# Old calendars--- where is yours? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 27, 2018, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-calendars-where-is-yours/822014 "2018-09-27T12:44:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2018, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-calendars-where-is-yours/822014/21 "2018-10-02T00:07:20Z")
AFAIK, my sister still has a calendar from the early 1980s, but that’s because it featured 12 months of pictures of Duran Duran. 🆒 As for me, I usually recycle mine as soon as the new year arrives. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2018, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-calendars-where-is-yours/822014/22 "2018-10-02T00:15:55Z")
I have journals back to when I was 14, though in recent years I write infrequently. I have calendars for the last 20+ years in case work-related questions ever come up. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2018, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-calendars-where-is-yours/822014/23 "2018-10-02T13:14:32Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > Now here’s a question - it has been shown that the act of writing something down aids in storing it in your memory. [Cite.](https://www.elitedaily.com/p/does-writing-things-down-help-you-learn-science-says-it-definitely-does-heres-why-8365318) Do you find that to be true? I do think it’s true, but I was born with a pretty good memory to begin with. All I know is the day isn’t finished till I write it down. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2018, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-calendars-where-is-yours/822014/24 "2018-10-02T14:14:54Z")
Research says yes, though what you’ll remember is what you wrote. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2018, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-calendars-where-is-yours/822014/25 "2018-10-02T16:26:14Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > Now here’s a question - it has been shown that the act of writing something down aids in storing it in your memory. [Cite.](https://www.elitedaily.com/p/does-writing-things-down-help-you-learn-science-says-it-definitely-does-heres-why-8365318) Do you find that to be true? In my old world of college teaching (and earlier being a student) I found quite the opposite. Do _not_ take notes during a lecture. (Not necessarily the same thing as people here are talking about.) Some folks at Harvard did a study on this and showed it to be true. I remember one of them being on the Today Show and getting interviewed by Katie Couric (it was that long ago). She hadn’t prepped well and assumed they prof was going to talk about how taking notes helped. She nearly lost it when she realized it went the other way. Fun to watch. And no, I didn’t take notes of that segment. I write down things like shopping lists, but they don’t seem to remotely help my memory. I still consult them when shopping. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2018, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-calendars-where-is-yours/822014/26 "2018-10-02T16:30:07Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Do _not_ take notes during a lecture. The classes I did best in in college and grad school were the ones I tape recorded, then made notes from the recordings. I got the advantage of really being able to listen to what was being said, and sometimes even participate in the discussions, and then on the second time listening, only took notes on things that were consequential. If I had all of my undergrad to do over again, I’m sure my GPA would have been significantly better. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2018, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-calendars-where-is-yours/822014/27 "2018-10-03T18:10:17Z")
I only save calendars when the calendar itself is something that I think either might be worth something someday or be worth looking through again. For example, I still have about ten weekly planners from the Metropolitan Opera (each week has a photo that matches that year’s theme - one was Opera Villains; another was the “new” opera house at Lincoln Center). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-calendars-where-is-yours/822014.md?page=1)