We are only in the first week of March. I have seen a few promotions for price reductions for 2026 Diary Inserts.
Even if you are settled in to your current set up, these sales are often a cheap way of trying out another layout of a month or two before considering paying full price for it for next year.
Just think, you could try out one of those inserts with QR codes??!!
https://filofax.com/collections/2026-diary-refills 30% off most of the current ones.
Have you ever tested a layout part way through the year?
This week I had a total planner disaster. I like the weekly overview in my Wo2P horizontal inserts. I keep my tasks on a separate list in the project section. Everything was going well until I had a week like this: Almost all day in meetings, I lost track of my project tasks. Now, just before the weekend, the to-do list is getting longer and longer, and I have to work over the weekend. I'm thinking about switching my inserts to DPP so my tasks are closer to the deadlines. I'm just afraid of losing track... Is that an overreaction? I don't want to have to constantly switch inserts depending on my workload...
ReplyDeleteDo you think DPP is generally better suited for busy periods, or is it purely a matter of preference? Are there any other professionals here who manage their stressful times well with Wo2P and a separate task list?
Week on two pages for scheduling the week only. Project tasks and notes on separate inserts in separate pages. Each project marked with a different coloured paper clip. Project timelines and milestones on separate fold out sheets.
DeleteNot being able to complete project tasks because of too many meetings doesn't sound like a planner failure... Unless you mean failure to plan time for too many meetings. If someone else is scheduling meetings, and setting task deadlines, then the reality of the time spent on meetings needs to be accepted. Being professional doesn't mean working weekends; if your management can't grasp the idea that meetings take time from tasks, then _they_ are the ones being unprofessional.
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I have always used week on two pages and it works well for me, but in the last 5 months or so my worklife has gotten exponentially busier.
ReplyDeleteLike you, I'm juggling too many projects and it would be very easy to miss something. Mercifully, I don't have to attend a lot of meetings, but one simple email request can blow up my entire day. With the week in front of me at all times, I have a constant eye on not necessarily the "big" picture, but the size of picture that I need to see to be confident that I'm keeping on top of what matters.
In recent months, my task page has become the brain dump and each day on a blank piece of lined paper, I will start with three or four tasks that must get done that day. If I can accomplish all of them, I will add a couple more. I find by just using blank paper, the tasks can operate alongside my notes and I'm not wasting time constantly scrolling down a task list with 40 items on it looking for the next thing that must get done now.
What I need to change mid-year is my tasks page, which is no longer divided into sections. That isn't working. I need to either divide it up by day like I did the last several years, by priority, or by subject.
Priority is probably what I should do, but I find that in the amount of time it takes me to decide whether something is a priority or not, I've forgotten what the other three somethings were that I needed to write down.
Thank you so much for your helpful and encouraging advice! I wish everyone who has a workday ahead of them today a successful one. And I wish us all a reliable partner by our side: our beloved Filofax!
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