Interests. I keep stuff related to my kids, like what we |
| stuff you need to do and want to do and your | | | | have done together, school grades, possible things to |
| appointments and commitments. This includes the | | | | do, notes about the kids and things like their likes, |
| month calendar and all the daily calendar entries (i.e. 30 | | | | dislikes sizes and possible ideas for gifts for them. This |
| days). | | | | is where I put lists of my vacations taken, books I want |
| 8) You can keep last years monthly calendar in this | | | | to read, movies to see, books read, movies seen, |
| book. I like to have all of the last year's months to refer | | | | favorite websites and any other things I want to check |
| to and to recall all the fun and interesting things I did last | | | | into. |
| year and to use that information as a guide for this | | | | 2) You have a place to write down all the things you |
| year. | | | | need to do and want to do each day. Plus, since it is |
| 7) Sometimes you just do not want to have your | | | | paper you have the satisfaction of putting a line |
| computer or lug it around on or deal with the | | | | through or checking off each item as it is done. |
| electronics. | | | | 1) You can have a place to write down the name of all |
| 6) You can modify your Planner Book in any way you | | | | the websites that you are a member of, the user |
| want to make it yours. There are numerous sizes and | | | | name and password for these sites. This section is |
| styles. They are small enough that you can just carry it | | | | quickly becoming one of my most important sections. |
| with you along with your laptop and cell phone. | | | | Their is no way for you to remember all the |
| 5) You have a place for your most important | | | | passwords and user names you use. Retrieving a new |
| addresses. I only keep a few pages of my most used | | | | password takes a lot of time. Just this tip alone will |
| addresses and phone numbers here. I do not bother | | | | save you huge amounts of hours. |
| keeping all my addresses here only a few of the most | | | | This list shows you 10 great reasons to go out and get |
| important ones to me. | | | | a Planner Book. |
| 4) You have a place to write down what you consider | | | | |