Planning, time management, and keeping track of deadlines are among the top challenges professionals face in the workplace. A printed monthly calendar can be a simple, often free solution to these problems.
You can print out free monthly calendar pages at many different websites online.
Use them to:
1. Prioritize - There are probably several items on your to-do list (or scattered on various sticky notes around your desk) that need finishing sooner rather than later. Other projects may not need attention as urgently. Using a blank monthly calendar can help you be decisive about what needs to be tackled first.
2. Organize Your Tasks - There may be tasks to complete but only after the finishing of others. Laying out a plan on monthly calendar templates is a quick way to get organized.
3. Keep Track of What You Have Done - A printable monthly calendar will be a comprehensive tool for keeping track of the tasks you have already completed. Calendars, monthly or daily, customized to your needs will give you an easy tool to see all your completed and ongoing tasks at a glance.
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Free monthly calendars
A printed monthly calendar is an excellent tool for staying organized and managing upcoming tasks and projects.
I recommend: A helpful free printable monthly calendar is available through
Vertex42. This website offers the choice of more generic monthly calendars that you can use for any year or free monthly calendar templates for Microsoft Excel that you can customize for a particular month of the year. You can print attractive free calendars at the
My Calendar Maker website and then format them to be weekly, monthly, yearly, or even daily, and then printed using Adobe Acrobat.
Make your monthly calendars uniquely yours
You can customize many of the free monthly calendars available online with graphics, photos, and inspirational messages of your choosing.
I recommend: At
DLTK's, a myriad of options is available to print free monthly calendar pages. Available in seven different languages, these calendars turn custom-made with a variety of different themes, including animals, holidays, and various cartoon characters. With more customizing options,
ePrintable.com even allows you to add images and motivational or religious quotes, for an attractive and custom made monthly calendar. For some additional options, the printable monthly calendars available at
Free Printable Calendar allow you to customize the country/culture you want the calendar to appear in, as well as adding pictures and graphics. Upload graphics from your own hard drive, or include a website address for images available online. In addition, blank monthly calendars are available at this website.
Printable online calendars for a nominal fee
In addition to the many free calendars available, there are also services that offer printable monthly calendars for a small fee.
I recommend: Astronomical Gardening Guide offers monthly or yearly calendars either for a one-time fee or through an annual subscription. Each month's calendar comes with commentary, coupons, and gardening and cooking tips.
Enchanted Learning.com features printable calendars you can choose to print with activities for every day of the year. The calendars are available through a yearly subscription.
Tips & Tactics
Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide
- A blank monthly calendar can be a great tool to provide to employees to help them with time management and planning. You can use one of the websites to print monthly calendar pages that already include deadlines, meetings, or events you want to keep on your staff's radar, and your staff can use the monthly calendars with the pre-printed reminders to add to and further customize.
- In addition to creating and printing hard copies of printable monthly calendars, there are group-sharing websites available that allow for creating, storing, and sharing of calendars online to be securely used with work colleagues or family.
- To keep your monthly calendars accessible, try printing them on magnetic paper and then hanging them on a file cabinet or refrigerator
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