If your family tends not to be prepared for events at the beginning of the month, I highly recommend you implement a 2 month calendar system! This post is all about how I implemented a 2 month calendar system for our family and the benefits we experienced from it.
I love being organized but I started to miss events at the beginning of each month while using our families single calendar system. Even when I realized an event was in a few days, I was not prepared with a gift, outfit, babysitting, etc. The wall I had our family calendar on was tall enough to make a command center on but I knew our family wouldn’t utilize the whole thing with our current lifestyle. We just needed a spot to quickly check our daily, weekly and monthly activities without all the extra fluff.
Prior calendar system- On the first day of each month, I would take down the calendar, erase the previous month and add the new dates and events for the current month. This system quickly became a problem when I realized there was an event coming up in a few days and I had totally forgotten about it since it wasn’t “on the calendar” I checked daily.
Small Change for Big Rewards-
NEW 2 month calendar system-I decided the easiest way to combat this would be to add another calendar to the wall so we would have 2 months up at all times. This simple solution has become a huge success for our family to keep on top of all our events.
Look how nice it is to see two months ahead!
How to implement 2 calendar wall-
Update Current Month- Now at the beginning of each month, I take down the current month and update any new events that may have come up since I last month. Then, I swap the current month calendar for the previous month on the top hooks.
Switch out Previous Month to Upcoming Month-When I take down the previous month, I erase the whole thing before starting fresh. I then add the actual dates before including all the events for the upcoming month. I replace it on the bottom hooks on the calendar wall, below the current month.
Add Some Creative Touches
I love the creative touches to the calendar to the right. If you are creative and artsy, this would be a lot of fun to make. Add some small touches to the individual events or something that represents the current month. I actually do this on occasion, but it depends on what kind of items I can actually draw! 🙂
Enjoy the process and get creative with your family’s schedule!
I now always know what is coming up for a 2 month span and love feeling in control of our schedule again. This seems like a simple solution but since I lived without it for years, I assume there are others out there that are struggling with their own systems. Here’s to your family being prepared for each and every event you have coming up now that you have a simple solution to stay organized.
Let me know what you think of the 2 calendar system or how your family stays organized in the comments section.
Whole Health Momma 
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