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Last weekend I had an uncontrollable urge to draw squares. 🙂 So I found myself drawing calendars and grids in two 8×5 notebooks that fit perfectly into my Filofax Flex, which used to house a blank journal and my Zen journal. I still have those but I love this Filofax Flex so much I wanted to use it everyday. I thought I might try this planner configuration for awhile.
I first talked about these notebooks in this post; I picked them up in Edmonton when I went to the Diana exhibit. They fit the Flex perfectly. One of the reasons I wanted to use this is I missed having my financial info with me when I’m at work. So the notebook on the left contains all my banking information.
On the first page I track each bill payment each month. Underneath the sticky is a vertical list of all the bills to be paid. Across the grid I record how much is paid on each bill each month.
On the second page and subsequent pages I will have a detailed transaction list of all my banking. I’m fairly organized but sometimes I can miss the odd bill so I like to have this with me so I can check things when I’m at work.
The notebook on the right is the planner. Here is one of the month pages.
And here is one of the week pages. I had a Moleskine planner a few years ago that used this system of having the weekly calendar on the left hand side and a blank page on the right for notes and lists. I loved that system and have longed to go back to it ever since. The drawback with the Molekskine design, in my opinion, is that all of the months are together in the front of the book and the weeks are at the back. The constant back and forth was, to me, annoying. This way I can have the month layout followed by the four weeks and then another month layout. Perfect!
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Looks wonderful and efficient! I saw the Paris photos and squealed. So fun and personalized. I don’t have a planner,so I thinking I may have to look into getting one. I just record things in my checkbook and little pads, so this may be better in one place.
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I love planners, Winnie. Sometimes I think I need a support group. Yes it is nice to have the things you need all in one place. 🙂
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I have a Flex but haven’t really utilised it yet but you have inspired me!
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Awesome! You will have to show us what you come up with. 🙂
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I will do!
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I have a slim Flex and an A5, and love them but still figuring out how to use them and for what purpose. I use a personal size Filoflex now but finding it so bulky to carry around.
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Less bulk is one of the things I love about the Filofax Flex. I checked on the UK page and you can get a calendar insert for it (with shipping costs to Canada it was better for me to draw my own – and more fun!). Of course you do lose the ability to add/delete pages/inserts. So far this is working for me. Good luck with your Flex!
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I know this an old post, so I don’t mind if you don’t reply, but I love your flex pages. Did you make the week page with the blank page? If so, did you simply create the boxes with a ruler? I’d love to know if you bought the diary before I try to do it myself. Sometimes, I’m loathe to write in a notebook when I could have an excuse to feed my obsession. Thanks for a lovely blog!
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Thank you so much Amanda, I’m so glad you like it! Yes I drew all of the pages in my flex planner. I used a ruler to draw the big box and then divided the space into 7 equal (more or less!) boxes. It didn’t take that long and it’s relaxing to just zone out and draw squares. And if you had a notebook with grid paper that would be even quicker. Hope that helps!
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