Whilst doing some decluttering the other week, I came across some very old notes from when I used to have a yearly work appraisal. I'd joined a newly created team at the time, so our wonderful supervisor was trying out the Stop, Start, Continue feedback method to help us improve how we worked together. As we were dealing with both a new project and a new team, I definitely felt that the method helped us with implementing the work and also getting to know each other.
Until I came across those notes, unsurprisingly it's not something I've thought about for a long time, but it occurred to me that I could use stop, start and continue lists in my Filofax to help me identify what is working, and what could be improved or changed. The more I think about it, I think they could be very helpful to me in lots of different ways:
- At the beginning of a year, instead of New Years resolutions.
- Updated and/or reviewed on a monthly basis - I've found over time that a monthly review works best for me.
- To help with a specific project or area of life.
- On an adhoc basis, if I'm feeling overwhelmed and want to make a quick decision about what to focus on.
Have you tried something like this before in your planner, and if so, has it worked for you?
And as always on Fridays, please feel free to discuss anything organiser related. I hope that you have a great weekend.
A visit to yesterday's post and the Adspot led me down an alleyway into DUplex and Westminster binders. Those are where a zipped one has a slimline one inside which has no clasp. This led me to thinking about my current work daily carry. An A5 Lyndhurst zipped binder. I use it just for work and with a Clairfontaine A5 notebook, I love the quality of Clairfontaine paper even though I do not like their notebooks with the soft cover and inability to get them to layflat without rough handling.
ReplyDeleteAnyway a month into using this binder with notebook this week I started to put my notebook into my Lyndhurst. It is my version of duplex as a notebook is handy to carry around to meetings or just in case. When moving between buildings on site I can shove the notebook into an inside pocket of my work jacket (branded fleece).
Anyway that got me into thinking whether I could make it a binder based duplex. I have a mini lyndhurst too so perhaps that could be my duplex insied binder. I currently carry that as a small diary on work days anyway.
Does anyone have suggestions for binders that would work together in the Duplex way? I have the Lyndhurst A5 zipped so anything would work with that? I also have a clasp closed Finsbury A5, could I do it with that as I think that has more space inside it?
What would you recommend to use with those two A5? I would not have the spare cash to go out and buy much or buy a whole new set of two binders so any ideas for on the cheap duplex systems? Without a good idea I think the notebook and Lyndhurst is my best option.
For traveling, I use a personal zipped cognac Lockwood. The outer pocket is the perfect size for Field Notes. As much as I would love to journal in a Filofax, I just can't do it. I need something that will lay flat with no rings in the way. So the Filofax has the information I need to travel, and the Field Notes tracks my adventures. A nice pair.
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