Well Planned Life

Back during the Van der Spek April 1 sales (yes, I’m that far behind in my posting), I bought my third VDS customized binder.   So now, in addition to Cappuccino and Daisy , I now have Guinness.   (Why am I compelled to name each of my binders?) Guinness is made of the Nero nappa leather on the outside and the Barbie nappa on the inside.   Each has the contrasting stitching. The inside left has a secretarial pocket. The inside right is the standard pocket configuration. As far as content, the layout of my planner is still the same . What is different, as you may have noticed, is that this planner is the standard/personal size (25 mm rings), which isn’t uncommon in the planner world, but is uncommon in my world. Since Filofax first introduced the Compact binders back in 2011 , I have used them exclusively.   Carrying a compact allows me to streamline what I take out of the house with me, limiting me to only those things ...

A while back long time ago, a reader asked how I set up my project binders.   (You can check out some of my project binders here .)   It has taken me this long to write this post because I haven’t set up a project-specific binder in a while.   I have lots of ideas for special binders, but the reality of actually creating them, well, that’s a different story—I don’t seem to have as much time to do that these days.   (Oh, how I remember the days when I worked on nothing but setting up binders and section tabs and reorganizing my system …   Sometimes I miss those little projects, but being happy with my system is more important and allows me to devote my time to so many other things.)   Project binders—at least most—are one of those things that I have let go of, for the time being. However! I recently had the opportunity and need to set up another specific project binder.   So I took some pictures during the process, and here I will explain tha...

My last post discussed my paper planner lists, how I use them, and how I accomplish those tasks.  Today, continuing with my list series, I will discuss how I use Wunderlist for my “active” digital lists (as opposed to “inactive” of reference lists, which I will write about next time).  I originally wrote about Wunderlist back in 2013 , but of course there have been updates to both the product itself and how I use it. First, what I love about Wunderlist is that is available in all formats—web, mobile, Mac app—all of which I use.   I have the app downloaded to my Mac, I use the mobile versions for both iPad and iPhone, and I use the website while at work.   (They do make an app for various Windows operating systems, but the website is easiest for me to use since I use multiple computers that are shared by many.)   All of my information syncs seamlessly, though I admit that the web version is a little finicky where syncing is concerned.   I do come acro...