- Stretching the pen loop to make a Mont Blac pen fit - Footnoteblog
- I call my diary my life - Boxed Sets
- Have yourself a Mini little Christmas - Yvotchka
- I'm just addicted - Crazy Suburban Mom
- A post card revolution - Paper Nation
18 December 2010
From around the web
Your Stories: Reaching Your Goals With Your Filofax
I would love to hear your stories of how your Filofax has helped you reach your goals. As we all know, I'm always interested in goal-setting and methods for reaching goals, and I'd love to hear specifically how Filofax has helped you reach yours.
Especially this time of year as we reflect back on the past year and prepare for the new one, it's fun to think of our accomplishments from this year and goals for next year.
My best example of how my Filofax helped me reach a goal was definitely graduate school. My degree was interdepartmental (Geology and Biology) and it was a topic no one had studied at that school before (the origin of birds) so nobody knew exactly what my degree requirements should be regarding which classes I should take, the structure of my thesis etc. Once those things were determined, I wrote them into a special section in my Filofax that I saved until my degree was completed. As I completed each requirement, I recorded when it was completed and what my grade was. This was especially helpful when I was registering for classes, if one class was already full I could look at my list and register for a different class on my requirements list. Then near the end of my degree when my 3 advisers couldn't agree on what I needed to complete for graduation, I was able to remind them of what we originally agreed on and I had my record of what I had completed when. This proved to be very important! I think students often trust their advisers to know what their requirements should be, but all students need to remember that your degree is ultimately your responsibility and you need to keep track of your requirements.
Right now in my Filofax I have a separate Goals section. I use blue lined paper in this section to make my goals stand out. I have a page for each Goals topic (Personal; Home; Financial etc.) and individual goals listed under the topic. Then I have a new page for each month for those goals or steps I want to specifically focus on that month. I keep my current month's goals directly behind the Notes tab so it's visible right at the front. At the end of the month I write my month-end review on the back of the page, and archive the page at the back of the Goals section so I have a record of my goals and accomplishments each month.
Please post a comment to share your story, whether from this year or longer ago, of how your Filofax helped you reach a goal!
Especially this time of year as we reflect back on the past year and prepare for the new one, it's fun to think of our accomplishments from this year and goals for next year.
My best example of how my Filofax helped me reach a goal was definitely graduate school. My degree was interdepartmental (Geology and Biology) and it was a topic no one had studied at that school before (the origin of birds) so nobody knew exactly what my degree requirements should be regarding which classes I should take, the structure of my thesis etc. Once those things were determined, I wrote them into a special section in my Filofax that I saved until my degree was completed. As I completed each requirement, I recorded when it was completed and what my grade was. This was especially helpful when I was registering for classes, if one class was already full I could look at my list and register for a different class on my requirements list. Then near the end of my degree when my 3 advisers couldn't agree on what I needed to complete for graduation, I was able to remind them of what we originally agreed on and I had my record of what I had completed when. This proved to be very important! I think students often trust their advisers to know what their requirements should be, but all students need to remember that your degree is ultimately your responsibility and you need to keep track of your requirements.
Right now in my Filofax I have a separate Goals section. I use blue lined paper in this section to make my goals stand out. I have a page for each Goals topic (Personal; Home; Financial etc.) and individual goals listed under the topic. Then I have a new page for each month for those goals or steps I want to specifically focus on that month. I keep my current month's goals directly behind the Notes tab so it's visible right at the front. At the end of the month I write my month-end review on the back of the page, and archive the page at the back of the Goals section so I have a record of my goals and accomplishments each month.
Please post a comment to share your story, whether from this year or longer ago, of how your Filofax helped you reach a goal!
Surfing the other Filofax Sites
Sadly Filofax don't (yet) have have an international website that links all of their stock from all of their sites around the world back to one site. So you can find all the different types of diary refills in Week on Two pages in all the different languages and layouts, but without browsing all of their sites in all the various languages.
Before you ask I'm not proposing building such a site myself! But it would be a great site if it existed. However, I'm sure between us we can bring together some of the things you have spotted on some of the international site that aren't mentioned on some of the 'obvious' ones.
For instance Sharon mentioned on Twitter that she got some credit card wallets off the Filofax Sweden site for her Filofax Mini. They also sell natty name plates for your Filofax, although I'm not sure if you can fit 'This belongs to Steve Morton, keep your nose out!' on the tag.
I've lost count of the number of times I've heard the comment, love the layout... pity it's not available in only English. Again from the Filofax Sweden site a Week on Two Pages but with appointment times and notes space for each day.
Another example from the Filofax Belgium site, this one again Week on Two Pages but in English, French and Dutch (I think!) again a great layout... but you can't order on line from Filofax Beligum... it seems Belgium doesn't get this idea of Eshopping on the Inter-webs... may be the 'one site for all items' could solve this problem for so many people....
So if you have discovered something unique on one of the other Filofax International sites, drop it in to the comments.
17 December 2010
Moving House....
No not me... been there done that got the T Shirt... one move in 20+ years was enough for me thank you!
But it is always nice to hear from our readers about their changes and what is happening to them, but the email I received the other night was definitely Filofax related and with their permission I'm sharing the picture with you all....
You might recall Erin from our reader under the spotlight series a few months back. Well Erin has become quite a legend after declaring/confessing/admitting to owning 75 Filofax Organisers (we suspect the number may be a little higher now!!)
Well Erin and her dear husband Jim are about to move house. Special attention has been given as you will see to moving 'the collection', all 7 boxes of them, excluding the ones in use at present...
Good luck with the move guys I hope all those boxes reach the destination in good shape and nothing goes missing.
But it is always nice to hear from our readers about their changes and what is happening to them, but the email I received the other night was definitely Filofax related and with their permission I'm sharing the picture with you all....
You might recall Erin from our reader under the spotlight series a few months back. Well Erin has become quite a legend after declaring/confessing/admitting to owning 75 Filofax Organisers (we suspect the number may be a little higher now!!)
Well Erin and her dear husband Jim are about to move house. Special attention has been given as you will see to moving 'the collection', all 7 boxes of them, excluding the ones in use at present...
Good luck with the move guys I hope all those boxes reach the destination in good shape and nothing goes missing.
16 December 2010
Free for All Friday No. 109
This week is one of the darkest of the year, in the Northern Hemisphere, anyway. A good time for quiet thinking and reflecting and thinking about the next new beginning. Or there may be a lot of hustle and bustle in your life right now. Is your Filofax a useful companion right now, or a project in need of overhaul?
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