Take higher ground. Get a leg up. Ride the inside track. Go on - plan it all out with a yearly calendar!
Giddyup! Be the victor in the race for 2025, where there’s no one in the race but you. Record all your personal bests and future accomplishments in advance with a calendar diary of your choice! Here’s what you can do to make it all easy, breezy, lemon squeezy:
First, choose your calendar type.
Second, get all your dates in order.
Third, keep track of things by crossing, dotting, ticking and highlighting as time passes!
It really is that simple. But would you like to know how the Ancient crowd did it? Of course, you would, Pulp brainiacs; that’s why you’re here.
Think ‘natural units’ - aka the sun and moon. That’s how the OG timekeepers kept days in order. Shadow O’Clock time! The first known of this type was in Ancient Egypt, of course. The world's oldest sundial hails from the Valley of the Kings (c1500 BC).
Much later in life, Italian astronomer Giovanni Padovanni published a treatise on the manufacture and layout of sundials, making it much easier- for anyone who wanted to learn- how to make them, kind of like a YouTube Instruction video without the YouTube part.
So if that’s your bag, then go for it. If you want to see how we can help you here at Pulp with page-turning solutions, read on, Chronographers!
First up:
Frankie 2025
As we know them today, the Romans kindly revamped the sundial idea to something that included an eight-day week - say what now!?
Something tells us that King Romulus wanted a three-day weekend. And we think that would have been a great idea. But things didn’t end up that way, as we can attest. Romans also started with ten months - now we have twelve! Kudos, Romans, we like your style.
We also like Frankie’s style. Choose from a diary or calendar. This year, the Frankie diary is comprised of illustrations by Australian artist Liv Lee, inspired by lush gardens and veggie patches. This diary has a weekly, monthly, and yearly view and extra note-space for all your brilliant ideas, budgeting pages, and pull-outs: stickers, bookmarks, and gift tags. Not shabby!
The Calendar features twelve (not ten!) colourful art prints by top artists from Australia and New Zealand, including Claire Ritchie and Sophie McPike. Each month's artwork has a handy perforated edge, so each print can be torn out and displayed after. Tear it, frame it!
Next Up:
Poketo 18-month Planner
This simple and bold planner comes in pink, sun, and teal colours. It’s a grid view, which elevates - to say the least - the idea of scratchings on cave walls to denote the passing of time.
The Poketo is open-dated, so you can start it and pause it for any month you like. Tree-free paper! 80 pages! 21 cm x 29.8 cm! It's also substantial and durable. Like a cave wall that you can take with you in your bag.
Uh-huh. That got your thinking, didn’t it?
Last Up!
Moleskin 2025
The Classic. The Chic. Some would argue this is the ‘holy grail of diaries. But the Moleskin is anything but Medieval.
Coming in a range of variants: 12-month weekly horizontal, 12-month daily hardcover, and 12-month weekly notebook, they allow you to scribble out, meticulously pen, illustrate, highlight and record your activities whichever way you’d like.
Moleskine followers unite! Oh, how we appreciate and revere this 90s Milanese publisher. And we know you do, too.
Fun Fact: The Gregorian Calendar Does Not Have an Ending
And it’s the style we still use today. So we can rest easily knowing that the years, months, and days will keep going and that we will keep planning, recording, and highlighting them. If we've learned anything, it’s that for every type of day, there’s a type of diary: housekeeping, meditation, work events, or school events.
The days don’t end, so schedule, remember, and list things to keep it all together on paper in a sensible, tactile way.
Cant wait Pulp Besties, 'Til next calendar week!
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