Over the years I have used my Filofax to help me plan various events and projects. A ring binder organiser is especially suited for this, I have found. The removable pages and addition of tabbed sections allows for flexible use as the project grows and changes (as they always seem to do). A Filofax binder is a portable, elegant, convenient way to keep everything together.
An example that comes to mind is a wedding (yes as in 27 Dresses!). A Filofax binder could have the following sections:
-Wardrobe: Bride's dress, bridesmaids dresses and groomsmen outfits, with color swatches and fabric samples.
-Catering: caterer's details, menu, guests' food intolerances, table seating charts.
-Band: songs/ music, songs to avoid!
-Flowers/ decorations: colors, wedding party flowers, decorations for the venue
Of course you could do the same for an anniversary, special birthday, or any other large event.
Have you used a Filofax for planning a big event?
And as always on Fridays feel free to ask and/ or discuss anything ring binder organiser related!
I would love to know if anyone organises their garden maintenance/planting/fertilisers with a filofax, and if so: what system do you use?
ReplyDeleteI'm sure I saw such a thing, discounted in WHS, or a charity shop. Very much not a gardener (mine is a wilderness...), but there are lots of such things, including the RHS 4-year planner. These might provide inspiration.
DeleteIf you needed help creating such an insert(s), see below...?
I don't suppose anyone has a set of the FilmFax laminated inserts, introduced in 1987...?
ReplyDeleteI have a bit of history in creating nomograph tools for things like reading slope angles, avalanche risk, reading grid references to 1/100th of a grid square, etc, and I've run out of inserts to recreate (dated wo1p plus notes, and ref_807 knocked up last night...).
Or if anyone has any special purpose inserts they'd like...
I don't usually organize any big events, but I did use to keep all my Uni related data in my Filofax, including the plan of the whole career I was coursing, to cross off the courses as I passed them, period calendars, important data, course trackers and so on. It was so helpful to be able to keep the career program in place and move pages and sections as needed, as I went from one period to the next.
ReplyDeleteThis such a cool system! I'm going to be starting university soon, and have been thinking for quite some time what sort of organisation system I would be using. May I ask what inserts you found worked best, or what you would recommend?
DeleteRegards,
Fardin
Hi Fardin, first, congratulations on starting uni soon! Sorry to jump in but I wanted to tell you what worked for me in graduate school. (I wish I had known about Filofax in undergrad, it would have kept me much more organised!)
DeleteI used a week on two pages diary, to see the overview of my week, class schedule, study times, and work schedule. If you are using A5 I recommend the week with the days as timed vertical columns so you can time block. For example, say I had a paper due the following week, which felt like lots of time. But looking at my schedule I could see I would actually only have two afternoons to work on it.
I also used a month on two pages for the big overview so I could see deadlines and due dates ahead of time.
At the beginning of my degree program I made lists of all my requirements and kept them in a tabbed section. I listed all the classes that were required, and additional classes I wanted to take. I listed other requirements (dissertation, presentations, projects etc.) with deadlines/ due dates. This came in very handy for keeping on track.
I don't recommend taking class notes in your Filofax that you use as a planner, it will fill up too fast.
If anyone would like more details I could do a post about using your Filofax for university/ graduate school?