Using digital devices like PDA, iPhone, or window mobile phones to manage one’s schedule has become a quite popular trend. People use these devices to manage their appointments for several reasons such as speed, convenience, and easy retrieval of information.
However, there is one problem to printable calendar 2023 these devices that cannot be overcome due to their screen size, which is managing schedules for projects than run over several months. Suppose you have one project that runs from January to April and have several appointments and time-bound tasks. Viewing the appointments and tasks at a single glance is simply impossible with small screen mobile devices.
What comes in handy for this situation is a nice idea named Compact Calendar suggested by David Seah. The Compact Calendar which is given full description and also download links in David Seah’s website is simply one sheet of paper with 1-year-calendar on it. What makes the calendar highly effective is its clever layout. To the left side, you have one year calendar in small letters in a column. To the right, you have blank page where you can write down any information you want.
With this calendar, you can literally manage projects that go on for several months. You can mark appointments and tasks that are related to projects. As you have 365 days in your single view, you can plan projects with a better understanding of time frame for each related appointment or task. As this is a simple paper, you can make them as many copies as you want for several projects. Of course, there are no problem like battery life or carrying bulky devices in your pocket.
Compact calendar may not replace state-of-the-art digital devices in your daily life. But using it together with the devices, especially as a side tool to check overall progress of projects, tasks, or other plans that go beyond one month will definitely lead to better results.
