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Here are the benefits of having a wall calendar in your kitchen

Today the wall calendar is a relic, thanks to our smartphones. However, apart from the nostalgia factor, it is time to give the wall calendar (especially in the kitchen) a try.

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By Sharon Fernandes  January 4, 2019, 3:42:50 PM IST (Published)

Here are the benefits of having a wall calendar in your kitchen
Back in the day, the new year truly began with the unfurling of a crisp new calendar at home. The blocks of numbers, days where we could see the spaces ready to be filled with hope and optimism. The kitchen or dining space usually has its own calendar. A handy space to mark out the days the help didn’t turn up, the milkman got paid, or the paperboy missed the weekend supplement.


The margins of the kitchen calendar held grocery lists, school holidays were marked with a star and the dates you won a prize at school, would see a smiley face. The calendars of our childhood held our days together with that homely image maybe of a fruit or flower bouquet or a scenic landscape. The wall calendar in its quiddity always has a lot pinned to its simple collection of dates.

Today the wall calendar is a relic, thanks to our smartphones. However, apart from the nostalgia factor, it is time to give the wall calendar (especially in the kitchen) a try. Here’s why:

  1. When we use a wall calendar, we are forced to write tasks by hand and slow down our thoughts. We are more mindful of what needs to be done.

  2. The tiny space on the calendar also means we narrow down our choices, we prioritise. If you use an app on your phone, chances are you fill it with long lines of to-do tasks which you know you will never complete.

  3. The kitchen wall calendar helps you with a diet. The chances of following through are higher. If you write out your meals on the calendar, it will help you visualise and see what you have consumed through the week. You can decide if you need to add more legumes or fruits etc. 

  4. The calendar is also for all to see. Your goals are your family’s goals, and everyone will help you keep the routine going. 

  5. It is great for the kids. A child can see what their parents have lined up for the day. Even a simple page-a-day calendar makes it easy for kids to fix routines and gives them a tangible feeling of being part of a family. The repetition of rituals and marking time gives a sense of security for a child. It also teaches children how to plan ahead and look for a schedule instead of always asking.

  6. With a kitchen calendar, spouses can also help chalk out a system for grocery shopping and fathers can also spend more time in the kitchen, checking on ingredient lists and helping with meal prep.

  7. Fasting and feasting: If you keep a monthly calendar posted on the refrigerator to note the food items or menus, it also helps you chart a healthier meal plan for the family. A food wall calendar doesn’t have to be marked out with boring diets or strict gym routines. Festivals can be marked out with food as well. The kids will love to look forward to well-deserved treats. You can list these out for each day on the wall calendar, a sweet date for each of them. The jalebi-rabdi special for Dusshera, gujjiya for Holi, sewayian for Eid or a plum cake for Christmas.

  8. Your own special food day: A Biryani Day, Chicken Chettinad day or an Appam day… there are 365 options for the year. Each member of the family can have their own specials listed out, and the family can look forward to the yummy feast. A food map of sorts, where you count down to the days before the treat.


Wall calendars are usually celebrated for being works of art, but it is the family doodles, stars, crosses and smileys along with food smells lingering on the calendar, that holds memories of an eventful year. Go old school and get a wall calendar, and here’s to it being filled with fun days. Happy New Year!

Sharon Fernandes is a journalist based in Delhi.
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