July 21, 2009

How to use your student planner to organize your academic life

Make that deadline!

Papers cannot be written well the day before the deadline – that is, for most people that will result in a paper that gets at least one grade point lower grade than if they'd started well ahead of time. In college your teachers will not remind you of your homework every time you see them – and you also see them less often than in school. Still, those papers and tests do have to be done – and you want to do them well to get ahead.

This is why getting organized is so important. And it can't hurt that being organized will help you later in life as well.

As anyone will tell you: to get organized you need a planner. In fact, you need a GOOD planner and you need to use it too, of course.

Customized calendar with baby pictures

This Baby Calendar Kit can be used to create your custom calendar starting at any month in the year. If you select the undated version you can use this calendar year after year if you combine that with the laminated pages which are erasable if you use the pen that’s included. An undated calendar can double as a birthday calendar because when you order you can add your own custom dates.

Calendars Blog Planners, Organizers, Calendars and Date Books reviewed

Reviews of Academic Planners for students, themed Calendars, Family Planners for moms and dads and Planners, Date books, Organizers in general.

Harry Potter Calendars and Planners

Planners, Date Books, Calendars and Agenda Books with Harry Potter
In 2009 the 6th Harry Potter movie came out, so it makes sense that the 2010 Harry Potter calendars are all devoted to 'Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince'.

"Harry Potter" is a series of seven fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. With Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, his friends from the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Harry fights evil incarnate: Lord Voldemort. For some reason (the reason does become clear in the series) Lord Voldemort has decided that the baby Harry Potter is the most dangerous threat to his rule of the wizarding world.

Advent Calendars 2009

We had an advent calendar for a few years when I was small. It had a strange magic, though as one got older they did become boring.

These days advent calendars come not just with pictures behind doors, but with stickers for each day counting up till Christmas - and even with toys: playmobil or lego for instance.

An Advent calendar is a special calendar which is used to count or celebrate the days of Advent in anticipation of Christmas. Some calendars are strictly religious, whereas others are secular in content.

Today, most advent calendars are made for children. Many take the form of a large rectangular card with many "windows", one of which is opened every day during Advent. In less elaborate calendars, each window opens to reveal an image, a poem, or part of a story such as the Nativity story itself. More elaborate Advent calendars have a small gift concealed in each window, such as a toy or a chocolate item.

Witches, Wicca and Pagan calendars, date books, day planners and agenda books


Paganism, wicca and witches calendar books

I've selected some unique calendars for everyday use. Some are great mainly to make a note about your plans. Others have information about the Wiccan moon cycle, spells and legends. Learn about the God, the Goddess - and admire the beautiful artwork.

Thich Nhat Hanh Calendars and planners


Peace activist and teacher of mindfulness

Known in recent years as a teacher of Zen Buddhist meditation and mindfulness, Thich Nhat Hanh entered public consciousness as a peace activist. During the Vietnam War he was active in relief efforts by rebuilding schools and other grassroots efforts. Traveling to the US to study at Princeton and convince Martin Luther King to denounce the Vietnam war, he was asked within a few years to lecture at Cornell and Columbia.

His international efforts towards peace have made him an exile from his own country. In between travels he resides in the South of France, in Plum Village, the Dordogne where he has set up a retreat center. His books sell world wide and his speaking engagements are usually sold out well in advance.

His writings can be divided into two: there are popular Buddhism books which mainly talk about mindfulness and right living, but in his other books he goes into Theravada and Mahayana Buddhist teachings quite deeply. Thich Nhat Hanh is a major influence on Buddhism in the West.

Astrological calendars and year guides, agenda books, engagement planners and day planners

2009, 2010 astrological guidance and inspiration

For all astrology enthusiasts - or those who want to give a family member a spiritually inspired gift.

These calendars come with information on conjuncts and retrogrades. You will also find guides for your personal star sign - or one you love - for the whole year. A great spiritual gift or your personal guide to the year.

Motivational Calendars, planners and agendas


Keep yourself motivated with these agenda books

My selection of pocket and wall calendars to help you keep track of your life and stay motivated at the same time. Beautiful calendars from various vendors selected for their beauty, their energy and their reminders to live with intention.

Zen Calendars, Planners, Date Books and Engagement Organisers

Calendars and date books with a Zen Buddhist theme. Some of these calendars have a specifically Zen Buddhist theme, others use Zen as an inspiration, but aren't religious. Zen Teacher Thich Nhat Hanh is so popular, his teachings are shared in engagement planners and wall calendars. All of these are beautiful and inspiring.

Religious Planners, Date Books, Engagement Planners and Agenda Books

Spiritual diaries and engagement calendars
Find pocket calendar that fits your religious inspiration and background. I've found Christian, Yoga, Muslim, Buddhist planners and more for you.

Spiritual Quotes Calendars

I love spiritual quotes - I want them around all the time... These calendars have a quote to make you think for each month. In color and black and white. These are perpetual and dated calendars and date books.

Spiritual Quotes Calendars

I love spiritual quotes - I want them around all the time... These calendars have a quote to make you think for each month. In color and black and white. These are perpetual and dated calendars and date books.

Pagan Calendars, Planners, Date books and Engagement planners

Paganism Calendars
Paganism is a general term which is used by people of all kinds of alternative spiritual traditions who use pre-christian traditions (often shamanistic ones) as inspiration for their day to day lives. They too look for a large part of their spiritual inspiration to nature.

Paganism and Wicca both tend to look to the cycle of the moon (the lunar cycle) in their rituals, which is one of the reasons many of these calendars have information on the phase of the moon.

Planners, Day planners, Weekly & Daily Agenda Books

Find your new date book, agenda planner, pocket calendar

Looking for a appointment planner - a way to plan your family life perhaps? Looking for a home planner, or a student planner to keep track of your homework? Perhaps you need a weekly planner to organize your work, your social life and your notes?

These beautiful and practical agendas and engagement calendars were selected just for you. Most of them are dated: ready for use. From cheaply priced to high end date books and planners - I've found it all for you.

For each calendar I mention whether it's dated or undated, if I could find out from the seller.

So... if you need help to find a good agenda planner, you've come to the right place.

Spiritual Calendars and Planners

Spiritual Year Calendars 2009, 2010

Some of the most beautiful spiritual calendars and agenda books gathered in one place.

This lens has spiritual calendars and planners with Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim and alternative spirituality themes. Each is inspirational in its own way. They are usually devoted to specific spiritual topics and questions.

I list dated and perpetual calendars. I could not find undated religious calendars.

There are a few available for the 2009-2010 school year. Calendars and date books for 2010 are available for pre-order.

Unique Calendars, agenda books and Planners

The best themed organizers and date books
Calendars and planners are a necessity of life - well, if you have any intention of keeping organized that is. I've made it my business to find you the best engagement planners and inspiring calendars around. These are unique. My themes include nature, religion and spirituality, girly stuff and more.

Because I like to keep organized, I've tried finding out whether the planners are dated or not. I don't really get why there are so many undated date books out there (why call them date books if they don't have dates?) If someone can explain this conundrum, I'm all ears. In the meantime: I'll give you all the information I have on what the planners contain.

A unique planner has one other advantage of course: it will really feel like YOUR calendar book. And why have a boring calendar on your kitchen wall?

Cute Girly planners and organizers

Flowers and Pink - Pretty Planners 2009-2010
No - these planners and engagement calendars aren't all pink. But most are. Looking for a girly planner? I've created a great collection for you.


$15.99 Celtic Mandala 2011 Engagement planner


Two themes have guided me in my selection: flowers and pink. Though one red moleskine date book did slip through...

Best Student Planners, Calendars, Organizers

For College students
As soon as students are expected to organize their own homework, you will need a planner or agenda book to keep track of things. This generally starts in Middle School - and as students get more and more responsibility - really never stops. After all, most professionals need an planner as well.

In college though - you really can't do without. Planning group work, finishing essays, handing in papers - teachers are no longer holding your hand.

To keep organized it's practical if your agenda book already has all the dates printed out. The best planners don't skip any dates and last a whole year. Where for school kids an undated planner will often suffice, in college this really will no longer do.

Family Planners, Calendars and Desk Agendas

Calendars, planners and desk books for moms (and dads)
Your kids have a busy schedule: school, soccer practice, ballet... Play dates, going to the park, homework... You cannot organize every detail of their lives, but you do have to keep track of a lot. These family calendars and organizers have been created just for your challenge as a mom of keeping track of the schedules in your family.

In between - try and schedule some time for yourself too, will you! Moms need play time as well, to remember what adult conversations and adult interests look like, sound like, feel like. With your husband - or without - make sure you get to relax too.

Most of these family planners are for moms. For those dads out there who are taking on the organization of their families and for whatever reason not leaving it up to mom - some of these do come in colors that I don't think you'd be ashamed to walk around with.