Long Term Tasks/Goals

Talking on a regular basis with a fellow paper organiser/planner user is really good for the soul. It helps you break out of your own comfort zone and gets you thinking about doing things in a different way.

As you know I've been chatting and discussing some of our favourite planner topics with Karine Tovmassian on 'The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Plannerverse' podcast.

A few times Karine has shared with us how she has all of her goals and tasks listed and how she adds them to her weekly task lists.

Personally I have tended to only plan on a weekly basis, with some things (mainly appointments) planned further ahead than that.

With the changes to the seasons finally happening here it gets me shifting gear in to what I should be doing or I need to do outside, and what was a fairly steady winter weekly routine has to be massaged to include new tasks like lawn mowing and other jobs outside etc.

Hearing Karine explain how she has all of her tasks and goals recorded in her organiser has 'kicked my butt' in to thinking I need to start thinking in a similar way, otherwise I am still going to have lots and lots of unfinished jobs and projects that will never in a million years get on to my weekly task list.

So starting this next week I'm going to try and decide how to record all of these miscellaneous tasks/jobs/goals and put them in to some form of order and then prioritise them and start adding them to my weekly list of things to do and start getting some of them crossed off the list.

So how do you plan your long term goals/tasks? Do you have any hints and tips you can share. Please leave them in the comments.

Web Finds - 3 May 2016

So I hope you have had a good weekend.

So now it is time to enjoy a great collection of blog posts and videos from around the internet.

So here are a selection of the latest Filofax videos for your enjoyment.

1. Recensione VanDerSpek Agenda Italiano - D Mylasteureka
2. Filofax Setup Update - Anfang 2016 / Patent Nude Personal (DEUTSCH/GERMAN) - Dummesmaedchen
3. VanDerSpek agende a confronto: recensione.  - D Mylasteureka
4. Baby Tracking Section in my Planner (Kate Spade, Filofax) - Annie Smith
5. Filofax Saffiano black Setup - Anne Ludewig
6. Filofax Malden Wallet Set-Up - Patty Aizaga
7. Filofax Malden setup part 1 - Rita Weaver
8. Updated Review on My Filofax Saffiano Personal Compact Agenda - Determine tobe
9. Filofax Peru als Filodori *Deutsch* - TheAlmutz
10. FILOFAX SETUP 2016 // plannerlovinglulu // filofax nude - Plannerlovinglulu 
11. My almond Amazona filofax walkthrough set-up May 2016 - Deborah White
12. Filofax als Geldbörse | Finsbury Mini Grey | Set Up - Aileen Klappert
13. 2016 May setup - My main planner: Filofax A5 Malden purple - From Chaos to Order
14. Filofax domino update April-May 2016 part 1 - Meera Baindur
15. Van Der Spek Wochendekoration | Make - Up - Tess W
16. Flip though of my Filofax - Frugal_Me
17. A Planner to fit into a personal FILOFAX/MySummerTouch - My Summer Touch

• For tips on how to improve your videos, please see this post.  Also this video too Webfinds 
• Your Filofax/Organiser Videos could appear in this list, just contact philofaxy at gmail dot com to be added to our monitoring list. 

My Week Posts

1. The Return of Planner Friday – End of April Edition - Dianne Sylivan
2. My week #211 - Paper Lovestory
3. My Week #17 - Polkadotparadiso 
4. My Week #17 In Review (2015) - Joanny White

Enjoy.

Free For All Tuesday No. 274

Highlights of April 2016

So here are the highlights of the month of April. We published the following posts.

• William Hannah Notebook/Planner - Review
• Guest Post - Using an Organiser to Plan Your Travels - Alison D 
• FAQ: Van der Spek
• Long term planning
• FAQ - Gillio Firenze
• Guest Post - Review of the Myequil Equal 2 smart pen

We also released the following episodes of the podcast:

• The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Plannerverse - Episode 7 - How do you carry your planner
• The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Plannerverse - Episode 8 - Choosing Inserts
• The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Plannerverse - Episode 9 - Planner Planning
• The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Plannerverse - Episode 10 - Planner Hacks

We continued our series user focused posts: Readers Favourite Organisers

• Readers Favourite Organiser - Kristy
• Readers Favourite Organiser - Cori
• Readers Favourite Organiser - Diana
• Readers Favourite Organiser - Carla

We still need more volunteers for Readers Favourite Organisers, or Reader Under The Spotlight, please contact steve at philofaxy dot com 

Of course the Webfinds and Free For All Tuesdays, Fridays posts are always there each week, please join in the comments, everyone is welcome.

If you have a guest post idea, please contact steve at philofaxy dot com  or if there is a topic you would like to see us cover or revisit also please contact Steve.

I hope you find this post useful, please let us know in the comments and we will do our best to do a highlights post each month.

Readers Favourite Organiser - Jackie

Thank you to Jackie for sharing with us her favourite organiser. 

1. What is your favourite organiser (Make/model/size)?

The medium Yale blue compagna is my favorite planner to carry and use for my schedule. It is the perfect size and gives me enough room to write what I need for my day.

I have several shelf planners, a work planner, a master house planner, and pockets for brain-dumping. I prefer that everything is separated, similar to using a planner like a one-subject notebook. There are 9 working schedules in my household so there is a lot to manage.

The medium compagna along with a pocket for brain dumping provide the perfect place to keep track of the schedules.

2. How long have you owned it?

This was my first gillio and I received it in January after purchasing it in the marketplace. Even though I now have 5 gillios in different colors and styles, this remains my favourite.

3. What is it that you like about it so much?

The color is very relaxing and reveals different demensions of color depending on the lighting. It can appear both grayish blue and vibrant blue. Dark and bright.

It can be also be used throughout the seasons with a variety of dashboards, in terms of styles and colors. In this way it is oddly neutral.

The leather is primarily smooth on the inside, but has subtle veining and pebbling on the outside. For me, it is the perfect combinations of texture, not too pebbly, and not completely smooth. The leather feels sturdier than my Aqua and lotus and I don't feel like I need to "baby it". Also, unlike the dark blue, it does not feel as if it has any coating.

For the design, I love the secretarial pockets on both sides and the zipper compartment.

I am a professor and only carry one semester at a time. The medium is the perfect size and fit for my hands, whereas the A6, although comfortable for writing, is not as comfortable for me to carry.

Yale blue with the typewriter. The walls in my office are almost the same color so I like the study in color.

I did my first planner selfie with this planner, so it's definitely love. 

4. Do you use it all the time?

Yes, it is my every-day-carry. I change the accompanying pocket planner, but the Yale blue is my constant companion.

This pic was taken on a cloudy day without a filter and reveals its hidden vibrancy. This is the moment I fell in love.

5. Do you think the design could be improved in any way? How?
I would prefer slip pockets on the right side instead of card pockets.

I would also like to see a bi-color with dark brown and Yale blue combinations, plus the A5 Amica and compagna available in this color.


Thank you Jackie, who you can find on Instagram. 

If you would like to share with us the details of your favourite organiser, please contact steve @ philofaxy dot com