Making my Filofax Mine

 

My A5 Stratford at work in the classroom

I had a good look at my current A5 Filofax today.

The way it looks, feels, works.

It is beginning to take shape but there is still a long way to go.

I had a little think about what I was actually trying to achieve with my binder.

Here is my very hastily written out list of NEEDS:

I need it to be

1. practical
2. set out neatly
3. organised so I do not waste time searching for what I need
4. Not stuffed with pages I would rarely use
5. binder needs to lay flat when I am writing
6. I need storage for A4 fold paper that I use at work
7. only the essential sticky notes, stickers and flags
8. holds three pens I use daily
9. keeps everything together when closed
10. smells good!

My current Week on Two Pages
 

the last one is a personal requirement but I can hear hundreds of you saying "Amen" to that one.

I made a promise to myself that I would try to make this binder MY OWN. It has to be like that.

I promised myself to not be impatient and to give it time.

We all want wonderful Filofaxes, filled with stamps, stickers, trinkets, post-its and more. They look amazing! I admire them alot.

But that is not really ME!

I need my binder to be ME.

And in being ME, it needs to be an extension of me.

My journey is ongoing.

I enjoy it so very much. I really do. All of it.

Don't you?