I might be a tech addict but no matter how many gadgets I have to ensure I get through each day in one piece the lure of the paper is just to much for me.
You see, I love notebooks and I love diaries. I start each year with such great intentions but never quite manage to keep up with my alter-ego organised self. I'm ultimately just a bit rubbish when it comes to things like that.
So my new squeeze is a Filofax Swift Personal Organiser. It's compact, it fits into my obligatory Cybher™ issue satchel and it's blank pages fill me with excitement and promise of everything I need to know being in one place.
Whilst I love a Filofax, I'm not overly keen on their diary inserts. The five languages on each page make it too busy for me. I either need it to be clean and zen or funky and cool but as neither of those boxes were ticked I opted for a Dodo Pad Personal Size, Filofax compatible diary refiill instead.
Much more me, with plenty of room for all of the things I need to remember, not just in my schedule but for the rest of the family too.
I added some extra note paper, a selection of Filofax Assorted Sticky Notes and took out the address pages and A-Z dividers.
I'm not really sure why they still include them... It seems a bit needless when you have your contacts stored on your phone, but maybe that's just me?
If you have any creative ideas of how I could use them, I'm all ears.
So watch this space. Let's see if i make it to Christmas is a superly, organised way.
Disclosure : Filofax sent me the Swift Personal Organiser to review. The additional items were purchased by little old me.
It's just you. I use my A - Z dividers as I don't have all my contacts on my phone. But that me because I'm not as tech-savvy as you and also because I haven't got round to doing it yet. Which reminds me ...
ReplyDeleteI have to admit I've never used a FiloFax, but I'd feel as if my arm was chopped off if you separated me from my paper diary. I always have my smartphone, but never use that for making appointments. There's nothing quite as satisfying as writing things down on paper in your own handwriting!
ReplyDeleteIt's not just you. I mentioned the same earlier this week. I have all contacts stored in my phone and only use about five address pages (and keep 2 blank for "emergencies") in my filofax for people who I actually need to send Christmas cards and postcards to.
ReplyDeleteIt would take me a week to get the 1800+ contacts off my phone and written into my Filofax!
ReplyDeleteAnd if all my contacts were written down you can bet your bum I would be left in the lurch that day that I left my filofax at home. I'm never going anywhere without my phone though am I?
ReplyDeleteooooh I adore that filofax. I so want a new one now! lol!
ReplyDeleteSorry about that!!!
ReplyDeleteI just brought the same one. I love it.
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