Hi guys!
Today I've been FILOFAXING. I've been wanting to get my 2013 diary sorted out for quite a while now because I had almost a page of diary dates written down at the end of my 2012 diary, ready to transfer into it. But unfortunately, I seem to suffer from a condition called "Mountainoutofmolehillitis" whereby I always envisage a job taking about 14 times' the amount of time that it actually takes to complete, so I often end up putting it off for as long as possible because I
Anyway, today I bit the bullet and got cracking, and it took me about two-and-a-half hours to finish. Phew! So now my 2013 'week on one page with notes' diary and year planner are both complete and ready to go!
This is what I did...
Firstly, I gathered all my lists of dates together and wrote the following information on my year planner:
- My daughter's school holidays (dark green, right side);
- Dates I'm on call (red, left side);
- Dates I'll be out at shows/gigs/band concerts/parties etc (purple);
- Birthdays (light blue);
- Important deadlines (red);
- General perpetual reminders and reminders for my Secretarial duties (pink).
Then I transferred all this information into the diary itself (for the full year). After that, I went through the diary week by week and wrote my reminders in. For example, when I have a birthday coming up, a week or two before I'll put a reminder on the 'notes' page to remind me that I need to buy a card and present if required. Or if I need to renew some insurance, I'll put a note in to remind me to start hunting around for quotes.
I like to have the year planner nice and full because as I use a slimline, I can't fit a full year's worth of diary pages into it in one go, so at least I'll have the year planner available so I can check for any clashes if I'm organising something well in advance.
I also use a few weeks' worth of 'day per page' diary pages as well, but I fill these out only when I actually put them in my Filofax.
So people - have you filled your 2013 diary yet? Which one are you using? And how do you use your year planner, if you use one at all?
Lucy x
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I'm still undecided, had planned on TM for my A5 stay at home, but now i'm thinking will there be too much space, for my Slimline i'm going to use week to view with notes I think haha, decisions, decisions :-)
ReplyDeleteI have already started to write down dates, appointments, re-new subscription etc for 2013 these are all in back of my diary section.
ReplyDeleteMy boys' school holidays and things like that are already added to 2013. At least until the Summer Holidays! Some of my husband's business trips next year have also found their way into the calendar. But since I saw the beautiful diary inserts made by Bigrell design (http://philofaxy.blogspot.se/2012/11/web-finds-10-november-2012.html) I think I might have to start over with 2013 :)
ReplyDeleteI have a new planner with huge rings, so I've already got all of next year in and ready to go (WO2P). Because I've changed sizes, I'm not carrying anything older than last week, which is taking some getting used to - turns out I flick back just as much as I flick forward.
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