Journal pages - thank you to Daniel |
My youngest is currently studying for his Big Exams. He asked me if I had a notebook he could use to organise his study plans, figure out which topics he needed to spend more time working on and which ones he already knows, etc. Of course I had the perfect notebook in my stash, and he happily took it to start planning out his studying.
The next morning I asked him how it went, and found his initial enthusiasm had waned. He quickly discovered the limitations of a bound notebook. If he wanted to move a page from one category to another (for example, after he had mastered a topic he would move that page from Need to Study to Complete), he couldn't. He also realised he had to plan every page of the notebook in advance, decide how many pages each subject would get, etc. His plan broke down.
I offered him a ring binder with tabbed dividers, tape flags, and repositionable sticky tabs, and it was just the thing he needed. Each subject had its own tabbed section. Within each section, he could designate pages for what he needed to spend more time on and what he already knew, and could move pages around accordingly. The tape flags allowed him to label the tabbed dividers, and then move and re-label them easily. And the sticky tabs let him go directly to any section he wanted quick access to.
Which of course brings me to Filofax and other ring binder organisers. I get frustrated with bound notebooks because, what if I want more than one topic within the notebook? What if I want to move pages around? What if I end up only using a few pages, then decide I don't need an entire notebook for that purpose?
A Filofax, as my son quickly discovered with ring binders in general, gives me the ultimate in flexibility of use. I don't have to stress about where I'm going to write something. If I want to move it someplace else later, I can.
Do you like to move pages around in your Filofax, or even between binders? Or do you prefer to keep your pages in your binder in a certain order?
And as always on Fridays, feel free to discuss anything ring binder organiser related!
Thanks very much again to Paul for this tenth instalment of his wonderful guest post series. You can find all of the 'Filofhax' posts here.
Flatability's Filofax pen hack
Neil from Flatability has done it again with his latest innovation - housing a collection of pens in the body of a Filofax by utilising the often redundant credit card pockets. His hack appealed to me, as I never really used the credit card slots in my Cavendish so gave it a try, slitting the pocket fabric with a craft knife to allow the pens to fill the depth of one pocket.
So far so good, I'm not longer restricted to the two pens, I can now accommodate six or even seven within the binder rather than having to fish about in bags etc. If you're not too squeamish about cutting your Filofax; why not give it a try?
Thanks to Neil for kindly sharing another of his innovations, check out his video here.