Diary Issues - Two Pages Per Day V Two Days Per Page

As you all know a few weeks ago I was going to try a "calling of the dog" experiment with Two Days to a Page, Week to View and finally Dodo Pad Week on one Page with Notes, and I said I would give weekly updates.... FAIL

I didn't give weekly updates as in that time I decided I wanted to try Flavia Day Timer Two Pages Per Day so I bought a set off a fellow Philofaxer, and tried it out, I used it for about 4 days over the long bank holiday weekend and the whole time I thought I WISH I WAS IN MY Two Days to a Page Diary, so that was just showing to me it would never work! If all you can do is think about something else and it feels as if you are cheating then it is pointless trying to make it work!

HEre is a photo comparison, I haven't photographed the whole week as that would be a bit mad!

It is a beautiful layout but maybe just tooooooo much room! Also I couldn't even see a day or two ahead which was really annoying me, but now I can!

As you can see I do not write anywhere near enough, I even tried to make lists on the spare page but it just was not working for me, I will keep them and maybe come back to them in a few weeks or months you never know!!! Just like the other diary formats.

My only wish is that I could hold a whole year of diary inserts, I could if I had nothing else in my Filofax, but I don't want to move up to a Personal as the rings annoy me and are far too big, I think just having a whole year's worth of month to view would be good but I only have from August as I have lost the rest!

I have made one small improvement on my Filofax though, I wanted these post it notes that Tracy posted on Instagram, they were so cute had M - S post it note that was layed out like this:

M _____________________

T _____________________
W _____________________
T _____________________
F _____________________
S _____________________
S _____________________

With lines etc, and I thought oh that would be perfect for blog post planning, so I made a page using my computer and my idea is that I will write in my Frixion and then rub it out when it is finished with! Now how genius is that... here is the page...

BTW I do have all my pages I have made saved on my computer so if you ever wanted something let me know!!! (I cant host files as I have no idea how too!!!) 

But I have loads and loads of templates all set on one single Personal sized page so you can easily print it out on one sheet, it is an idea, just comment below or email me at filofaximy@live.com and I will send them to you!

HAVE A NICE THURSDAY!

Pocket V Personal - HELP

Hello

So a few months ago I did a Calling of the Dog style post (Thank you to Laurie for coming up with this concept) it was over diary layouts and I came out with one winner, and today its still the best I’ve used to far, I probably will go for either a day on two pages or one page but for now its PERFECT!

But here is another situation where this is difficult!

So I wanted to move to a pocket as I have a small handbag now and decided that a Personal is too big to carry, here are the size comparisons between my Personal Crimson Malden and my Black Pocket Special Edition.

It was all made worse last night when I decided to have a look at my to do list and update it, so I did this and updated my Personal sized to do list and my Pocket Size, and I noticed that the pocket just was not as wide as the Personal in page sizing, as I believed they were the same width that was why it would work!

There is a centimetreish difference between the pocket and personal paper width wide, which I did not expect! I know its nearly half its height but that was why I liked it!

I'm not sure if its partly the diary to blame as its stiff, as if I had a Pocket Malden would make this cause any easier? I really just don’t know what to do about it!

As you can see my Pocket seems to be as big as my Personal! I think it is something to do with the design of the Pocket tho, as I believe it should be thinner!

So I will show you the comparison betweeen the different ways I have layed them out.

So first of all is the diaries, I have 2 days per page in my Personal and week to view in my Pocket!

I love the pink ruller I have for the Pocket, I wish they did more pink, and more pink accessories hehe

If I was going to go for a Pocket I would have to go for either a 2 days to a page or whole day to page, I always have a month to view as well.

Then I have my to do lists, this is when I realised how much I need to use a personal as the page width just isnt wide enough or maybe a Slimline A5 (if they existed).

Even the finance sheets the boxes are too small as they have to shrink different boxes! I know its obvious that they would do that but makes them a big too small which can drive you CRAZY!

I need to know from people who have a pocket and use it as their main Filofax if it does work or if they do find it too small and annoying! I would love to know?

Any tips you can give me to make a pocket work as I would love to use a pocket, pros and cons of a pocket too! I want to know everything possible!

Thank you all in advance and I look forward to hearing from you with your advice regarding Pocket Filofaxes

Filofax Experiment

Afternoon After Eight Mints

Yes another blog post within hours of each other!!!

So I wanted to to do an experiment about which page layout I prefer and if I can really live with a personal sized Filofax…..

I got this idea a bit from Plannerisms,   Thank you Laurie :-D And I'm kind of using her other idea about Calling the Dog,  yes that idea sounded a bit odd to me until I read it and it kind of made sense.

So first of all I should tell you the about the Filofax I'm using for this test, it kind of feels like an exam, and yes I am sort of now going to do a What’s in my Filofax blog post (MY FIRST EVER).

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Its my wonderful AMAZONA!!!! I bet pretty much all of you knew that was coming but I wanted to draw out the suspense a bit!

So inside the first thing you see is Arnold the prickerly bear! Yes my mother painted it for me, when my dad gave it to me I burst in to tears as it had a picture of my cat on the otherside and she made it for me as I was going to London for the first time ALONE (I had been many other times but never alone) so I was a bit nervous!

But yeah its so adorable here are some pictures of the pretty thing: -

The back is a picture of my Cat that passed away a year and 3 days ago, I'm going to his grave on Monday, I really miss him :-(

After that you can see that I have in my pocket the following: -

·          Oyster Card holder with Bite Card in too, in a Starbucks card holder ;-)

·          Receipt from Silks Coctail bar (which is in a posh ***** hotel I stayed in when I went to London by myself, I live in style) but I only just found out, City Organiser is about 20-30 meters away! Why was I denied this knowledge! Lol

·          A picture of my lovely dog buster (well I wish he was mine)

·          A sticker from Eyeko

·          A list of how to say the weather in French

·          Paper Clip

·          Things for my tabs

·          List of things to do in NEW Filofax

Here is the diary sort of bits I use….

One attempt at trying to be organised (my holiday days, didn’t last too long lol)

My monthly calendar in case I have future appointments and only have 3 months in my diary…

There is a lot of crap in it really, I have also included some up close pictures of my Filofax Ruler Page Marker! (One thing they should of included in the Flex!)

Well on to the experiment after that rather failed ‘What’s in my Filofax?’.

Don’t worry when I have more time to do one and I'm using my new Filofax I will do a proper one this was more of a little introduction to my Amazona for the moment!

So I am now going to list my experiments below: -

Experiment #1

Week to View Cotton Cream

I want to see which works for me best, but ignor any messy writing its only because I had to write in a lot of things quickly this morning to remember to use it etc…..

I'm going to try and use all 3 then the one I stop using will get left behind until there is 1 clear winner!!!

Experiment #2

Two Days Per Page (Homemade let me add)

I researched a bit and found out that on the Sunday it has a notes page so I have copied that format….

I have covered the village my doctors is at, I don’t care if you know what times…. Yes I have two appointments at the doctors in one day!

Experiment #3

Day per Page (Homemade again)

There isn’t much I can say now is there, you get the idea.

So I am going to try these three formats for a full WEEK!!! WOW and see which I prefer! Already the rings are annoying me on the left hand side, but I need to find a way to concur that, any ideas?

Look forward to all your comments on this post and advice will be MUCH APPRECIATED!!!

Much Love <3 I will post again on Sunday I think to give you an idea on how this is going!!!

xxx