What this tool does
A year-agnostic list of the dates you must not forget: twelve month sections with 2 to 5 date-and-name rows each. No year printed, so it carries over.
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Twelve months, no year
Each month gets its own small section with rows for a date and a name. Four rows a month by default, two to five available.
The year is deliberately absent. Birthdays and anniversaries do not move, so a sheet without a year on it is one you fill in once and keep, and the alternative — a dated calendar — means copying the same forty entries across every January.
Why this is not a calendar app problem
It is, until the phone changes hands.
Anniversaries entered into a phone survive exactly as long as the account they were entered into, and people lose them in a platform switch, an account deletion or a device wipe without noticing — the absence is silent, and you find out when the birthday has already gone past. A single sheet in a drawer has none of that fragility, and it is trivially copied.
Put more than birthdays on it
Wedding anniversaries. The anniversary of a death, which matters to somebody even if it does not appear in any app. Insurance and MOT renewals, passport expiries, the date the boiler service is due, when the smoke alarm batteries were last changed.
Anything annual and easy to forget belongs here. The sheet's value goes up sharply once it is not only birthdays, because then it becomes the thing you check at the start of each month rather than something consulted twice a year.
Filling it in
Do it in one sitting, with the phone contacts open, and add ages if you want them — write the birth year beside the name and any future age is one subtraction away.
Pencil is worth it. Relationships change, people move, and a sheet you can amend without reprinting lasts considerably longer.
Where to keep it
Inside a kitchen cupboard door, in the front of a diary, or pinned near the calendar. Somewhere it is seen monthly rather than searched for annually.
Check it on the first of the month. That is far enough ahead to post a card, which is the entire point — a reminder on the day is a reminder that arrives too late.
Copy it
Photograph it once it is filled in. The sheet is more durable than a phone and less durable than a fire, and a picture of it costs nothing.
Related: the monthly planner, where these get transferred once the month arrives.
FAQs
Quick answers
How many dates can I record per month?
Choose between 2 and 5 rows in each month section. Fewer rows give more writing height; more rows capture a busy month.
Is the calendar tied to a specific year?
No. It is organised by month, not by year, so the same sheet is reusable. Write the day of the month and the same calendar works every year.
What should I write in each row?
Put the day in the date column and the person or occasion in the name column. Birthdays, anniversaries, renewals or any important date.
Which paper sizes are supported?
A4 and US Letter. Print at 100% scale so all twelve month sections fit neatly on one page.
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