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Made this choice a couple years ago and never looked back. Marking down upcoming events and crossing out passing days just feels more real when you see it on your wall rather than your phone.
My past few calendars have been Star Trek TNG (make it so), but this year I decided to get a little more cultured.
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I guess this is less a rec, more just what works for me.
When I'm in really busy eras I have a night where I actually handmake a few months worth of calendars (like literally with a marker, and a ruler, and heavy paper). I hang them up on the wall, and I just start filling them up.
When the busy-ness fades I take the months down and keep them. Also cool because you have an analog record of what you did for a while.
Feb 17, 2024
been using my phone calendar to plan my days but sometimes I need things to be physical in order to fully retain it, maybe I’m stupid, maybe David foster wallace was right about television. Now I do Cork-Board-Choreo. left side is creative project(s), right side is plans for the following day that I make the night prior. Yeah I could get a daily planner, but this is the first thing I see when I open my eyes in the morning AND it’s colorful AND when I do one of the tasks I can take off the paper and crush it up, honestly that part feels better than actually doing the laundry or buying the groceries or calling my uncle Dan which I still haven’t done. This might be a side effect from watching snl from 1975-present. But it works!
Dec 3, 2024
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like a physical paper one, not on a computer or phone.. i've been doing this for over a year now and it's so satisfying to have ur month laid out for you right there on ur desk
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Not just for dads! Informative and soothing. So many subjects and typically feature a wide range of perspectives. Long live PBS.
Jan 23, 2024
Hard not to look like an asshole when you whip this out in public. But who cares! It’s a classic for a reason. Whitman’s prose flows gentle, like floating beachgrass on bright ocean waves. Or whatever.
Jan 24, 2024
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Arguably the most consistent way to hang out with friends at least once a week. So many venues have them. Activity! Camaraderie! And you usually learn something.
Thursday is the best night for this, I think. Gives you something to look forward to other than the weekend.
Jan 25, 2024