Wow, there’s so many.
I got 2018’s from Target last year, but I didn’t plan ahead and it was my only option. This year I have options.
But there’s so. many.
That one’s too small.
Too big.
No to-do list section? What is this, amateur hour?
OMG, a sale. A $60 planner for $54.99?! Sold.
OK, no touching it until Jan. 1. That defeats the purpose.
BUT THE SUSPENSE.
Can I bring my planner to the New Year’s Eve party? Is that lame?
I need to write down my meal prep plan. How else will I start the new year right?
No, no, it's lame.
But my brunch plans! I’m going to forget to go to brunch if I don’t write it down. Doesn’t matter if it’s the only thing I’m doing tomorrow.
Fine, just bring it in case there's some downtime after midnight.
OK, Jan. 1. Here we go.
Sh*t. I don’t have my good pen.
Where is my good pen??
OK, forget the pen. Just use any pen.
No, I need the pen. What am I gonna do, start a new planner with a subpar pen? Please.
Ah, found it. I should have looked in the old planner first, duh.
Here we go.
First thing’s first: Name and contact info on the first page.
This is permanent, don’t mess it up.
Anddd I messed it up.
Because writing my own name is suddenly a Herculean effort.
It’s fine, I’ll never look at this page again anyway. And I’m not going to lose the planner.
I never go anywhere without my planner. I won’t lose it.
...Ugh, I better not lose it. I love it so much.
Right. Let’s write down everyone’s birthdays.
Fun. Anticlimactic, but fun.
And now my birthday.
This is the good stuff.
Squiggle, exclamation point, bubble letters, some exciting slanted lines...
Yaaas.
Does this planner not have the hour-by-hour format? What the hell?
I guess it’s fine. I’ll just decide when I go to the gym every day on the spot. Live in the moment!
Spontaneity at its finest. Check me out.
All right, now to plan the first week in January. I love this sh*t.
We’ll call Grandma here, run to the pharmacy then, keep an hour open for re-organizing my makeup collection there...
...
...
Oh.
My God.
That did not just happen.
I did not just spi--
I just spilled coffee on June 5.
Why was I even looking at June 5?!
Because the pattern on the pages in June is especially pretty.
Well, not anymore!
Why.
It couldn’t have even happened on the January pages??? At least then I’d be past them soon and that’d be that.
No, the stain is in June. Just lingering, waiting for me to flip to a new month and hate everything.
Why do I even bother?
Great, now where’s my pen?