As a young mom, I quickly realized that there was no way that I would ever be able to remember all of the doctor's appointments, school dates, and ball games/practices for my entire family. In fact, my refrigerator soon looked like a military command post. Compounding the problem was a general lack of sleep and mom brain and life got messy FAST! When I started using a planner (first I used paper planners and then evolved to digital planners), I started taking back control.