Allowing all reminders and tasks to be kept in the same area, paper planners have yet to lose their appeal with sales of appointment and planner books/organizers growing by nearly $10 million year over year, according to npd.com. It is no surprise that high school students also use them to stay organized.

“I use my planner everyday,” senior Julia Stocker said. “I check it on the weekends to see what homework I have and I usually write in what’s going on, such as practice times, when yoga is, or when I want to hang out with my friends.”

According to a study done by Oxford Academic, list-making significantly improved performance on recall tasks for participants. This explains why writing out tasks and events in a planner helps many people remember what they need to complete.

“I know it is important for me to have a planner,” freshman Olivia Resa said, “because when I didn’t have one at the beginning of the year, I felt really disorganized,like I didn’t have a grasp on what was happening in my classes.”

With planners not being provided for the first time this year, many students had to buy their own or find another method to say organized.

“Now that we are no longer given planners,I write my homework assignments and questions at the top of a lined piece of paper,” sophomore Graham Funke said. “I place it in the front portion of my designated binder and it serves as a replacement.”

Using a planner or simply writing out a list of what needs to be accomplished each night helps many stay organized, or as Funke said: “It keeps me from being a stressed mess.”