BusyBodyBooks

Side-by-Side Scheduling

You're a true juggler, coordinating travel plans, work deadlines, gym schedules, doctor appointments and more. But you can't do it alone. When you need to keep track of personal, work and school plans that inevitably overlap, you need a day planner that multitasks as well as you do. A calendar that's designed for just one person's schedule isn't going to cut it.

We like Joan Goldner's approach. Joan started keeping track of her business projects, childcare schedules, and family events using different columns for each type of activity. The idea caught on, and Joan started publishing her handy gridded planners. The column layout shows side-by-side schedules for different areas of your life -- and easily highlights where overlapping events could get sticky. Plus, on the left side of every spread, there's oodles of room for lists or doodles.

We heard about Joan’s BusyBodyBook organizers from Amanda Carrick. “I bought this deceptively simple planner because, yes, I still like to write things down in this electronic digital world,” Amanda says. “I like to have the visual reminder or record so I can flip through pages and see when a meeting was, or when I traveled for work.”

BusyBodyBook offers calendar year planners for 2011 with casual, colorful cover designs (there's also a magnetic wall planner). The slim, lightweight size might even make you forgot for a moment just how busy life is.

— Ann

• Planner
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  • Available in Academic (Aug - Aug) and Calendar Year formats
  • Dimensions: 7” x 10”
  • Full Page Months-at-a-glance
  • Key contact pages
  • Removable perforated pages for lists
  • 2 Pockets
  • Bookmark
  • Notes
  • Sturdy Clear Plastic Cover

• Wall Grid Pad
  • Dimensions: 8.5“X 11”
  • 7 Column, undated weekly grid pad
  • Customizable
  • 3 hole punched
  • Magnetic strip to hang on fridge or filing cabinet
  • Available in Green and Blue

• Wall Calendar features include:
  
  • Seven spacious columns for your larger family or your additional planning needs
  • Week-per-page layout that can hang as
  • One- or two-week view two six-months-at-a-glance pages to help plan ahead for the holidays, vacations, or special events, a page for next year's important appointments and events
  • Key contacts pages for your emergency contact information and the phone numbers of doctors, coaches or babysitters
  • 4-inch pocket on the inside back cover to hold important papers, receipts or coupons