You might be accustomed to thinking of planners as simply collections of pages filled
with lines and boxes to write things in. Everyone has seen (and most of us have used) a
monthly or a weekly planner. What we would like to emphasize here is not the papers
but the thinking process involved in planning. While we introduce these 4 planning
methods we want you to think about how much planning you are already doing. What
would your life be like if you completely stopped planning? Suppose for instance you
never planned any of your school related activities. Would you know which class to go
to or when? Or the dates and times of your exams? Or the due dates of term papers? Or
which chapters of which text to read for next week? Or when your study group was
meeting? Or when the tuition fees were due? Or when your vacations are? You can
imagine the chaos! Imagine if you stopped planning in all the other areas of your life as
well. Or worse, imagine what the world would be like if everyone stopped planning