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Big Year
See your whole year at once
FREE
Not just another Big A## Calendar
Big year, simply shows you everything you want to do at one glance. Projects. Vacations. Goals. Events. And use it as an editable Google Sheets calendar, an excel-lent yearly planner, or print it and put it on the wall.
The Best Annual Planner ever!
Not because it's got more pages, more fluff, more features. It's because it shows your entire year on one clear page.
...and it happens to be a Google Sheet.
- ❌ No flipping pages
- ❌ No app to download
- ❌ No subscription to pay
- ✅ Just 2026 clarity, at a glance
Plan a better 2026
A free one page yearly planner template and printable 2026 calendar. Edit it in Google Sheets or print it, and hang on your wall.
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Big Year Includes
6-in-1 Calendar Template
BIG
Months laid out horizontaly. A solid calendar printout to plan your year.
TALL
Months in a vertical layout for a unique perspective. It's a transposed calendar!
CHECK
Three checkboxes on every date. Great for habit tracking. See your streaks.
SCHOOL
Start & end with your academic year. Plan around your exams, and school holidays.
TINY
Tiny box layout. 3 letter weekday names. Big year. Small footprint.
MINI
SMALLER! Perfect for printing on A4 paper. Keep it on your desk.
▶▶ DIY
How Big Year Was Made
This calendar template was hand made and updated with requests from Better Sheets members.
Free Calendar Template
Plan the whole year in one go!
Big Year is a printable yearly planner designed for clarity. Hang it on your office wall, keep it in your living room, or use it digitally in Google Sheets as an editable calendar template.
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Perfect For
- 📅 Annual Planning: See all 12 months in one.
- ↳ Put in the big stuff first, then plan around them.
- 🎯 Goal Tracking: Use it to keep on track each and every day.
- ↳ See your streaks build.
- 🗓️ Event Scheduling: Birthdays, launches, deadlines
- ↳ Never miss another school vacation again.
- 📈 Business Roadmaps: Campaigns, projects, OKRs
- ↳ See roadblocks ahead of time.
- 🏖️ Family Calendar: Simple printable calendar for home.
- Add your friends and family birthdays too!
- 🧠 Big Picture Clarity: See patterns, prep ahead.
- ↳ Stay on track all year.
🖨️ PRINT IT!
Printable 2026 Calendar
Big Year includes a clean, 2026 calendar printable designed for wall displays, binders, and desks. If you’re searching for calendars that show the entire year on one page, this calendar format gives instant clarity at one glance.
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Emma's Big Year
Day One • Planning
Day 275 • Progress
For Business Leaders & Teams
Big Year 2026 makes it simple to align strategy and execution. Shows the whole team the big picture across the entire year of projects, launches, and growth milestones.
- ✅ Set clear team priorities
- ✅ Celebrate each success
- ✅ Keep daily tasks on point
- ✅ Track OKRs, KPIs, and more
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Plan Family Adventures
Big Year makes a great talking point. Friends come over, everyone can see it at a glance. Even adding their own birthdays too! Stay on track for those big family adventures.
Remember important dates:
- Start & end of school
- Friends' birthdays
- Monthly family events
- Home repair & maintenance schedule
- Annual vacation plans
- Use "School" template for the School Year
$ Price
💰 Yes, It’s Completely Free.
A free calendar template.
Download and use as a printable calendar or in Google Sheets.
Just download, copy it to your Google Drive, and start planning your entire year today.
While premium planners on Etsy and Notion cost $20–$40, Big Year 2026 gives you the same power and polish for $0.
No hidden fees • No strings attached • Some Gridlines
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🙏 WHY?
Why an Annual Calendar in Google Sheets?
Unlike typical planners, this google sheets template, a Google Sheets annual calendar, lets you plan your entire year at a glance and use it digitally. But also it's designed to print.
- ✍️ Editable
- 👏 Shareable
- 🖨️ Printable
Make a copy, to get a fully customizable yearly planner for 2026.
What’s Inside
- 📅 12 months on one page: instant year overview, for projects & goals.
- 🖨 Printable calendar PDF: clean, ink-friendly, perfect for wall or binder.
- 💻 Editable spreadsheet template: Google Sheets yearly planner.
- 🎨 Minimal, legible layout: weekend highlights for work-life balance.
- ✅ CHECK version: 3 daily checkboxes for habit tracking & task streaks.
- 🧩 Flexible use: personal, business, school, content & vacation planning.
One sheet • One year • Total clarity.
For Life Hackers
Big Year 2026 makes it simple to stay on routine. The check box version allows streakers and life hackers to check off eadh day's habit easily.
- Improve your daily focus
- Optimize your daily routine
- Regularly review tracked habits
- Remain accountable, every single day
School & Custom Year Calendars
Not every year starts in January. Big Year is designed to work as a flexible school year calendar and custom yearly planner.
Need an April to April calendar? Big Year works perfectly for academic planning, school schedules, and non-January cycles. Simply start your planning view in April and track the full year without switching pages or creating a new layout.
Who Is Big Year 2026 For?
👩💼 Professionals
Plan launches, map deadlines, and track OKRs with this year at a glance project planner. Perfect for content marketing, operations, and business roadmaps.
👨👩👧 Families
Keep school terms, birthdays, holidays, and vacations on one printable family calendar template. Easy to print and stick on the fridge.
🎓 Students
Stay on top of exams, deadlines, and breaks with an academic yearly planner. See your whole school year in one page.
🎨 Creators
Organize launches, videos, podcasts, and content drops using the editable Google Sheets calendar template. Ideal as a content calendar.
✈️ Travelers
Plan epic trips and get a full vacation planner yearly view. See weekends and long breaks instantly to schedule your adventures. Live life around your life. Get that misogi planned once and for all. Transform yourself through an extremely challenging physical and mental experience.
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❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Is Big Year 2026 really free?
Yes. The 2026 yearly calendar template is free to download and use as a printable calendar PDF or editable Google Sheets calendar. No upsell needed.
What exactly do I get?
You get a clean, one page 2026 calendar and annual calendar in Google Sheets (editable, shareable), plus an easy to print PDF planner. It works as a yearly planner, habit tracker calendar, and project planner template.
Can I print this as a wall calendar?
Absolutely. Print the printable 2026 calendar on tabloid or A3 for a big wall view, or on letter/A4 for binders. It’s ink friendly and designed for readability.
Does it work in Excel?
Sure, but Google Sheets is recommended for easiest editing and sharing. (And fewer existential crises.)
Is there a habit tracker?
Yes—use the CHECK version. It adds 3 checkboxes to every date for habit tracking, streaks, or breaking projects into daily actions.
Does it include holidays?
By default, no—so it works globally. Add local or company holidays in minutes inside the editable calendar template.
Are weekends highlighted?
Yes. Weekends are lightly highlighted for quick work/life balance planning and vacation planning.
Can I customize colors, fonts, or layout?
Totally. Change colors, fonts, labels, and notes. It’s an editable yearly planner built to be flexible.
Is this good for business planning?
Yes. It’s ideal as an annual planner template for launches, OKRs, roadmaps, content calendars, and project planning.
Can I use it as a family or school calendar?
Definitely. Many use it as a family calendar template or academic yearly planner for school schedules and events.
Can I use this for clients?
Yes, for planning and internal deliverables. Please do not resell the raw template as your own product. If you share it publicly, link back to BetterSheets.co/bigyear
Will there be a 2027 version?
Yes. Big Year is updated annually. Join the BetterSheets membership for early access to new calendar templates and planner tools.
How do I start fast?
Click “Get Big Year,” make your own copy in Google Sheets, add key dates, print the one page yearly calendar, and you’re planning 2026 in minutes.
How is Big Year different from other annual planners?
Big Year 2026 is a one-page annual calendar in Google Sheets — editable, printable, and designed for total year overview planning. Instead of flipping through pages, see your entire 2026 planner at once.
Can I use Big Year as a school calendar?
Yes. Big Year works perfectly as a school year calendar or academic planner in Google Sheets. It includes class schedule templates and options for tracking the entire academic year from July to June. Teachers can map out lesson plans, exam dates, and class projects, while students use it as a student planner to organize homework, assignments, and study goals across all their classes.