PTPL 228 · Calendars, todos, and (secret) notes to your future self

How another go at keeping a plain text calendar is helping me clarify what goes where Making and using calendars is viscerally satisfying to me. I love the sense of stability and preparedness I get from seeing dates laid out in neat rows! Along with that comes the irresistible idea of writing notes to my future self. This could mean recording tasks that need to be done on or by on specific dates, but it’s much more that that. In as real a sense as I can muster, my calendar is an attempt to communicate ideas that I believe future me will need to see. The simpler and more hands-on, the better. Why, hello again, plain text calendar! That’s why Marjon’s calendar in a Google Sheet has inspired me to return to the world of plain text calendars. Unlike last time, I’m not trying to replace my digital calendar. Just provide a supplementary, intentional, optional layer that brings my plans into sharper focus. My latest plain text calendar is a simple outline of the current year in one document,…