Choosing 2013 diaries

Start the year right with 2013 diaries. They are great gifts and they would make a great addition to your own personal planning and organization. Diaries can be a great tool for planning your schedules ahead of time and for keeping organized.  They can help you manage household, business, and work activities, as well as keep track of appointments and deadlines.

Year diaries or planners that cover an entire year come in many designs, shapes, and sizes. Choose the size, design, and shape that works well for your lifestyle or for what you do. If, for example, you are the type who usually carries just a medium sized tote bag, you might be better off with a small or mid sized planner. However, if you have so many activities week to week and month to month and you need more space in your diary or planner, a bigger planner might be the way to go.

Some prefer their 2013 diaries at size A4 because the size of the diary – about 8.3 inches by 11.7 inches – allows them to paste standard size paper on one diary page.

The cover of the diary is a deal breaker for some. That are people, for example, who prefer hardbound diaries or diaries with hard covers because they are sturdier and are therefore perfect for people with busier or more rugged lifestyles. Diaries with hard covers also usually have internal ribbons which also serve as the marker or the diary’s book mark. Other consumers prefer diaries that have rulers that work double duty as ruler and book mark. Others, however, look for diaries that have soft covers, particularly covers that are leather or leather grain, in either shiny or matte covers.

The great thing about these covers is that there are so many colors to choose from. There are also plain covers and those that have additional designs. Some brands even have special editions or special covers so you might want to check those out, too. 

The format of the diary is, of course, an important consideration. The typical diary or journal format covers the twelve month period from January to December of the year; but there are, however, those academic journals or diaries that are arranged according to the school period or the academic year. 
 
Choose the diary format that works well with your lifestyle or how your day goes. The typical diary has a daily or the weekly page and then a monthly page. But most diaries have more pages for just one kind of format – either daily or weekly or monthly – and then just a few for the other formats. If you choose an appointments diary, you would have a page or two pages devoted to one day, usually formatted at hourly or half hour intervals. So if your day is busy and full of meetings and interviews every few hours, you can play your schedule better with a diary that has more pages for daily schedules.  

If your deadlines are weekly and you need more space for weekly activities, use a diary that has a format that contains the week in a page or, if you need more space, two pages. Some people, because they have busier weekends than others, even look for diaries that have more space for the weekends.

2013 diaries that have a month to page (one month in an entire page) or a month in two pages let you focus on your deadlines and activities for an entire month at a glance. People that need more space for their daily schedules and entries choose, of course, the diary or planner that has is formatted one day per page. There are some that have huge blank spaces for each daily entry – a perfect format for people that need space for illustrations, photos, and other items that they want to glue into the diary, and of course, space for their musings and other entries for the day.