2014 System Revamp: Past/Future Inserts Binder
Using a compact
binder as your daily planner obviously means that you cannot carry an
entire year’s worth of daily pages. And
since I can’t get away with using anything less than daily pages, I have to
compromise. Just like my Household
Binder holds everything I don’t need with me on a daily basis, my
Past/Future Inserts Binder holds all of the inserts I don’t need with me at any
given time.
I have a rolling calendar system in my daily
binder. I can get a full year’s worth of
monthly pages in there, as well as 2 – 3 months worth of daily pages (in
addition to everything else I carry—if I didn’t carry anything more, I could
get 6 months worth of daily pages in there).
I use my personal Ochre Malden to hold all of
my extra inserts.
I don’t put anything other than inserts in
here, as you can see upon opening the binder.
The first insert is cardboard, which (if I
remember correctly) I bought at Muji. They originally had top tabs on them, but
since I didn’t use them for that purpose, I chopped off the tab part and use
them just to protect my inserts. (There’s
one at the back as well.)
I do use side tabs, however, to separate my
inserts.
I haven’t used these in a while, but I don’t
want to get rid of them because every once in a while I have a need for
them. I attempted to use some of them
already, as you can see by the date at the top.
Even though I decided not to use them, I won’t throw them out just for
the date. It’s easy enough to cross that
out and put in a new one, should I need to.
After that section, is the tab for monthly
inserts.
This is obviously not the best time to
illustrate this binder since we just started the year. However, if this was August and I had already
bought my 2015 inserts, I would have the first half of 2014 in here in addition
to the second half of 2015. July 2014 –
June 2015 would be in my daily planner.
Once I removed all of the 2013 inserts from my Past/Future binder, they
were put into my archival
binder. That’s why my inserts binder
is a bit bare at the moment.
Next, I have the daily inserts section.
Again, not the best time to illustrate this,
as all of my 2013 daily inserts are in the archival binder. But I use the brown Today ruler to mark where
I am in my rotating calendar system.
Right now I have all of the daily sheets for January, February, and
March in my daily planner. When February
starts, I’ll remove all except for the last week of January into my inserts
binder and add the first week of April to my daily binder. The brown Today marker in the inserts binder
will separate where January leaves off and where the rest of April begins. This makes it easy to get right to the
inserts I need when it comes time to rotate inserts again (which happens about
every 2 weeks or so).
In the back pocket of the Malden, I keep my DayTimer
Hot Sheets. (So I guess I do keep
more than just inserts in here.)
I use these in my daily planner for reminders
of things I want to get done sooner rather than later but that do not have
specific due dates.
I couldn’t use a compact binder on a daily
basis without the help of this inserts binder.
And it’s a great way to use the lovely Ochre Malden.
I am running a system somewhat similar to yours (which is working beautifully, thanks so much for the inspiration!) and keep my future daily inserts and past inserts in a DayTimer storage binder. Works beautifully.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I'm glad your system is working out for you. It's always good to find something that works!
DeleteI didn't know those day planner pages existed. Now, I must have them.
ReplyDeleteOf course, I live in the US. Ack!
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Isn't that always the way? Maybe you can find some on eBay or from a reader. It's a shame that FF doesn't have these anymore (or at least right now) as they are great inserts. The back side is just lined notepaper.
DeleteDay planner pages can be found at pensandleather.com...in personal size. I don't know about other sizes.
DeleteGood to know! Thanks for the info. :)
DeleteI love the day planner pages, I didn't realise they existed. I'll be using them as inspiration for my next set of home made inserts. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteGreat post for any other compact users out there.
Thanks! As I recall, the Day Plnner pages weren't listed (on the US site, anyway) under Diary Inserts, but rather, under Accessories or something like that, so they were often overlooked. And that's a shame since they are great inserts.
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