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Once again, I'm going to try to keep track of my life with an appointment book. I've never been particularly good at this because I don't like to transfer information back and forth between books and computers and other books (and the calendar on my computer gives me lovely reminders whenever I have something scheduled, which a book can't do). But I've been getting tired of all the little pieces of paper crammed into pockets and purses with addresses, directions and phone numbers on them, so I went out to look for a good appointment book. Totally unsatisfied with the dinky little books available in the bookstore (and totally put off by their too bulky counterparts), I decided to make my own out of this cute, green, cloth-covered notebook. The fact that it cost half of what the dinkiest of those other things cost didn't hurt.
Since I've always been frustrated by the lines in appointment books (some days are very busy while others aren't, and it's a poor use of space) I left the pages open, with just the names of the months. This way I can use one set of pages for each week, but each day can take up as much (or as little) space as I need.
The only part of traditional appointment books that I thought I'd miss was the places to keep cards (with all the library cards, insurance cards, blood donor cards, and frequent coffee-buyer cards, my wallet would explode if I didn't have these pockets). Fortunately I had a box of photo corners, which work perfectly. Maybe they'll come off eventually, but who cares? I have more.
So now I have a cute little appointment book with everything I need (and only the things I need) in it, and it cost so much less than all those other books that I didn't like.
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Great idea! My planner has always had empty pages that I had to throw away at the end of the year.
Posted by: Noneng at November 20, 2006 12:11 PM
