Ferber For Schedules and Structure, Yet No Love
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Dr. Richard Ferber's "Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems" is another book that attempts to answer all the questions new parents want to know about their infants/children and the art of getting them to sleep. He attempts to answer questions for them that they may be struggling with through scientific procedures and explanations. However valid Ferber's statements and arguments are, his advice seems to come at a very informal tone and does not take into account the parent/child bond. I personally am a fond believer in co sleeping and making sure the baby or child knows that it isn't alone in having to deal with anything. Attachment parenting seems like a logical and loving approach to being a parent, and so when reading "Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems" I Have to admit that I was put off by the continuous notion that a child's sleep habits should be a tight schedule and that many of the activities that I have read in previous books by Meredith Small and William Sears strongly disagreed with disattachment parenting. Even though I and many others might not agree with the overall tone and approach the book offers, I must say that it is in fact worth the read because it includes invaluable information and facts on children that can still be extremely useful.
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This is a very attractive-looking planner, nicer than the at-a-glance plastic coated books. That said, this is not nearly as resilient. I've been carrying it in my bag for a week and it is already looking scuffed. That isn't a big deal to me, just as long as it doesn't get so battered it falls apart.

This is the second planner I've looked at this year, both by at-a-glance. I think it is interesting that each has a different way of presenting the full month calendar. This one starts the week on a Monday. The last started the week on a Sunday. I prefer the more traditional (although less intuitive) Sunday start, just because I'm accustomed to it.

This is a great book in that there is a lot of space for each month and each day -- the daily calendar is great and has plenty of room to jot notes if you don't have an hourly schedule to keep. I also really like the two bookmarks, especially the elastic one that keeps the book closed.

The pages are more of a cream color than stark white, which makes the planner look much nicer somehow. The only reason I dinged this a star is because I believe it will not hold up particularly well to being shoved into a briefcase and taken out dozens of times per day.
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PROS
-gorgeous cover design, well polished and finished.
-very flat-open, convenient to use.
-soft inner paper.

CONS
-No tags for each month
-No each-month calendar, very very inconvenient to look through a whole schedules for each month.
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A little disappointed with this calendar. today's technology is great, but I still prefer a written schedule and the weekly engagement calendars are the best. they also fit in my purse.  I do prefer the American Pit Bull Terrier weekly engagement calendar but for some reason it isn't published any longer. I decided to go with the underwater dogs weekly engagement calerndar.
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The quality is good, and it's handy to have the holidays for Canada and Mexico in there so you know when people won't be in.  But I'm having to stop using mine because it has the week starting on Monday.  It sounds like a good idea, saving space by combining Saturday and Sunday into the same square, but after months of accidentally scheduling Monday things on the date for Tuesday, I'm giving up.  You'd think you would get used to the week starting on Monday, but since few other calendars have the week start on Monday, I never really did get used to it.

Some people may love this product and not have a problem with it but I thought I'd share my experience in case it was useful.
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I like this planner, I use it to plan my day in 15 minute increments. I would give it a perfect 5 stars, but I don't like that they combine Saturday and Sunday on a single page, giving time slots up to 4pm for Saturday and giving a third of the page for un-labelled time slots for Sunday. I work 7 days a week, and would prefer that this planner ALSO work 7 days a week >.<

Never the less, it is very handy and appropriately priced, plus it looks nice and is vegan. I might shop around next year for one better suited for 7 day usage, but its a good planner if you mostly care about the weekdays.
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Decent academic calendar.  Was looking for something small to fit in my pocket.  I don't love the weekly layout, being per hour per day, but overall a decent calendar.  I hated that the Amazon sticker left residue on the front cover.  The AT-A-Glance sticker came off without residue, so it was just a small portion, but that was probably my biggest complaint.
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This planner had everything I was looking for in a calendar/life planner. My biggest problem with it is that it's too big. Doesn't fit right in my purse and adds too much weight in my already too heavy backpack. I also do not like that half the week is on one page and the other half is on the other. I like one full page of the week not a split week. Good for someone who doesn't need to take their planner with them everywhere
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I would like a leather bound pocket planner to put the days of the week in the order of Sun,Mon,Tues,Wed,Thurs,Fri,Sat.  SEPARATE THE WEEKEND DAYS!  This calendar does not do that.  With this rant aside,  I liked this calendar.  It's got a nice feel to it, the pages are not too thin and there is a marker to keep your place. I've just switched to the At-A-Glance Two Year with notes (70-7S25), and I like it better, if only because it is a bit smaller, even with two years and has a nice sized notes section.
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Love the divided months but most of the planner is taken up with weekly budgeting pages which I don't use. I needed this for monthly bill bugeting so the weekly pages are going to waste.
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I've been using the planner since January (now July) and I've just purchased a different planner to finish out the year. Here's why:

1. I purchased this planner originally because I am prone to anxiety and planners are something that, in the past, I have been prone to obsess over. This planner was perfect for relieving some of those tendencies. Instead of having a mile-long task list with other planners, with the Panda Planner I was limited to only a few per day. Admittedly, I often wrote in extra boxes. Unfortunately for me, however, the extra reflections ended up being too time-consuming and I ended up barely using my planner at all, besides the monthly view, which I utilized much like a more typical planner. I need something more structured and task-oriented, with perhaps reflections on a weekly and monthly basis, rather than daily.

This planner is perfect for someone who lives a more intuitive lifestyle, but might not fit someone with a pretty rigid schedule full of appointments and meetings.

2. The lack of a calendar week-view. There is no week view on this planner. Instead, there is a single page of weekly reflections. I ended up dreading these, they felt more like a chore and didn't work to organize my week. I used the monthly page for my weekly planning and the boxes filled up quick. In short, I do love the month view of this calendar but feel the week view could use boxes for each day of the week, instead of so much reflection. Perhaps in the space labels "Projects" which I often felt confused about and never really knew what to put in those spaces. Also, a to-do section would be great in the week pages.

Again, for someone with a less rigid schedule, living a more simple lifestyle, this may work, but I would recommend to Panda Planner to consider a week view with a box for each day with a small amount of space to write special events or to-do items.

3. There are not enough weeks or days to fill the year. The biggest reason I am replacing my Panda Planner in July is because I ran out of days and weeks! Why didn't they put enough for every day? I'm even someone who has skipped many of my days and weekly reflections for reasons mentioned above. What a bummer. I guess if you only plan one or two days a week, you'd be okay?

All this aside, I still give four stars because this is a great planner. I got lots of compliments on it and it did help to improve my mental health, something I am very grateful for. If there are improvements to this calendar in the future (for me, a better week view and a year's worth of weeks/days), I will most likely be a return customer.
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As a current owner of the Tamrac Adventurer 9 and a wedding photographer, I really wanted to love the Evolution 9 backpack.  And in almost every design aspect I did.  However, the achilles heel is the strap system.

PROS:
It holds a ton of gear.  I was able to carry a custom bracket (flash bracket), LED lights, lens hoods, and a 36-pack of AA batteries in the upper portion of the bag.  In the lower portion, I was able to fit a 5D body w/grip, 24-70, 70-200, 14L, 24L, 35L, 85L, 135L, 100L, and 580 flash with attached bounce.  The double access panels and the abundance of zippered pouches were really convenient for quick access to gear.  I love the design of my Adventurer 9 bag and the Evolution 9 really increased the overall convenience and functionality.

CONS
However, because the designers were trying to add sling functionality (eliminating one of the straps), they designed straps that are " to a full inch narrower than more traditional backpack straps.  In addition, the padding is far thinner than other photography backpacks I've used.  I shot two outings with this bag, the first was for 4 hours and by the end of it, my back and shoulders were very sore.  After the first outing, I wanted to return the Evolution 9, but I loved the other design elements so much that I decided to give it another try.  I purchased 2"x10" foam&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Seat-Belt-Shoulder-Pads-MOMO-Style-1-Black-Red-Pair/dp/B004DYVO18/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Seat Belt Shoulder Pads - MOMO Style #1 Black/Red - Pair</a>&nbsp;for the straps, hoping that the additional width and padding would make the bag more usable.  The next opportunity I had to use it was for 2.5-hour evening shoot.  By then end of it, I knew I had to return the Evolution 9, even with the extra padding, my back and shoulders were really sore.

My feelings on the bag are mixed.  With the exception of the strap design, I love every other design element.  But in my opinion, the strap design is not adequate for the amount of gear that the Evolution 9 is designed to carry.

My recommendation depends on your usage scenario.  If you carry your gear to a location and leave it sitting there until you need to travel to a new location, then the Evolution 9 could be a very good solution for you.  However, my style is to carry my gear with me as I hit multiple locations in a short amount of time, and in this usage scenario, the thin strap design make the Evolution 9 completely unusable.
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This is a nice, bound AT A GLANCE calendar.  Unlike the more traditional brand calendars, this is far thinner and doesn't use the wire bound binding.  Thus, this is a softbound version, and is much thinner.

As to planning, this is really meant for cursory appointments and the like.  It is not meant for an extensive appointment calendar for each day from morning to night.  Knowing that, for planning for cursory appointment details you could do far worse.  This has the expected dates through Feb 2017, and some planning areas and note taking areas.

If this is something you use to jot down dates in a briefcase or similar, I wouldn't expect the binding to last and remain pristine, it is black, but I could see by the end of the year, it could get dog-eared and scuffed.

If you understand the cursory nature, the nice-looking appearance and the ease of being able to take this anywhere, this is by all means  really nice calendar that can become used and you won't care too much by the end of the year.
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This is an acceptable day/month/week planner, and it has some cute encouragements/organization focus points. However, I didn't like the way it was organized, I thought it was weird that months were all clumped together, then weeks, then days. I want the month, then the week, then the seven days in that week, then the next week, days, then the next month, etc.... it made jumping back and forth between sections in the planner non-intuitive and annoying. I also was very disappointed that it was only for a couple months. THIS IS NOT A FULL YEAR PLANNER. Just FYI.
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As an ADHD Coach, I wanted to see if this planner lives up to its billing. It does.
Well thought out format that combines a calendar/scheduler with objectives and priorities - a true planner.  I think it is critical to see all days in a week in columns, so it is easier to visualize your schedule.  The two-page weekly spread does this.  I also liked that the day extends from 5am to 11pm (in half-hour increments), which is a much more realistic time frame for life-tracking than in typical planners.  There is space on each weekly spread for Notes, Objectives and Priorities.  First time I've seen a space for Rewards/Consequences next to Weekly Objectives - makes one think and reinforces goals throughout the week.  There's space to list both Personal and Work/School Priorities (using the Urgent/Important/Not Urgent/Not Important matrix) on the weekly spread.  Also pages for Monthly Priorities (Personal and Work Related) and a month at a glance calendar with space to write in key info.  Since I purchased it at the end of May, it would have been a better value if it was June to June.  Mine was not 15 months!  I like that it lies flat when opened, and you can flip the pages so only the current days appear (takes up less space on the desk). I do recommend this planner to my coaching/organizing clients who are willing to put in the effort of using it (taking the time to think about and enter Objectives and Priorities).  Otherwise, it is just a place to enter tasks and appointments. The one problem is that in order to include space for all of this, the appointment spaces are only about 1/8" high, and it may be difficult to fit the info into the appropriate line and keep it readable (handwriting can be a challenge for many people with ADHD!).
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Think of this book as a self-guided life coach. I've only given it 3 stars, but I do actually like the book, but I think there's lots of room for improvement.

The good things about it are that it really has you dig into your life time goals, and I find that filling it out really helps center me every morning. I am more mindful and purpose-driven on days when I use this planner.

Just as a heads up, it takes quite a long time to fill out the goal-setting first pages of the book (if you do it right), so if you're going to use the book starting January of any given year, I'd begin filling that out at the end of November the previous year. The goal-setting pages are key, since they are the exercise where you really dig into yourself & figure out what you want from any given year/month/day.

The things that really didn't work for me are below. (They won't make sense to you if you haven't been using this book, but there's no other way to share this.)

(1) A weird little complaint is that this book is quite big and heavy. I can't use the section that's meant to function as a daily planner, because I just don't want to lug this thing around with me everywhere.

(2) The Greatness Blueprint: Since the greatness blueprint is the goal setting exercise from which every subsequent analysis flows, I'd have liked more space. The little boxes aren't enough to write in all the actions

(3) Pages to write in a Why Statement, Mission, Goals: Not sure why the Why Statement and Mission get a full page each, and Goals only gets a half.

(4) Life Revolution: This section of the goal-setting section made no sense. Where does the 0-5 rating scale come in?

(5) Some explanation of how to fill in the yearly planner would be nice.

Anyway, I don't regret this purchase, and I will continue to use it every morning & evening.
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The plan ahead See it Bigger planner would be the perfect datebook except for a few issues. The spiral binding is very bulky and hard to open and close. The pages do not turn freely on the spiral which rips them. There is a section for passwords which I find to be a waste of space.
If this planner is to last 18 months, the design should be reworked. I don't see it holding up. Too many torn pages.