I thought I would put something nice inside the front of my Filofax to remind me of the outdoors.
I love this photo! I took it when I was in Sweden in July/August 2011 for the 22nd World Scout Jamboree.
We went on a nature hike around a local nature park and I just had to take this photo! It reminds me of all the fun I had and all the friends and memories I’ve made. Would love to go back soon.
Well it’s been a few days of using my new set up of a month overview (on 2 pages) with day per page behind it followed by the next month etc. behind that. So far so good! I am really liking how I can see my day in front of me so I know what I need to do when. I have mainly been writing my brief lesson plans for the day time hours but have written in when I am supposed to be packing up to go home, learning French and even going to bed. It has made more of a routine of my day even though everyday is somewhat different!
Ticking each thing off as it is done also makes it obvious to my head how much I have achieved so I am more motivated to try and get the rest of the day ticked off as well!
Maybe I should start giving myself stickers at the end of each day I have done everything I had down to do that day! Well, who doesn’t like being a kid again and getting a sticker?!? Lol!
What motivates you to get your items done? Maybe you have a suggestion that will really motivate me? Feel free to share your ideas 
posted by SazD
Filed under: custom inserts, Filofax, personal size
As I have been procrastinating about doing anything work related as I have been craving some “me” time I have now made myself some month per view pages on light blue paper!
This was the 2nd trial – it worked ok!
I used the month per view template from Philofaxy and instead of using the Excel sheet it wanted I used the A5 one and re-linked all the months and days. I did this because I got very confused with the personal sized Excel sheet! I also changed the paper size to A5 so I could print it onto my coloured A5 paper I bought at the beginning of the month. I tweaked the template quite a bit as I just wanted to print off single sided pages for the months. I have now got extra note room should I need it!
I am quite liking the outcome
This is the day per page pages I have after my month per view. These are on white paper at present but I think they will probably end up on blue paper and the months will end up on lilac.
posted by SazD
Filed under: custom inserts, Filofax, personal size
So last week I put some A5 pages I’d made into my personal (punched along the top short edge and folded) so I could write more on the pages.
Turns out I don’t like this and it looks messy. Am also not sure if I like the week to view with dpp in between, mainly because there are 7 days in a week but that needs 8 sides of paper and therefore one of next weeks days is not where it should be. For this reason I might resort to a month overview on 2 pages and the daily pages behind it, although that does then leave me with a blank front and back of the month pages. Seems I need my own template for this so it prints out everything in the right place and the day pages can then go on the back of the month pages in the right order.
I don’t however have a clue as to how this would be set up and quite frankly my head hurts just thinking about it! Maybe this won’t work either, I just am trying several different ideas at the moment to get something that will work better than the generic wpv that came with my Filofax and is not quite as cramped (on the box page) as the Dodo Pad. I really love the Dodo Pad – I think its great because of the colours and quips but i just really don’t get on with the small boxes as I can’t easily fit my huge writing in!
posted by SazD
Filed under: A5, custom inserts, Dodo pad, Filofax, personal size
It’s late, you’re tired, you got into bed and the light is out but then you pick up your iPhone and look at several blogs about Filofax and their owners and all the creative stuff they have inside theirs.
You look at the clock – 3 hours ago you should have been in bed (hopefully asleep). True you didn’t get into bed until about an hour ago but still that means for 45 minutes or so you have been clicking and scrolling your way through pages of posts and comments, drooling over images of Filofax and discovering new things you could play with adding to your own work-in-progress(-perpetually) Filofax.
It is times like these when we need an off switch, these addictions are not helping our well being when they are keeping us awake and excited putting fresh ideas in our heads.
But they all look so pretty and creative and it’s all about paper and they talk about pens and, and, and… zzzzzzzzzz
Finally got my Staples reward card in the post! This will only lead to further purchases…
Can feel some good quality A4 plain paper and sticky tabs coming my way next pay day… And perhaps a new toner for my laser printer…
What would be in your trolley?
posted by SazD
Filed under: reward card, shopping, Staples
So here they are! My new inserts, going to try them over the next week to see how I get on and if they need tweaking or anything. Already thinking of adding some colour to them.
Have also made some dividers to add a bit of colour (some sort of designs to be added when I locate my pens) in the meantime…
posted by SazD
Filed under: custom inserts, Filofax
Made myself these custom inserts for my personal Filofax tonight! Was a little complex at first but with some perseverance I have managed to get them sorted.
Will need to adjust the position on the page slightly but they are pretty spot on. Shame my trimmer doesn’t seem to like the paper or the blade is not working properly.
posted by SazD
Filed under: custom inserts, Filofax, personal size
I have been using the week per view insert that came with my Filofax (which I like – bought one the same layout for my A5 as that had a vertical one and I can’t get on with that sort, had the A5 prior to my personal sized Songbird purchase too). However, I am still not convinced this is the best set up so I have also been trying a Dodo pad insert as well. I like the colourfulness and the images in the Dodo but I am not getting on with the tiny boxes to write in! My handwriting doesn’t do miniature! Am thinking of perhaps getting the A4 version to use as my teachers planner, which may work out well (as long as wherever I end up teaching after July has a 5 lesson day it should work ok!) and will give me room to add notes around the pages too.
So, what am I looking for in my inserts? A good question which required some thinking the other day and hurt my head with trying to work out how to get/make what I wanted. Then I saw a post with a similar idea in it and it got me thinking more. What I think would work is a week on two pages as an overview for the week, then I need a day per page to plan my days (week days at least). Logically in my head these should go between the week and if you wanted to see the week overview, all you have to do is hold the day pages up in the middle and voila! But the problem with that is you would need to mark the pages so they can easily be picked up without having too many pages to flick through to get the right ones.
Now, I had been pondering with using A5 paper in my personal – with the short edge punched and the length then folded into the planner (i.e. Page folded in half). If I had the week to view on regular personal paper then had the day per A5 page (folded) in between, as long as the short side of the A5 was punched then the sheets would be slightly shorter in height than the personal (the holes side) so you could easily see the day per page pages to hold so you can view the week.
This might work! In my frenzied stationery ordering session after payday, I did actually order some A5 paper in 4 different colours so I can resolve the lack of colour to my planner as well (yes also makes it easier to see the different pages if a different colour is used for the week per view and the day per page!).
I am going to have to decide what I want on my day per view pages so I can print them. Might try and use the pages I already printed for my A5 and see how I get on with them in my personal for a couple of weeks, after all I can always put them back in my A5 if I don’t get on with them!
The other thing is I sometimes need more space to write things down over the weekend so I will need to work out how to get my week per view set up so I can have boxes large enough for me to write in each day. Maybe I will need to divide the 2 page spread in to 8 and have a small note section too but I could skip this and just use my to do list page for this instead as I now have that as the first page you see when you open the planner anyway.
Lots of things to try out but I may have to wait until half term to try any of it as I have loads of coursework marking to get done this week/weekend and then the next couple of weeks before half term are pretty filled (but hopefully will be less manic than this week!), I also have the District News to collate and publish so will be tied up a little more than I’d like. At least I’m busy right?
Will see if I can post some images so you can see what I have planned for this!
What do you think about this setup idea? Any suggestions or improvements for me let me know!
posted by SazD
Filed under: Uncategorized
Today I took part in Philofaxy’s conference chat and I must say I enjoyed myself! It was great hearing from like-minded people and their stories and ideas about what’s happening in the Filofax world!
Am really looking forward to the next one and also hopefully meeting up with everyone at some point in the future!
It was nice hearing about things I did not know about and what was coming up, can’t wait to see some of those things coming out.
Gave me some ideas and helpful pointers to get my own Filofax’s more suited to my needs – even down to the right hole punch!
Thanks Philofaxy for a great afternoon!
posted by SazD
Filed under: Philofaxy
