tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763264385856038915.post7799144396181089308..comments2023-05-14T15:27:46.164+01:00Comments on Plannerisms: When did my Filofax work best for me?Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550291806241735598noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763264385856038915.post-6458066521871746142013-04-22T14:28:38.708+01:002013-04-22T14:28:38.708+01:00Great article! I left a comment. And, now I'm ...Great article! I left a comment. And, now I'm perusing the leather binders from your links, they look excellent!Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03550291806241735598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763264385856038915.post-29093462550547399882013-04-21T23:01:03.699+01:002013-04-21T23:01:03.699+01:00I finally ditched my FiloFax today! Huzzah. I wr...I finally ditched my FiloFax today! Huzzah. I wrote an article about it here if you are interested-<br /><br />http://roymathur.wordpress.com/2013/04/21/tek-i-ditched-filofax-today/<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763264385856038915.post-17208065057424506012013-04-18T15:49:18.915+01:002013-04-18T15:49:18.915+01:00Hey i love your post...i am also finding that i am...Hey i love your post...i am also finding that i am flitting from A5 to personal but cant seem to find a format to suit me...i even ordered and A5 Dodo pad but am still not happy :\Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763264385856038915.post-84961768626190814072013-03-07T17:46:36.878+00:002013-03-07T17:46:36.878+00:00Patty that's exactly my problem with daily pag...Patty that's exactly my problem with daily pages: they are excellent for recording, but I just can't plan ahead on them. I have to use a weekly view with the days as vertical columns, and my task list alongside it, so I can see what I have to do and when I have time to do it. This also keeps me from overloading any particular day, and helps me be realistic about what I can accomplish in a day and the week. I have separate weekly lists: Must Do This Week, Non-Urgent, House (cleaning), and Blog. That way at least I can see what's most important, and what I can let slide if I need to.Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03550291806241735598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763264385856038915.post-91001928665339755152013-03-07T17:41:50.266+00:002013-03-07T17:41:50.266+00:00Josh that's definitely the best thing about a ...Josh that's definitely the best thing about a Filofax is having everything you need in one book. That's what draws me back to it periodically.Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03550291806241735598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763264385856038915.post-40454749886243378752013-03-07T17:40:12.815+00:002013-03-07T17:40:12.815+00:00I've found my challenge is that I need to keep...I've found my challenge is that I need to keep tasks and schedule in the same view, but cannot intermingle them in the same space. They need clear delineation. Consequently, the filofax week on two pages will work only if I insert a tasks page between the two faces of the week. At the end of a week, I review the daily task lists and any incomplete items get forwarded, deleted, or delegated as appropriate, so I can feel confident that everything will be done or reviewed. <br /><br />As much as planning in a filofax can be somewhat frustrating and imperfect, I absolutely must have everything in one book. It is totally essential. The magic of the filofax, for me, is that if I know where my "book" is, I know where everything is. That's the secret to my personal "filofax mystique."Josh LaPortehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16772883862662679235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763264385856038915.post-85908209279183705812013-03-07T10:09:27.902+00:002013-03-07T10:09:27.902+00:00There are no daily to do lists in my filofax. The...There are no daily to do lists in my filofax. The FF has my year planner, WT2P diary, general notes, food diary, sections for on the go notes for various major projects and phone numbers The only to do list it holds is the 25 hours a day list, ie the jobs that must be done, and will be forgotten if I don't write them down but are not a priority right now (eg Buy dress pattern, fix harp string).<br /><br />My planning is done online using BestYearYet and I print out monthly and weekly goal lists which are pinned inside my Uncalendar. This combined with the 25 hour list and anything that has occured in the last 24 hours or must be carried over from the previous day are used to create a daily to do list in the Uncalendar. The UC also has a tally of daily disciplines to be ticked off (meditate, read Lent book etc). Notes from meetings/calls. Lists relevant to that week (agenda items for a meeting and a list of stuff that has to be done this week but not on any specific day. <br /><br />Both FF and UC live open on my desk all day every day. The FF goes with me everywhere, the UC only to meetings. But I don't take notes in anything other than the UC. Everything is in either the UC or FF.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763264385856038915.post-18838263875888463872013-03-06T22:32:11.452+00:002013-03-06T22:32:11.452+00:00I have been pondering this all day long. No short ...I have been pondering this all day long. No short answer but my "planning" has pretty much always been a long to do list and very few actual appointments. And I do not put items from the to do list into time slots because both at work and at home my schedule is too subject to change for that to ever work. I haven't thought through it all yet but what I do is sort of like a weekly rather than daily Getting S-t Done with the addition of a calendar for the few things that do have times attached. This is one reason week plus notes is a good format, except day spaces on portable ones are too small and/or don't have lines. <br /><br />I'll quit now as I am beginning to babblemstraathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15451250623476899317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763264385856038915.post-30989046095734435722013-03-06T16:52:16.942+00:002013-03-06T16:52:16.942+00:00Laurie, I did the exact same thing with my Frankli...Laurie, I did the exact same thing with my Franklin Covey a while back. I went back through my 20 years of archive books to see when it had worked for me. I was shocked to see that it didn't! At least the to-do list part. There were lots of pages that didn't have anything written on them at all. I'm not sure what that was about since I didn't use any other planners during that time. And when I did make lists, they were - well, incomplete. What I used my planner for most effectively was keeping information! I had lots of details on my notes pages and information in the sections, but for a to-to list, it didn't ever work! I continue trying to make it work but it doesn't. The Filofax to-do pages don't really either. They're technically the same principle. So I've been wondering if I need something completely different for my to-do list.<br /><br />When I first started staying home, 27 years ago, I had an 8-1/2x5-1/2 notebook I used for "information". I had a separate week-at-a-glance spiral bound calendar. I quickly realized that as a full-time homemaker, I needed a to-do list. So I got a steno pad and made a list of what I wanted to do that day. Nothing special - just a random list. I chipped away at the list all day. There wasn't any pressure to complete it - it was just stuff that needed done. But as the kids got older, the list didn't work anymore. I think it was because I needed to prioritize at that point. I'm not really sure. When I saw a FC planner, I thought it was the answer. It did help me keep track of things but not get things done.<br /><br />So now I'm trying to figure out what it is I need. Maybe something completely different. Not sure. But I need something because everything's swimming around in my head! And right now I'm so sick of trying to figure it out that I don't want anything at all. But that definitely doesn't work either!pattygardner.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08465166654988101342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763264385856038915.post-73054504806153392412013-03-06T09:50:08.782+00:002013-03-06T09:50:08.782+00:00LOL Blogger doesn't let me edit comments, only...LOL Blogger doesn't let me edit comments, only delete them. We know what you mean though! :) And wow, what an amazing book! These are the types of Books with a capital B that I love.Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03550291806241735598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763264385856038915.post-81781445703868505552013-03-06T08:45:44.717+00:002013-03-06T08:45:44.717+00:00Eeeek, please correct my speelingg and typing, Lau...Eeeek, please correct my speelingg and typing, Laurie!nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03781115380433579451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763264385856038915.post-81185002882070034052013-03-06T08:43:53.097+00:002013-03-06T08:43:53.097+00:00When I worked in a Neonatal Unit, we had a large A...When I worked in a Neonatal Unit, we had a large A4 (very battered) book of lined paper which over time (years) had become known as TheGuide To Lost Souls.<br />Important and often used stuf like blood gas analysis, bilirubin treatment levels and so on was taped into the inside covers. The rest was an amalgamation of years of accumulated wisdom, and when new Registrars arrived on rotation they rapidly realised that TGTLS was much more than a scruffy faded red book held together with sticky tape.<br />It was a A File Of Facts in daily, nay, hourly use.nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03781115380433579451noreply@blogger.com