Ever find yourself forgetting important dates and occasions? Becoming forgetful is not just a sign of getting older: even seven year-olds are prone to encountering this type of problem once in a while. When you’re stressed out or you’re preoccupied, it becomes a lot easier to let dates, birthdays, appointments and even anniversaries slip your mind. It’s not that you value these dates any less, but sometimes these things just tend to pass you by.

Let’s face it. Human memory is nowhere near perfect. Worrying about different problems and issues at the same time can easily jumble up all the important details you need to remember. The next thing you know, you’ve just missed a huge event that you’ve been excited about for months. The key to having a keen memory is efficient organization—and this you can achieve with a little help from a handy calendar.

A calendar allows you to keep track of important dates and appointments. Although you have the option of purchasing calendars in bookstores, isn’t it a lot more enjoyable to have your own customized calendar?

The first step to having your own customized calendar is finding the right theme for your design. The following list shows our top ten themes to help you find the right designs for your customized calendar.

1. Lovable Pets: Pet-Themed Calendars

Dog lovers believe that the dog is truly man’s best friend. Cat lovers beg to differ. Whichever pet you prefer, be it iguanas or cockatoos, ducks or parrots, keep your beloved pet in mind the whole day with your very own pet-themed calendar. Imagine pages after pages of your favorite animal dressed in all sorts of costumes: it simply can’t get more adorable than that. Nothing can make you turn that calendar page like cute small dog pets to greet your every day.

A cute pet dog calendar theme

2. Calendars for Sport Fanatics

When it comes to sports, we all have our favorites. Are you a soccer fan? Hockey? Rugby? Baseball? Basketball? Football? How about Formula One then? Whatever your favorite sport may be, celebrate your passion for the players and the game with your very own sports-themed calendar. Use pictures of your favorite teams, your favorite players, or your favorite plays to graze the pages of your customized calendar.

A basketball calendar theme

3. The Hobby-Themed Calendar

Most people have a lot of different interests and hobbies. Pick your favorite hobby and use this as your calendar theme. Whether it’s ballet or target-shooting, needlepoint or whitewater rafting, let your favorite hobby’s pictures decorate your calendar. You can even include some tips on how to become better at these hobbies.

A mountain climbing calendar theme

4. Holiday Calendar

Not that you need reminding, since you probably already know all the different holidays by heart, but having a holiday-themed calendar is a great way to keep the positive things in sight. You may be preoccupied with school or work now, but once you see the holidays headed your way, you’re sure to feel a little more relaxed and a lot more motivated to get things done and to start enjoying each holiday as it approaches. The holiday-themed calendar can be a fabulous way to reduce stress, especially when there’s a long weekend to look forward to in the next few days.

A new years holiday calendar theme

5. Vocabulary Calendar

There’s always something new to learn and to master everyday. A great number of philosophers have pointed out that life is an ongoing lesson. Why not design your calendar in such a way that it helps you master a language? If you’re trying to learn French or Italian or you’re simple trying to enrich your vocabulary, a vocabulary-themed calendar can help you learn new words you can practice every day. Enriching your vocabulary can definitely help you become a more eloquent writer or speaker.

6. Inspiring Quotes Calendar

Your calendar is there to remind you of all the important things that you have to do and all the appointments, deadlines and meetings you have. When the stress is just enough to make you want to quit your job or run off to the mountains and become a hermit, wouldn’t it be wonderful to have someone give you inspiring words to boost your morale? Instead of settling for a simple photo calendar, choose a calendar that provides you with inspiring quotes that can get you through hectic and stressful times. Find your top 12 quotes or your favorite 365, and add these on to your inspiring quotes-themed calendar.

7. Oh Baby! Adorable Baby-Themed Calendars

There’s no disputing the appeal of adorable babies. Babies dressed in costumes for various occasions can be the perfect decoration for your calendar. Gazing at these pictures will remind you that the finest things in life come in small and gurgling packages. The babies can even be dressed to match the season or the month. How about a baby Santa for December and a heartwarming baby Cupid for the month of February?

A Baby calendar theme

8. Calendar Girls

Oh, don’t we all just love those calendar girls? The images of pin-up girls and drop-dead gorgeous models can certainly give anyone reason to celebrate, especially if you get to wake up to these lovely images every day. Find your favorite calendar girl and have her pretty picture on your birthday month for an extra-special birthday.

Female celebrities in bikinis are the best solutions to keep your men remembering important dates!

A calendar girl theme

9. Popular Destinations

Having a popular destinations-themed calendar is a great way to remind yourself to take relaxing holidays once in a while. Avoid work burnout by keeping yourself properly motivated. Keep yourself inspired to work hard so that one day, you too will be able to head to all the popular destinations on your customized calendar. Perhaps next year the pictures you use for your calendar will be the pictures you took on your recent trips to Bali, Paris, Venice or the Bahamas.

Nothing beats a calendar that also gives you relaxing vacation ideas whenever you want to get away from it all.

A Bora-Bora beach resort calendar theme

10. Celebrity Birthdays

Be in the know when it comes to Hollywood gossip and Hollywood birthday celebrations! What better way to decorate your customized calendar than with pictures of your favorite celebrities? Imagine your customized display calendar showing pictures of your favorite celebrities - absolutely fabulous! You know it’s a guaranteed great day when somewhere around the world, the man or woman of your Hollywood fantasies is celebrating another year of blockbuster hits!

A Nicholas Cage birthday calendar theme

Once you have your calendar theme picked out, you can start finding or taking pictures to suit it best. Enjoy your new calendar, and make sure to look at the dates on it as well as the pictures!