That Time Of Year Again, 2018 Edition

It’s that time of year again where I start planning things for 2018.

Every year, I hack together a simple Year-at-a-Glance calendar, in the German style (but without Kalenderwochen).

— It fits on two double-sided A4 or letter-sized sheets of paper.
— It doesn’t have any stupid inspirational quotes.
— It doesn’t violate any of Edward Tufte’s rules for honest information design.
— It doesn’t win any awards for originality.

Here’s my 2018 Year-at-a-Glance Calendar (A4-sized)

Here’s what it looks like on A4 paper, easy to use, easy to carry around:

Every year I hack up a 2-page calendar, which is easy to carry around and helps me keep track of things. I am not Franklin Covey, I am a highly-effective person, I hate carrying useless paper around.

Here’s the 2018 Year-at-a-Glance Calendar (Letter-sized).

With a double-sided printer, print pages 1 and 4 first, then 2 and 3; doing this means you can look at 6 months at a time.