Free Printable for Filofax!

Because I moved into a system where I use an A5 Filofax and a pocket size Filofax, I made a printable for myself to use in May. I decided to made it free for all of you in case you decide to use a pocke Filofax also. It is a day on two pages.

 I made it easy to print in terms that you don't have to hassle for the back of the pages, so the left size is dated with time, and the right side has nothing except grid. Enjoy! If you have any questions, please contact me below. And yes, I'm going to make a video about my Double Filofax system, how I use 2 Filofaxes at once, it's very easy! Please visit my YouTube channel and subscribe, if you haven't already! It's all about planners and journals, and productivity systems.

To print on A4 paper:
http://www.megafileupload.com/f26r/A4_paper_pocket_ff_back_may_16.pdf
http://www.megafileupload.com/f26t/A4_paper_pocket_ff_may_16.pdf

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MySummerTouch PLANNER Decoration Week 8

I continue to make  decoration videos, I enjoy it a lot!

here is the very first one where I cut Mysummertouch planner monthlies and weeklies pages and decorate them - the very first video,
here is the current week 8.
If you're interested in my planner, please  don't hesitate to ask me!

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NEW Mysummertouch Planner Inserts and my "color coding without color coding" principle.

I have decided to make myself a new planner that I called- of course - Mysummertouch planner.
I am absolutely happy, because it was my dream since 2012 or 2013. Now, finally, my dream came true. I have made so far 2016 monthlies-month on two pages, and 2016 weeklies -week on two pages vertical, with 24 hours time slots. I also made a week on four pages inserts, with vertical days, so Erin condren life planner stickers would fit those slots! All of my planner inserts are gridded, with 0.4 mm grid, because my writing is so much neater on the grid than on anything else!

Mysummertouch planner, week on two pages vertical with 24 hours time, gridded

Mysummertouch planner, Month on two pages, gridded.

I also made a video about setting up my aqua Malden Filofax with Mysummertouch planner.Watch it here.Watch it here

I have not shared with you what kind of planner resolution I have for 2016. It is only one resolution,  but very powerful one! To have as much fun as possible!  I let myself to have ad many planners and planner inserts as I want! Life is too short not to enjoy it! That's why I chose a Filofax to use as my planner since the beginning of the year -it is so flexible to be able to put any inserts I want! I'm also are going to use my pocket Filofax in the summer, or a passport size Midori. I also want to try to use an A5 Filofax, my Malden in purple, or my Calipso in hot pink. I also will make inserts for Midori Traveler's Notebook,  and definitely will use it as my planner and as my creative journal,  or faux hobonichi!
I'M going to explain my system in depth in my next several videos, it is based on "color coding without color coding " principle, it is something that I use for three years or so, so I don't have to drag with me several colors pen and I always know where to find my specific to do's.
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CUTE Korean Planner to use in Filofax-My New Video

I have posted on my YouTube channel a new video on a Korean Planner that is called Beautiful Mind:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sgbdhCk7YIM
I bought it in China in a stationery shop. It's beyond beautiful,  and,  if cut, might be used ina personal size Filofax, or, if not cut, in a A5 size Filofax, but it will be smaller than A5 size pages. Because I use a personal size, I am interested more in it. I have visited the Korean site to see if I could order it, but it's all in Korean, so it was no luck, maybe some of you could explore it by yourself.
ASIAN planners now are my favorite in terms of decoration, and I'm definitely on a lookout to buy more!
What about you? Do you use Asian planners?
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MY week in Filofax and Midori Traveler's Notebook (#5)

IN this post I'll show you my week in filofax

My week 5in Filofax and Midori Traveler's Notebook
This past week I didn't have any desire to decorate. I had a busy week, and concentrated more on my renewed love for journal writing-it's in top on the photo in Midori Traveler's Notebook.  I was so inspired, that I ma Dee several videos on my Midories, and they will be up this weekend on my YouTube channel Mysummertouch(the link I'd below).
HOW was your week?
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MY Week in Filofax (#4)

In this post I'all show you how my week looks like in my Filofax.
The week from January 25th to 31st looked like that:

I used different colors gel pens to color code for my daughter (pink) and myself (orange). The page on the left is for my ongoing to do's and projects.
Do you color code in your Filofax?
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How Robert De Niro uses a Filofax

In this post we will know, finally, how Robert DeNiro uses a Filofax.
Here is Mr. De Niro at his work table, thinking what to do.

De Niro at his table 

And here is his briefcase with his Filofax.

Filofax looks like it was well used/loved, in a lovely red color, but, unfortunately, with lack of paper inside. It might be Cavendish.
Of course,  that's not a real work that Mr.De Niro work for (or is, he works as an actor, right?). These are scenes from his new movie "Intern", that was recently released. The main character also plays another major star Anne Hathaway. I enjoyed the movie a lot. What about you? Have you seen it?
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My Week in Filofax

In this post I will show you my week in my  Filofax
So here it is

This week I have not changed my ochre Filofax Malden on any other Filofax or organizer. I used multiple color gel pens, week on one page inserts plus note page that I cut out of a notebook because I liked the paper. The notes page I used for my to do's. But this week my last bed rest week, so it were not as many  to do's ad usual .
How was your last week?
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Lists and where they are in my planner (Filofax)?

After many years of using Filofax, I know well that I tend not to check any lists that I have somewhere in the back of  my Filofax. Now I have them directly in front of my eyes, right next to today page. On the picture you could see that the today page ate on the left, and the to do list is on the right. I am a highly visual person, so it works for me. Also, for the archiving purpose, I put the date that I write lists, on the top of the page. It helps to track down the to do that wasn' t done the day I wrote.
WHERE do you put your lists? 

To Decorate or Not To Decorate (a planner, filofax, Midori TN, ECLP, ect.)? That is the question!

In this post, we discuss the decoration in planners.

I sound like Shakespeare, aren't I?
Ive done my fair share of my decoration in planners.

I have videos on several of them. I'm guilty!

 This is my faux Hobonichi!

 This is my Midori Traveler's Notebook journal. I enjoy to decorate it! I think I have found my style to journal.

What do you think about planner decoration?
Do you decorate your Filofaxes, Midories, Hobonichies, etc.?
I'd love to follow you!

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One Life One Planner (Filofax, Bullet Journal, ECLP, Midori TN, etc.)?

In this post we discuss if it make any sense to have one planner for one life.

As a Youtuber, I watch a lot of YouTube videos. I noticed that as the planneraddict' bag has bitten more and more people, people start to show A LOT of planners. I'm thinking "wow, that's a lot of planners to keep track of!" I feel that people just making an exuse to keep buying them. Or keep buying them and then thinking of reasons to use them because they DO have an expiraion date.

 I have always thought that of a lot of planners as a burden. I don't want to keep a lot of planners. I am highly visual person, so I have to keep them always in front of my eyes just to remember to use them. Out of sight is out of mind for me. And who has time to keep up with all of them? This was the reason to use a Filofax. I could use as much paper as I want for ANY aspects of my life, and combine them all into one place. I could take the current neccessary papers with me, and leave what I don't want at home. It was important to me to have a uniformed look of my ages, so I have the whole life in the uniformed archive.

Now I think I need to have a separate blog and YouTube channel. And I really need a spare place for my brainstorming, mind maps, and braindumps. I also would like to mainain a planner/tracker for my daughter's school performance and personal development. I wouldn't mind also to have a family memory binder just for history records.

I'm torned.

What about you? Do you have a separate planner for different sides of your life? How do you use them?

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How my Planner (Filofax) Helps me to Keep my Anxieties Down

It's really easy.

1. I use a brain dump section to literally dump on paper whatever is bothering me. I use paper all the time to do it. And I especially make an effort to do it at each evening to help me sleep more peacefully. 
2. I preplan my day in the evening. I work full time, and also like to sleep as much as possible, so mornings are not the best time to plan for the day for me. Also, because I preplan my day in the evening, I sleep better, it serves the same purpose as the 1st option!
3. I use a tracker in my planner for daily/weekly/monthly/yearly chores, for tracking my health issues, my sleep patterns. It helps me to see at a glance what I did wrong or right and repeat the right way of doing it. This way I know EXACTLY how to do it and don't have to think hard and worry if I have done something wrong, and how to track any issues that I had in the past
4. Frequently I worry about my performance on goals that I have set to myself. I don't want to be a looser that have not accomplished anything. I write all my projects, brainstorm, and divide big projects into smallest steps, and schedule them into my everyday life, as well as check the DONE part. I especially enjoy to cross things off my to do list, I have almost physical enjoyment from crossing off to-do's! Often, if not always, I write my DONE tasks on the paper just to be proud of myself and motivate myself to do more!

Do you do it the same way? If not, how do you do it? 

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Do you periscope on planners?

In this post we, hopefully, will discover our plannerlover's periscopes!
I am afraid of it. Thant's why I have been periscoping under the blanket (@Mysummertouch).

Some people were able to find me and subscribe. Welcome!
If you periscope on planner related items and topics, I will be glad to follow you! Please comment below! I will subscribe!

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Best Planner Blog Posts that You have Missed (Filofax)

In this post I share the most useful blog posts that you have probaly missed!
Here is the post that I'm proud of, it shows how my reader downloaded and used my filofax inserts!

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Do We Need to Spend Money to Plan?

In this post we discuss on the need to spend money to plan.

What is the cost of planning?

This question puzzled me. Plannernerds usually spend a lot of money on planner supplies. Even I have a lot of planner suplies - washies, post-it's, pens, stickers, flags, inserts that have never been used, planners that have never been used. A lot of of this stuff was sent to me. I did spent a lot of money on different organizers. I do buy pens.

So how much do I spend on planning? In the very core, not much. I buy the paper to print my inserts. I have a printer that I hope will serve at least several years, and yes, unfortunately, I have to buy the ink. I have a Filofax that serves me for two years already and will serve me for several more years, if not decades. And really, that's all. I am a very practical planner. Open the organizer, write it down, and I'm done. Oh, I forgot a pen. Anybody has a pen that is laying around.

So what is a real price for planning? For me it's a Filofax, printer, ink, paper, and a pen.
But that's because I have chosen to print my own inserts. I like them.
If you count the total that I have spent, and divide the cost over YEARS that I use them, the cost per day of using it is not that high.
So in a total run, anyone could use just the basic tools that they already have in their house: a spare notebook and a pen.

Several people have writen to me that they cannot afford to plan. What they don't realize is that planning is not about the tools, it's about the way how to plan. Well, that's a whole another topic, and I have made this blog and a YouTube channel on this topic. I write blog posts and make videos on my planner setup so people will learn how to do it.

What about you? Do you spend a lot of money to plan?

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How to Future Plan in your Planner (Filofax)?

In this blogpost, we discuss how to plan for the future in your planner (filofax).

We are in the beginning of a new year. Chances are, you need to plan something in the future for this year. Many people want to carry the whole year of inserts. For many it doesn't work, because the paper is too heavy!

So how to solve this problem?

If you don't need to write a lot on those future pages,  i.e., just appointments, then 12 monthly pages for the whole year will be enough for your future pages. I like also to carry an extra page that has FOUR years on a page, it's from filofax, but that's me. You might find that 4 future years is too much of preplanning for you.

If you need to actually write a lot, i.e., a project with a lot of to do's, that are spread over weeks and months, and those tasks include at least several sentences, you have two options:

Option number one:
Use lined pages for each period of time that you need to plan for, i.e., one page for a month. Write dates in column on the left side of the page, skipping several lines between dates, for example, leave 3 lines for each day, and use the page to write your future to-do's on those lines.
You could use the same method for really detailed and elaborate projects, just use one sheet of paper for a week, or even one page for one day.
Put those pages in the appropriate place BEFORE your relevant to those deadline monthly pages. Another thing is to put them into your project divider in your filofax, but this may result in your forgetting about it all together. I DON'T recommend using additional sections in your filofax if you have deadlines in your projects!
This option works  well if you don't want to carry additional weight with you, which are weekly pages for the whole year.

Option number two:
If you still prefer to carry the whole year of inserts, use week on ONE page inserts, which takes less amount of space on rings in your filofax, and weights less. Write on those weekies what you need to preplan.Use additional blank pages if you need a lot of space to write on. Put them WITH those weeklies together.

I hope I helped you with your preplanning! What do you think about that? What do you use to preplan?

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New Shiny Planner Cravings

Here I am. Plannerholic. Plannernerd. Planneraddict.
I
WANT
A
NEW
SHINY
"IT"
PLANNER
!!!

That's where I really regret that i don't live in US. I would just go to the Michael's, and buy it. Go to the shelf, and there it is. The "IT", that I want! I want it!!!! It's bright, and bring me happiness, because it's beautyful! I could hold it in my hands, sniff it, leaf through it, and put it into my card!
Oh, Lord! There is so much temptation to buy it!

Here it is, my new shiny obsession!

The picture is the property of meandmybigideas.com

Yes, I have revealed my new obsession. I'm working on getting a new planner just like it. Pretty. Shiny. Happy. I already have made my new covers for it:

....BUT believe it or not,  I STILL WANT the "IT" Planner!

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Most used planner in 2015? (Filofax, Midori TN, Hobonichi, Bullet Journal)

It this post I discuss which planner I used more in 2015!

I just realized that I don't know which planner is my winner in terms of usability in 2015! I need to check it out!
(I have returned) i have made a tremendous effort to remember what I have used, month by month, in this year!
I checked:
my YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/mysummertouch,
my Instagram account (which is more accurate on it)https://www.instagram.com/mysummertouch/ ,
and my blogposts on this!
Thanks God I have them, or I wouldn't remember anything! Do you know how hard it is to collect all planners archives for the whole year???

So, my 2015 looks like this:
January:

I started the year strong in my pocket Crimson Filofax! I have the phooto on my IG with it on the New Year Tree!
Oh, and I remember my faux Hobonichi then! I used a Moleskine to have a day on one page while I decided if I want to order a Hobonichi!

I used my standard Midori for my planning and journalling! Love those photos!

February:

Then all of my Hobonichies arrived! I was happy! https://youtu.be/dMtNVc1QyKo
It was brief. I didn't like the pressure of daily pages!

And I decorated my Cousin briefly:https://youtu.be/B-fQzGgy0E8
Also my new pocket size Holborn arrived! https://youtu.be/dMtNVc1QyKo

March:
I used my Midories, and I got into the art journaling, and I use what for this? Midori!

April:
I tried a passport size Midori, very small and portable!
And then I made a video how I used it all together:https://youtu.be/Y5MBKPmDzlo

May:
ahhhh....Didn't happen much, probably, it was...Standart Midori!

June:
I went to a vacation for the whole month, and I really missed my Filofaxes, and I used my aqua Malden in personal size!
Here is a funny blog post what I took to the vacation with me: http://mysummertouch1.blogspot.ru/2015/06/how-plannerneard-goes-to-vacation.html

July-August:
I did a onebookjuly challenge:https://youtu.be/i4JN_ZBIYt4

 And then... Then my smarphone crused! And I didn't took any pictures!
So probably it was
Midories in both sizes! I started to make my own printables for them! I love it!https://www.instagram.com/p/8t70VLkWm7/?taken-by=mysummertouch

November:
I took my Moleskine that I use in January-February, and started a bullet journal! Yeas, I'm yet to make pictures of it! But it did helped me tremendously, as my brain dump! I loved the A5 so much that I decided to move into my purple  A5 Malden!


December:
And then I saw a review of the Happy Planner on youtube! Oh my! I just felt in love! I remembered that I have the discs and the Levenger punch, and I immediately wanted the same planner for me! I decided that I'm going to buy scrapbooking paper and make my own! It's going to happen! I do think that a Letter size and A4 size planners have their plases in this world!
And now I use....personal size Ochre Maden! I make my own inserts on etsy here https://www.etsy.com/shop/MySummerTouch?ref=hdr_shop_menu Please check it out!

So, the winner is....Midori Trave;er's Notebook in Standard size!!!!

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Which Filofax to use in 2016?

I have a true planneraddicted problem - which Filofax do I want to use for 2016?

My Ochre Malden in personal size?

My aqua Malden in personal size?

My black Domino in peronal size?

My purple Malden in A5 size?

Maybe my Crimson Malden in pocket size?

Which one would YOU choose?

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My Planneraddict' Solution for 2016 Filofax Planner Pages!

Here is my planneraddict' solution what to have in my Filofax in 2016!

I learnt that I don't do well with dated pages - I hop around in my planners a lot, so it's such a wasted money for me! I have tons of 2014, 2015 planners that lay around, and they are pretty, and I don't want to trash them because they cost a lot of  money, if you take international shipping into consideration.

@MySummerTouch Week on One Page

There are several solutions to have planner inserts for a new year:
1. to white out dates on the previous planner pages and reuse them,
2. to print your own,
3. to buy ready made planner.

Option 3 is out for me. I decided that I'm not going to spend more money UNLESS it's is an obsession. I have a crush on the happy planner right now, and I want to buy it, but Filofax pages - I have tried them before, and it's not an obsession anymore, and I don't have to buy them right now.

Here comes the quick and easy solution to reuse these pages and to save a little bit - reuse these pages, if I'm lazy to print something, just to white out the dates. I know that I'll do it, especially if I want a Day on one Page (Do1P), it's so much easier than to print my own everyday pages, and I like Filofax day on 1 page inserts, they make more logical sence for me than Franklyn Covey day on two pages (Do2P), where the column with hours is on the right side (in the Filofax day on one page the hours are on the far left side). My rule is that I treat my tasks as my scheduled events - I schedule them to estimate how much time I need to have them done, and I don't mix them with my appointments. So, the left column is my scheduled events and appointments, and the right column is my tasks, and on the far left there are hours to glance over both columns. It make more sence to me than to have the hours in the center of the page. So the 1st option is in for me.

The 2nd option is my main option.
I make my own inserts, for now for the personal size Filofax I made Week on one Page vertical, and Week on 4 Pages vertical. I plan to make more. And I know that eventually I will be bored with them, and I'll want to switch them! So how to manage it all and not to be overwhelmed? What to have in my Filofax for 2016 as a planneradddict? In other words, HOW TO HAVE IT ALL?

I decided to print dated monthlies Mo2P and weeklies Wo1P from philofaxy for now. Week on one page just to have something dated and because they are thinner than other inserts (as, i.e., W02P) and take less space in my Filofax.

These pages are my insurance to HAVE a place to write on in the future in case I'm too lazy to print my own. I don't love them for the esthetical reasons (I'm not in love with the font! - here is my planneraddict' side singing!), and going to throw them away after they are used.

@MySummerTouch Week on 4 Pages 

@MySummerTouch Week on 4 Pages

 I'm just going to use my own undated pages AND dated pages that I'll print just for small period of time. I know that I will be bored with just ONE type of insert and I know that I'm going to have time when I WILL be overwhelmed with a lot of to do's and won't open my filofax, and WILL switch the inserts to something else. It comes from my Filofax experience since 2012, when I started to use Filofax organizer. So, this is it!  I just MAKE IT WORK like that!

What is YOUR solution for 2016? Do you plan to have just ONE type of planner insert for the whole year (seriously? I admire you for your courage!), or you have another solution, knowing your planneraddict side of yourself? Is there something else that I haven't took into account??? I want to know your way of doing it!

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