This falls under the heading of, “I think we’ve discovered something and want to share it with you.” See what you think…

June is a list-maker and lives by a schedule that she keeps on paper. For years (decades), she has used the 2-page per day DayTimer in the 3.5″ x 6.5″ size. At the beginning of each month, there is a 2-page display where she can write in all her scheduled appointments for the month.

Lately, June has been looking at all those appointments for the month and feeling over-scheduled. But she solved it! How, you ask? We went to the office supply store and bought an 8.5 x 11 calendar. She doesn’t carry the mini-calendar around anymore, and she realized that she could just as easily use a larger one. The new calendar has two pages per week and, as above, a two-page spread for the month. But instead of a 6.5″ long x 7″ wide display, she now has a display that’s 11″ long and 17″ wide! (Mathematically, over 4 times larger!)

I can’t believe how much freer I feel! – June, with a new calendar

And the new calendar has the same appointments in it, copied from the old calendar. Truly, the medium is the message.

Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time… (Ephesians 5.15, 16, ESV)