Hroth

I don't do that much forward planning.....

To be honest, neither do I.

Just for information, it's also not about triskaidekaphobia - far from it, in fact.

Over the years, I've frequently needed to book appointments over the phone - and these have often been a month or two into the future.

I'm often just told the time and date - but not which day of the week this corresponds to - and this can sometimes be an issue.

My way of dealing with this is to think of each month as "4 weeks + however many days" - add or subtract these "floating" days to the day number in each month, as I mentally work my way through the months - and add / subtract complete weeks as I go along.

It's actually a lot quicker and easier than it might sound - which is just as well.

For example, I'm a member of one "club", whose local area group hold Zoom meetings the last Wednesday of each month (but there are exceptions).

At the end of last month's meeting, it was agreed that this month's will be on the last Wednesday of January. Someone asked what the date will be - at which I was quickly able to say "26th".

(That's right: 22 - 3 = 19; add on a week and - it doesn't take a genius, which is just as well, really ... .)

Of course, this probably wouldn't come as much of a shock to people who really know me.

Let's face it - when I did my last driving test, I didn't waste my time remembering the stopping distances. I found it far easier to remember a simple equation and do a spot of mental arithmetic ... .

I just look at the calendar