I've been using week on two pages or more recently two days to a page formats.
In my personal size I am using the two days on a page so my week goes Monday to Thursday flip over the page for Friday to Sunday with a space for notes. Generally that works just fine.
Likewise week on two pages when I was in an A5 organiser was generally fine most of the time.
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| Mock up of a couple of 'typical' months. |
However, I sometimes find that I get a few weeks when things start to get a little busier than normal and to avoid trying to remember too many appointments and when tasks are due I will print off a monthly spread and that will give me peace of mind to see the next 4-5 weeks in one view. I might only use it for a couple of weeks and once I'm on 'the home straight' and things are going to soon return to normal I don't need the additional pages.
I normally use one of our inserts from our diary selection and only print the months required. Alternatively I can print off a page or two from my Apple Calendar.
Do you ever supplement your normal diary insert to see more detail in the coming weeks?
I like this one week in a row format. This is similar to the top-flip weekly desk calendars.
ReplyDeleteHowever, in a month view, you need six rows, like in the example you show.
With continuous weeks in six rows, you'd only get nine pages per year. Or use five or four rows with more space.
For continuous rows, you simply have to add the short month name to the day number, for example "Mar 1".
If the processing allows for that, a page heading could get up to three months when using six rows. When using mail merge, manual post-processing will most likely be easier than creating the heading automatically.
Or simply use the month of the first and last day for top left and top right page corner respectively, as shown in the example.
Weeks are a more 'natural' division of time (or perhaps, more regular), months are somewhat arbitrary...
DeleteSo my 'month on one page' insert is actually four weeks per page. Days are vertical, with a light background fill for the weekend. Below that are some lines/space for notes.
The header has first and last week month and year (on L & R, respectively). The transition between months on a page is marked by a thicker line (and the day#, of course...).
Day names are in a narrow column to the left, rotated. Week columns are numbered.
My diary generator creates a single year per page (3 cols of 4 months) calendar page, followed by 14 4-week pages, then the wo2p pages. The even # of 4-week pages means the wo2p pages open to week-to-view...
All my diary insert generator scripts use Unix 'cal' output to provide date information.
After some thoughts: Having weeks in columns sounds like a good option.
DeleteAs you need seven days in a row, having the days along the long edge gives more space. And the sequence of columns from left to right can be "read" across the rings, so there are less breaks.
Depending on the width, you can select an appropriate count of columns, especially with the narrow Personal size.
I have used WO1P for years but I occasionally need extra space and use pages from an undated WO2P which came with a Filofax I bought a few years ago.
ReplyDeleteI usually run a month on 2 pages along side anything other layouts I'm using. Although I needed to see the first half of next year so printed off an A4 month view for the first half of the year. I like being able to print out what I need.
ReplyDeleteI also always have a month on two pages along with a week on 2 pages. My work planner has the MO2P won't a DO1P. I like to see the month to get a sense of what's coming up.
ReplyDeleteI use tabbed month for all milestones and forward looking events. Still in my personal. Until last year I was hand-making a week on two pages that incorporated all 24 hours in order to visualise time blocks. Now I use a preprinted one in A5.
ReplyDeleteThen I keep a one page table for the milestones in a project (one for each project). I deal with a number of projects (multiple projects rolling up to me) so this gives me a clear view of key milestones when I want to review a project.