I’m going into week three of trying to meal plan in my Filofax, so I though I’d post an update. I’ve been writing the meals in my notes section…there’s not enough room on the days during the week to write them because I use a week per page format. My 2017 calendars are winging their … More Meal Planning in a Filofax – Updates
Ever since I moved to my new apartment and bought some nice shoe racks, I’ve had my over-the-door shoe holder hanging over the door in the spare room, empty and yearning for a use. I finally came up with one, and so far, it’s been perfect! The over-the-door shoe organizer is now a bathroom organizer! … More Bathroom Organization
Welcome to (finally) Part 4 – list-making and shopping! Check out parts 1-3 here: Part 1 Part 2 Part 2.2 Part 3 I’ve always made lists to go grocery shopping, but for some reason, the same had never occurred to me for clothes shopping. Clothes shopping always felt more spontaneous, more in the moment, and … More Planning a closet overhaul – Part 4
Welcome to Part 3 of “Planning a closet overhaul” – where I actually sort through my clothes! Be sure to check out Part 1, Part 2, and Part 2.2 first to see how I’m (trying to) keep everything organized in my Filofax Saffiano. It feels like it’s been a long time coming, honestly – I … More Planning a closet overhaul – Part 3
As a generally organized person who likes to plan things out before acting, when faced with the opportunity to start a new planner (starting a new project, moving into a new binder, testing out a new set-up…), I obviously want to do what I do best: plan! Looking through some old papers, I recently came … More Letting a planner plan itself
I almost had a major moment of planner fail this week, on Monday. My life has been rather hectic lately between work, social events, a weekend course I’m taking, and moving into a new apartment (oh, and also, battling a determined cold). Last weekend, I didn’t have even a moment to sit down and breathe, … More The side effects of tracking in your planner
You know the expression, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”? Well, this month I decided to completely ignore that advice and try something new in my planning: daily pages. After seeing so many people’s daily pages with everything (meals! must/should dos! appointments! exercise!) planned out so wonderfully, I decided I should give it a … More An update to my planning: daily pages
Welcome to Part 3 of my mini-series! Be sure to check out Part 1 and Part 2, about my teaching/administration Filofax and my Plum Paper Planner teacher’s planner, respectively. In this post, I’d like to go over my system for dealing with photocopies and other handouts. As a teacher, prepping photocopies and handouts is a … More Planning my teaching (and business) – Part 3
In 2012, I moved to Spain and started teaching English as a second language. In early 2013, I opened a small language school, where I continue to be the only teacher/administrator/secretary/etc. I love my job and what I do (and most of all, being my own boss), but it does take a lot of planning. … More Planning my teaching (and business) – Part 1
I’ve mentioned my use of the Filofax jot pads before, and now I’d like to share some ideas about how to use them. As a disclaimer, I bought these myself for my own usage, and indeed there’s no need for these to even use the Filofax brand ones! In fact, see below for some tips … More 10 ways to use a Filofax jot pad
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