Visualise Your Year

I don’t know about you, but I have used a year planner for well, years. I had used ordinary bound desk diaries, but I found it hard to visualise the year as a whole. A friend suggested a wall planner as the obvious solution, and a superb piece of advice that was.

The year planner enables me to relate time to the work I have to do. I place holidays and other events on the planner each December for the following year. I can then at a glance instantly see any clashes or issues I may have if a client commissions some work.

I had used flimsy poster type wall planners as they were cheap. But after stumping up the £20 for a mounted Sasco planner I’ve never looked back. The rigid board that these planners use is ideal. The surface takes stick-on dots and other visual aids and comes with a write on wipe off pen for quick notes.

Also, I had used to attach the planner to the wall with massive blobs of Blue Tack until I discovered that it was leaving unsightly grease marks on my walls. After some investigation I found a new 3M product called Poster Strips. They’re basically Velcro with a sticky backing. But they come in various sizes to attach posters and heavier objects. I’m using them to secure my year planner and my magnetic message board to my wall. I tested removing the strips. They came off easily and without any grease marks. If you need to attach anything to your walls, Poster Strips are perfect.

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