Friday's Unscientific Poll: Paper planners

[nanila]

I know I'm a slow-moving mammal when it comes to the Internet. I mean hey, I'm still actively using LiveJournal and am suspicious of these new-fangled innovations like Tumblr and Instagram. But it sometimes surprises people to see that I keep a paper diary. I do use an electronic calendar (for work; Microsoft Outlook) but it's not my primary source for my list of daily tasks and meeting reminders. If I don't physically write things down, I don't remember to do them nearly as well as if I've put pen to paper in the process of committing them to memory. So I'm curious if there's anyone else out there who is still stubbornly clinging to their paper calendar or planner, or if I'm finally approaching an age when I can start becoming properly Luddite.

Poll #17246 Paper planners

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 55

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For scheduling, I primarily rely upon

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An electronic calendar (e.g. Outlook, Google)
28 (50.9%)

A paper calendar or planner
24 (43.6%)

Post-it notes stuck to mymonitor/my mirror/my forehead/various household appliances
1 (1.8%)

My brain
2 (3.6%)

Comments

[sfred]

I've been using electronic calendars instead of paper diaries since about 2002, when I had my first pocket computer (second-hand Palm followed very quickly by second-hand Psion). I've been too peripatetic for too long for a wall-calendar to work; I don't experience very much difference between an electronic device in my pocket and a paper diary, and I really like being able to add things on my phone and have them show up on my computer and vice-versa.

On the other hand, I struggle to keep electronic to-do lists updated and always revert to a paper notepad for that.