Blast From the Past – October’s Reader Faves

Welcome to the October installment of the Blast From the Past series. I cannot believe that this is the seventh post I’ve created for this. I hope that you’re enjoy a look back at Scattered Squirrel from years gone by.

Everything month there’s at least one post or page that surprises me. In the case of October, I wasn’t so much surprised by one of them (though there were some printable I had forgotten about) but rather I was surprised by how much they all had in common.

Hop on down and check out the reader faves from October’s passed and you’ll see what I’m talking about.

This is the feature image for the post titled - "Blast From the Past - Octobers's Reader Faves" It features a collage of three tall pictures that take up the top two thirds of the image, From left to right the collage photos are: brown leather planner with a special dates page, a teal and white leather planner shows a colourful weekly planner, and a brown leather planner showing a daily planner page. Below those is a section that looks like torn paper. On it are the words "Blast From the Past - Octobers's Reader Faves". The bottom of the image are yellow, aqua, and peach coloured blocks that line up with the tall collage pictures.

What is Blast From the Past?

I’m glad you asked!

The Blast From the Past series is that features a collection of posts and pages that have hit my monthly top 20-50 posts in previous years. I always find it interesting to see which content stands the test of time and which comes and goes. The five pieces of content I’m sharing each month will be a mix of both.

Now let’s hop on down to the good stuff!

October’s Reader Favourites

I don’t think there’s been a month yet that had a clearer theme than October. There is no deviation from the category, it’s all planners, planning, and more planners. And I love it!

I love that year after year readers like you come here to find the planning tools they need to set up their planning systems. It warms my heart and is truly the reason I’m still here making and sharing printables all these years later.

I hope you enjoy taking a look back and I’d love to know if you’d like to see more Reader Requested posts. Let me know in the comments.

And just like the other posts, click the images or the links below to check out the updated original posts and pages.

New Planner Printables as You Requested

We’re kicking this off with a post full of printables created from requests from readers. I love that this one is still hitting my top 20 nearly ten years after publishing.

Originally published on February 17, 2015 this post is full of colourful planner printables. In the image below you’ll see the colourful boxes weekly printable. Also included in this post was a simple weekly to-do list, a daily agenda page, as well as some undated single page calendars in portrait orientation.

Honestly, I had totally forgotten about most of these printables. Be sure to let me know what you think at the end of this post, because every time I take this trip down memory lane I come away with TONS of ideas and if you like these then maybe I’ll make a few more like them.

On a tall, light beige background are the words "Reader Requested" written in a dark green text across the top. Under the text is a photo that shows the right side of a teal and white planner laying on a wooden desk. The page showing is a weekly planner made up of different colour boxes. Under the photo is beige box with dark text that says "New Planner Printables as You Requested"

Check out all the planner printables in the New Planner Printables Requested by You post

Set Up Your 2019 Planner

This post contains almost all the planner printables from the Tropical Paradise Collection. I published this one at the beginning of January 2019. My goal with it was to make it a resource for everyone looking to set up their 2019 planners.

I give an overview of all the printables to make it easier to figure out if they’ll fit your planning needs. This made it a fairly long post, but I’ve added a Table of Contents near the top to make it easier to jump to the section you’re looking for.

This collection is one that I’m contemplating giving a refresh to for 2026 or 2027. So if you enjoy colourful planner pages, be sure to check back in April 2025.

This portrait oriented image shows a photo of a week on two pages planner in a teal and white planner lying open on a wooden surface. Overlapping a small portion on the bottom of the picture is a beige box with white text that reads "Planners and Planning." Below is dark green text on pale tan background that reads "Setting up a Planning with 2019 Printables"

You can read the post Set Up Your 2019 Planner here.

Yearly and Monthly Planner Printables

The Forest Simplicity Yearly and Monthly Planners post has been in the top 20 posts and pages every October since I first shared it back in September of 2022. This design has such a clean look to it.

The palette of greens and browns creates a neutral looking backdrop. Easy on the eyes and wonderful for making coloured inks, stickers, and highlighter pop on the page. Which is something that comes in handy when you’re using forward planning pages.

The planner in this post are all designed to help make planning your year, or even just a few month ahead, easy. There are different planners that can be used in a multitude of ways so you can use the pages in ways that fit your planning needs and style.

Image shows the top right two thirds for a leather planner lying open on a wooden desk. The page showing is a monthly planning page with room for priorities and tasks on one side and a monthly focus and goals on the other. The text reads "Yearly and Monthly Planner Printables."

Click here for the Forest Simplicity Yearly and Monthly Planners

Get Your 2025 Calendars Now!

I have a confession to make – when I pulled together these links I wasn’t sure this one would even hit October’s top twenty for this year. (A bonus to being behind on my posting schedule is that I can say that it did make it!!! I included it because every October has at least one dated calendar post hit its top twenty.

Back when I used to make the calendars at the end of the year, they still popped up in my top 20 even though they wouldn’t be much use the following year. And when I started sharing academic calendars too, both started showing up.

So I chose to share the dated calendar post with the 2025 calendars in it because I thought this one would be more helpful to you than one from previous years.

This image is tall rectangluar one. The top two thirds are filled with a photo of a teal and white leather disc bound planner lying open on a wooden desk. The pages shown in the planner are half letter size and are a dated, two pages per month calendar. The bottom third is a tan box. Overlapping the two is a think beige bar with white text that says "Jewel Tone Quarters." In the tan box below is green text that says "2025 Calendars".

Get Your 2025 Calendars Here

Dated Calendars

And it feels really redundant to also be sharing the Dated Calendar page now. Unlike the post above, the printables shared on this page get updated twice a year. Once in April when I share the academic calendars and then again in September when I have the calendar year ones ready.

There’s not really much to say about this page that is self evident it it’s title. When I created it back in 2014, I didn’t know that over a decade later I was still going to be creating and sharing articles and printables here on Scattered Squirrel. I certainly couldn’t have foreseen just how many printables would be available or that I would be updating this page every year.

To be honest, I wasn’t even sure if I should be setting up pages for the printables or just sharing them in posts. (If you’ve ever wondered why things are a bit of a hodgepodge around here, this is one of the many reasons why) I’m thrilled that this page is still a resource that people are making use of all these years later.

A tall, light beige rectangle is the background for this image. At the top it, in a dark green, sans serif font it says "Planners and Planning". Below that is a photo of a a two pages per month calendar for January 2025 in a brown leather planner. Overlapping a small portion of the center of the picture is a beige box with dark text that says "Dated Calendar Printables."

Find all the current calendars here, on the Dated Calendar page.

And so we conclude the October installment of the Blast From the Past series. I wasn’t kidding when I said that this month there was a very clear theme happening. And now I can’t help but be curious, do you start planning your planner needs in October? If not, when?

As always drop a line in the comments below and chime in!

Before You Go

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It’s loads of fun and it’s free! Click the button below to check it out.

Come Join The Scatter-Brain’s Guide Facebook Group

Until next time,

Happy Printing!!!

A four square grid collage of photos makes up the top two thirds of this tall image. Clockwise starting in the top left the photos are: two page per monthly calendar for January 2025 in a brown leather planner open on a wooden desk; a daily planner page in a brown leather planner lying on a wooden desk; two pages divided into sections for the 12 months of the year in a brown leather planning open on a wooden desk; and finally a colourful week on one page planner in a teal and white leather planner lying on a wooden surface. The bottom third of the image has four colourful, small circles going down the left side. The are magenta, peach, yellow, and aqua. In peachy text are the words "Blast From the Past" and under those in yellow text it says "October's Reader Faves"

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