I Just Received My Brand New 2009 Day-Timer Monthly [Derived Headline]

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I just received my brand new 2009 Day-Timer monthly planner in the mail. No, I have not upgraded to one of the newer, possibly more efficient, certainly more portable and sophisticated multitasking products for keeping track of appointments and all manner of other relevant information. I am still enamored of a large, day-to-day appointment book at my desk and a small, pocket version to carry with me. Admittedly, sometimes I neglect to copy all of the appointments in the large desk book into the pocketbook version, but I stubbornly stick to this system even though I appear positively antiquated at business meetings when everyone else is busily entering e-mail addresses into their iPhone or BlackBerry or checking their home computer for messages, or even instantly locating the nearest new Italian restaurant for lunch.

There is something optimistic and challenging about all those virginal white pages in my 2009 book. I glance over the well-used pages of the open 2008 Day-Timer. It has recorded the past year with mundane appointments like "dentist at 2:30," happy reminders, "Dori and Hank to visit this weekend," some minor triumphs, "lost 3 lbs. this month," or "great turnout for the seminar on clutter," along with some setbacks, "Val in hospital again."

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I Just Received My Brand New 2009 Day-Timer Monthly [Derived Headline]

The entries come in useful at tax time, but more than that, they trace the day-...

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