<p>I'm looking for a new planner for the next academic year. Anyone know of any good ones or brands to check out?</p>
<p>It sounds kinda nerdy, but see what the school’s looks like. Often they’ll prefill the days the university is closed etc. It’s what I used for 5 years, and it worked wonderfully.</p>
<p>If you have an ipod touch/iphone , you can use that - its seriously a life saver for me (if you know how to use it right)</p>
<p>But for traditional stuff go to your bookstore and browse the planners they have there. The ones made by the school will most likely have the holidays and breaks on there as well.</p>
<p>I used to use a bunch of different planners (moleskin, quav-something, generic,etc) but after I used my ipod touch I knew there was no going back. You can sync your ical or google calendar with it, put some alarms for important times (although its a bit low) and if your like me its always going to be in your pocket so you’ll probably always check it. Plus they have really great apps for time management and planning too. And you can check your email (personal or school) with the push of a button(icon?). For about two months I didn’t even have any songs on it.</p>
<p>I use a Moleskine and really recommend it. I have the weekly kind–the left hand page has all the days of the week and the right hand page is just lined paper, which I find is really handy for to-do lists and stuff. There are also pages near the front to write your class schedule and a pocket on the inside back cover.</p>
<p>Oh wow I was actually wondering this for myself. I’ve seen a few at B&N but none of them really fit what I’m looking for, and I felt silly. But now I know to check out my school 
Thanks!</p>
<p>I use the Time Master, which has a yearly and monthly organizer and the daily organizer is comprised into time blocks (first tip I took from Cal Newport) with a small list above for daily objectives, priorities and their results – as well as a section for “weekly summary,” “notes/literature to send” and “numbers to call.” I’m sure there are more features I’ve forgotten to list.</p>
<p>It’s the most comprehensive organizer I’ve come across yet.</p>
<p>Can you give a link or something about the Time Master? I’ve never heard of it.</p>
<p>The Time Master sounds interesting, but let me suggest a more comprehensive approach. There is a book called “Getting Things Done” by David Allen. It is a cult phenomenon, especially among those in technical fields (maybe that’s a strike against it …) See tke page at [Getting</a> Things Done - Wikipedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_Things_Done]Getting”>Getting Things Done - Wikipedia) but to really understand the system its worth buying the paperback for a few bucks.</p>
<p>All those links listed on the earlier post (messages to send, calls to make, etc) will be lists you maintain in the GTD system, but rather than tying them down to days GTD gives you a different approach to keeping organized and on track. And GTD goes farther and deeper than a planner for organizing the next few weeks or months; it’s a comprehensive system for organizing and reviewing your activities on a basis from daily thru weekly, all the way out to long-term goals such as graduation and beyond. The reviews are scheduled at appropriate intervals so you’re not overloaded (eg. you won’t be thinking about your grad school plans daily) but the beauty of the system is that they ARE tracked and at the right time you will see a reminder to take the next step that is needed.</p>
<p>Spin: I bought mine at the campus book store but here’s a link for it: [2009-10</a> TIME MASTER ACADEMIC YEAR PLANNER : Marketplace HGTV - Browse Products Available Just for You](<a href=“http://marketplace.hgtv.com/Product.aspx?Lid=2436-033072000531]2009-10”>http://marketplace.hgtv.com/Product.aspx?Lid=2436-033072000531)</p>
<p>I also just use my iphone</p>