09 December 2008

On Planners

I like planners.

Last Christmas and New Year, I received a lot of planners. Aside from planners I received as gift, I also had my Starbucks planner, Jollibee planner, Papemelroti planners and planners bought in National Bookstore, etc.

There's a great  feeling I get from looking at those aggregate of  planners. It gives me this great sense of purpose, of foreseeing goals. It gives meaning to the days ahead.

The sad part is that of all those planners I had, I can only choose one. It's senseless to use a lot of planners. Eventually, I had to let them go.

The Papemelroti planners I gave them away to my friends. My Starbucks planner I gave it to my sister. My Jollibee planner, I gave it to my brother, the executive planner, I gave to my father...

Before the end of the year, I had only one planner left with me. It's a small ugly black planner that was bought in National Bookstore. It is this black ugly planner that helped me plan the days of my 2007. And although it's not everyday that I get to plan my activities in that planner, just having that black ugly planner in my bag is already a big deal for me.

This Christmas and New Year, I hope I get a lot of planners again. Although it's impossible to use them all, and will probably give away most of them anyway; and that I will probably choose another small ugly planner again like i did last year, the fact that I have a lot of planners on my command gives me a great sense of joy.

I read somewhere that there are only three (3)  things we need in our lives.
1. someone to love
2. something to do
3. something to look forward to

I like planners because it satisfies number 3.

24 comments:

Jodan Valle said...

Ilocos after xmas - Dec. 27 '08 - lagay mo sa black ugly planner mo....

Jodan Valle said...

nung nagkaplanner ako... hindi naging planner eh... naging diary... hahaha... hinahabol ko lahat ng nangyayari...hahahaha

Moe Marcelo said...

Allan Chalmers, but also in the Flight of The Phoenix. Happy Christmas. :)

C. Seamus Ü said...

so you're planning to get a planner for your plans next year? plan.

Klarriness Tanalgo said...

somebody give this man a moleskine!

i plan to line mine up someday. heehee.

djei kasilag said...

plan plan ka jan.. mas masaya pag biglaan..:)

rah oibas said...

I plan to plan the plan i plan to plan on planning to get a planner so i can plan on planning what to plan to write it down in my planner.

Never Land said...

ka-swerte mo naman! ako ni isa walang natanggap na planner last year, bumili ako ng akin, UP Cen Planner. :D

eLLa lozada said...

now i know what to get you for christmas..planner!!

rah oibas said...

hahaha do you happen to know.. kung may nabibili pang ganon? I'll probably give it away.. anyway. hahahaha

rah oibas said...

planner!? hahahaha it will make me happy. :)

Chryztyne Hermoso said...

pahingi ng planner ha..ung starbucks planner,if you have plans to give it away.hehe. di uso dito un eh.haha.

gazelle lozada said...

ninong, pahingi isa=D

rah oibas said...

sure! :) basta gagamitin mo. hahaha wag mong pamigay. hehehe

rah oibas said...

sige pag nakabuo ako ulit. pero lam mo mas maganda pa yung planner ng GONUTS donuts :)

rah oibas said...

moleskine? diba mahal yon? hahaha meron bang ganon na maliit at magaan? san ba nakakabili non?

rah oibas said...

yung biglaan gimik.. dapat ilagay ko yon sa planner ko :) sa sabado December 13 -- biglaang gimmik!
bwahahaha

gazelle lozada said...

yes yes yes...ahehehe=D

leslie balino said...

ang dami mong planner...

leslie balino said...

matindi to..may mailagay lang sa planner

Chryztyne Hermoso said...

i know..un ginagamit ko, 2 years na..hindi kasi bulky at hindi nakakainis dalhin kasi magaan...hehe.

roni flores said...

my planner always ends up being my diary. or a stack of blank wasted paper. ahehe!
di ako nakakuha ng starbucks this year, tsk tsk.

rah oibas said...

Guess what THIS YEAR, I didn't get any planner! Too bad!! people knew, probably with this post, that I'd eventually just give it away anyway. Argh.. but I would have wanted to have receive a lot of planners. (*tantrums)

djei kasilag said...

hahaha.. ayan kasi inanannounce m na pinapamigay m lang ang planners na natatanggap m..:)

ill get u one.. :)