DIY OCD
I decided over the weekend that I should go back to paper for life organization stuff. Right now I have calendars in Outlook at work, Google Calendar for personal stuff, some dates scribbled on the back of an envelope, and a Palm V calendar.
My Palm battery is virtually dead, (it may last 20 minutes on a full charge), so using it practically is no longer, well practical. My Google Calendar I tend only to enter stuff into, but rarely look at. My “date envelope” is on my desk at home, and really doesn’t do me any good there. My Outlook calendar is just for work stuff. I don’t want big brother watching me.
This is not to mention that contact information I have for my friends and family are spread across Palm Desktop, some Notepad documents, Thunderbird Address Book, and Apple Address Book. That’s some serious fuel to the fire.
I dug up my old Cambridge planner that was given to me as a college graduation gift. I only wish I could remember who gave it to me. Looking through it I found a mileage log that I kept for my car. In 1999, when I bought it, I paid $15 to fill up my tank. Now it costs close to $48. Bygones. Anyhow, it uses this weird UK standard called Filofax, which is a little smaller (and sometimes pricier) than what is considered “standard.”
In looking for Filofax planner refills I found the following DIY planner website. They have printable templates in most popular planner sizes. Not the most elegant solution for Filofax planners, but I can make it work. The site has a bunch of templates, and good ideas for keeping even the most anal retentive pacified.
Making refills with card stock and ink sounds a heck of a lot better than some of these expensive refill packs.
OCD away!
on July 21st, 2008 at 3:34 pm
I had to think for a while to recall where I’d heard of Filofax before. Thanks to IMDB, I found that it was a central plot device in Taking Care of Business, an old Jim Belushi movie where he finds some rich dude’s Filofax and assumes his identity.
Man, I’m getting old.
on July 21st, 2008 at 4:18 pm
Don’t think of it as being old. We’ll just say you are more experienced.