It’s June 6th: Have You Flipped Your Calendar Yet?

By Betty Belekis

@BettyB (4117)

Summerville, South Carolina

June 6, 2017 7:04am CST

We have two calendars hanging up in the house. One is in the spare bedroom where my mother-in-law stays when we bring her down for a visit. The other one is on the refrigerator in the kitchen. It’s the one in the kitchen that is usually a month behind. It’s a pocket calendar and that’s where we put papers that need to be dealt with. There is also a paperclip holding appointment cards clipped to the side. It only takes a minute to transfer the papers from one pocket to the next, and move the appointment cards, but it rarely gets done in a timely manner. It’s June 6th today. As we have a lot going on this month, I figured letting it go until the middle of the month wouldn’t be wise. I rarely let it go a whole month but I’ve yet to flip it on the first. Maybe next month… Have you flipped your calendar yet?

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@TiarasOceanView (70035)

• United States

6 Jun 17

Ha my son did it the other day for me as I had forgotten

Thanks for the reminder though Betty.

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@TiarasOceanView (70035)

• United States

6 Jun 17

@BettyB Good Husband

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@BettyB (4117)

• Summerville, South Carolina

6 Jun 17

I'm usually the one to forget as well. I flipped it this morning, but I usually wait until my husband does it.

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@amadeo (111948)

• United States

6 Jun 17

I do not flip.I have monthly print out on this.

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@BettyB (4117)

• Summerville, South Carolina

6 Jun 17

That works.

@amadeo (111948)

• United States

6 Jun 17

@BettyB It works for us.Mark any even or appt.I need to do

@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

7 Jun 17

We no longer have calendars, for that very reason!

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@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

8 Jun 17

@BettyB I rely heavily on both my phone and the computer for my daily calendar

@BettyB (4117)

• Summerville, South Carolina

8 Jun 17

I'm not ready to give up the calendar, but I keep my appointment on the calendar on my phone. I'm less likely to miss one that way.

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@marlina (154165)

• Canada

6 Jun 17

My husband is a calendar flipper, so I don't have to worry about this. He is always on time.

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@BettyB (4117)

• Summerville, South Carolina

6 Jun 17

That's good. We usually get it done by the fifteenth.

@bluesa (15023)

• Johannesburg, South Africa

7 Jun 17

Yes, I flipped the calender, the most I let it slide is about a week @BettyB , otherwise I ask my sister, otherwise days get away from me.

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@bluesa (15023)

• Johannesburg, South Africa

9 Jun 17

@BettyB oh boy, that's true, that sure would be something!

@BettyB (4117)

• Summerville, South Carolina

8 Jun 17

Now that I'm retired I get my days mixed up some, but I have enough stuff scheduled that I can't totally lose track of time. I would hate to show up for church on Friday instead of Sunday.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (308739)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

7 Jun 17

I got a calendar not long ago, but it's still in the wrap. I don't even know where to hang it. I don't think I ever flipped the calendar on the first.

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@BettyB (4117)

• Summerville, South Carolina

8 Jun 17

We don't have wall space for the calendar so it hangs on the front of the frig. Wit my doctor appointments, my husband's and my mother-in-law's, we need the calendar.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (308739)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

9 Jun 17

@BettyB If it works, that's what is important.

@Juliaacv (48672)

• Canada

6 Jun 17

Yes, we flip the calendar on the morning of the first every month. I tried to do it the night before a few times but by superstitious husband begged me not to do it. So now I do it in the morning.

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@Juliaacv (48672)

• Canada

6 Jun 17

@BettyB Well it probably helps that one of us used to work different hours each week, and we have always had a lot of birthdays and whatnot on the calendar.

@BettyB (4117)

• Summerville, South Carolina

6 Jun 17

That's a good routine. I don't know why we are not good about it.

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@PatZAnthony (14752)

• Charlotte, North Carolina

8 Jun 17

What a rebel you are @BettyB

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@BettyB (4117)

• Summerville, South Carolina

8 Jun 17

Only on minor things.

@LadyDuck (460520)

• Switzerland

6 Jun 17

I always do, because I write the appointments on the calendar, that hangs behind the kitchen door. I cannot miss them, because I look at the calendar every morning while I make my coffee.

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@LadyDuck (460520)

• Switzerland

6 Jun 17

@BettyB My husband had an appointment with his doctor right on the 1st of June, I flipped to check at which time.

@BettyB (4117)

• Summerville, South Carolina

6 Jun 17

We do too, but we still forget to flip the calendar.

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@Tampa_girl7 (49292)

• United States

7 Jun 17

Yes, ours is flipped.

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@BettyB (4117)

• Summerville, South Carolina

8 Jun 17

Did you flip it on the first or a few days later?

crazyhorseladycx

@crazyhorseladycx (39515)

• United States

6 Jun 17

yes ma'am, got mine flipped yesterday :) i'm prone to not doin' such, 't times 't'll go 3 months 're longer, lol.

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@BettyB (4117)

• Summerville, South Carolina

8 Jun 17

I've never left mine that long. If I don't flip it my husband finally does. It's usually done by the middle of the month.

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Vicki, #1 Creek Girl

@1creekgirl (40652)

• United States

6 Jun 17

I totally live by the large wall calendar in my kitchen. It reminds me of appointments, birthdays, and anything else I don't want to forget.

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@BettyB (4117)

• Summerville, South Carolina

8 Jun 17

I have a lot of stuff written on the calendar, but sometimes I just life the top page and take a peek rather than empty the pocket and flip the page. I know that laziness, but I'm guilty.

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@DianneN (247216)

• United States

6 Jun 17

We keep ours in the desk drawer in our kitchen and flip it the first day of the new month.

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@BettyB (4117)

• Summerville, South Carolina

8 Jun 17

I would like to keep ours in a drawer, but its easier to keep track of appointments if its on the frig. Nothing is more frustrating than missing an appointment that had to be made months in advance.

@CaseyRoss9966 (4056)

• United States

7 Jun 17

I have all of my activities and internship responsibilities wrote down on my calendar and important dates for college already written down months in advance so I always turn it when the month changes so I can keep up with all the activities.

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@BettyB (4117)

• Summerville, South Carolina

8 Jun 17

That's the best way to do it.

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@JESSY3236 (19056)

• United States

6 Jun 17

I always flip my calendar (which is in the kitchen) very early. My mother fussing at me when I do. I had to tell her to flip hers on June 1.

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@BettyB (4117)

• Summerville, South Carolina

8 Jun 17

It's best to do it on the first of the month. One of these months I'll actually do that.

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