The administrators at my small middle school had no idea what they were doing when, on the first day of 6th grade, they handed me my first academic planner. 25 years and vast sums of money later, I have gone through so many planners I couldn’t remember them all if my life depended on it. The planners given to me throughout middle and high school were used religiously. During the summers, I actually missed having them to write in. *insert my husband yelling NERD*