I am primarily a visual learner. Basically, if I don’t see it, I forget it, and if I can’t see it, I’m not paying attention. This is why I slept through most of my college lectures and sleep through many sermons…even in the second row. That’s why I was super-excited to receive a NeuYear calendar to review.
It’s an entire year-at-a-glance.
The possibilities are so endless, I haven’t decided what to do with mine yet.
Do I simply check off the days in 2013 as they fly by to give my Ethiopians a better sense of time?
Do I leave it blank and let them use it for elapsed time problems?
Do I use it to visually mark everyone’s Tae Kwon Do progress?
Do I use it for our business and non-profit we are launching to goal plan?
Do I use it to just keep track of everyone’s extra curriculars? I could even color code it!
Here are some things to note about it:
Two-sided. One side is landscape for an area like above your desk. The other side is portrait. Perfect for the back of a door. Ours is currently hanging landscape in our front hall.
Surface. Available in a dry-erase surface or uncoated if you want to be more accountable for your goals.
It’s academic. They recently added an academic version. This could be an invaluable tool for us homeschoolers.
No Gaps. “Unlike other calendars, this one has no space between months. The philosophy here is that the week is the currency we think in, so this calendar focuses on presenting 52 weeks, rather than 12 months. This feature helps you plan across months easily, and see clearly the distance/days between any two dates in the year. It will also motivate you to see weeks passing, deadlines approaching and goals accomplished.”
Weekends. At first I was annoyed that the weeks started on Monday. Then I realized that this design puts all the weekends together. When you pair that with the no-gap design, you get a great visual of just your weekends. Perhaps in a future design, the weekends could be lightly shaded so they stand out.
Are you ready to try one?
For the next week, you have the chance to win one.
If you don’t win, click here to get your own and use the code “thecorkums” for 30% until December 31st.
Plan and keep track of visiting my Grandkids!!
Wow – I know just where I would put this. I would use it as my go-to calendar every day to keep our family of 6 (almost 7) organized. I love that it goes by weeks – that’s exactly how I live my life – weeks at a time.
I would use it to help my preschooler and toddler see when things are happening and be able to count down to events easily. It looks like a great calendar!
This is cool. I really like the ability to see the year all at once. I am guilty of thinking in “just this month” time and often have things I think of as “all the way next month” sneak up on me when they occur in the first week of the month.
I would use the calendar to track my school work deadlines as well as my children’s. This would be extremely helpful in staying organized and have a visual reminder everyday.
I would probably use it to track all our schedules… my four kids’ sports and peer activities, my CC events & piano students, my husband’s random pastoral schedule and my parents have now moved in with us also. That’s a lot to keep track of! 🙂