Last year I bought Jesse Itzler’s Big Ass Calendar but found it to be too much friction. I wanted something to see my plans (which it did well), track activities (less well), and take notes and reminders (not well at all).
The only part I used – but loved – was the year at a glance. A 22″ by 14″ spread, by May it hung above my desk.
But it wasn’t great. I loved planning, doodling, and reflecting on adventures. Though my daily notebook dominated the tracking, noting, and reminders – the year-at-a-glance was a great reminder about what we got to do and what we still might yet.
Here is a Google Sheets version of that calendar. Under print settings, you may need to customize the layout. I print out four pages (January – June with dates 1-16 is one page for example), then craft it together.
This version’s lines are lighter than Jesse’s and the boxes are slightly larger. I use pencil because life happens. I’ll also throw on stickers and crude drawings for events.
The layout is so nice, to see horizontally where we are in a month and vertically where we are in the year. It also makes it easy to see if we are “a month away or more” from events.
What it’s missing is birthdays and holidays, but I’ll post other tweaks as they arise.
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