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I Like to Time Travel with Wall, Paper, and Digital Calendars

Making next year feel like a place I’ve already been

Ink sketch of some calendars by the author. Nice and messy, just like the future tends to be.

This post can also be read on my blog.

This is the time of year when I start reviewing and preparing next year’s calendars. These calendars live on my wall, in a paper notebook, and on my Apple devices. They let me time travel to next year, making it feel like a place I’ve already been.

Will my calendars change in 2026, or stay the same? Let’s find out.

Wall Calendar

Wall calendars are a must at our place. As a multi-generational household we need a central place for everyone to see what’s happening when, device-free. It means copying over events from the digital calendar and regularly checking in to make sure they stay in sync, but for us the effort is well worth having everyone on the same page.

This year we used a continuous calendar — something I created at the end of 2024. It consists of enough sheets to cover the entire year taped together and folded concertina-style, with 10 weeks or so showing at a time. You can release the whole lot at any time to plan the entire year.