It’s no secret that I get tired of the vintage computer systems with which we’re saddled here. Nothing says progress like IE6 circa 2001, and waiting 5 minutes for the the Outlook calendar to load is not my cup of tea. Sometimes you just need to look at (and write on) a big calendar to block out times for leave planning, transferring, working on a major project, what have you.

I’m glad I found David Seah’s compact calendar (via Lifehacker), because it’s already helped me make the case that I should go on R&R when I want to. The Excel file is customizable, and you can add in host country holidays to the template. I had a bit of trouble because we’re on a Sunday-Thursday work schedule here, so I modified his a bit to make it work. If you’re in a Western country, go to his page; otherwise give mine a shot. Sorry folks in Saudi…no love for that Saturday to Wednesday nonsense.

Download: Compact Calendar for Sunday-Thursday work week (.xls)