TRUST me... This is going to be the most useful thing you create for your Filofax. Have you ever heard of such a thing as a Filofax dashboard?
This is quite an old post, and planner dashboards are well-known now, although they have evolved a lot. But I still think this post has some unique ideas that you may enjoy ...
How to create a unique Filofax planner dashboard
If you are an active member of the online Filofax community then you probably have heard of planner dashboards because everybody is using them.
Most people tend to use the Filofax sticky-notes insert as their dashboard. Well, as usual, I have an alternative and a rather clever way of creating a dashboard for your Filofax or other planner.
Keep reading to find out more ...
What is a Filofax planner dashboard?
If you still have no idea what I am talking about when I mention the term "Filofax dashboard", let me explain ...
Your planner dashboard your first port of call. You open your Filofax - and there it is - with everything you need to immediately be reminded of. (Nowadays you may recognise it as an 'inbox')
Your dashboard can be decorative, it can be functional, or it can be both.
The most important thing about a planner dashboard is that you are able to truly make it your own so that it is appealing and useful.
How to use the Filofax sticky note insert as a dashboard
Maybe you are wondering why so many people are using the Filofax sticky notes insert as a dashboard? (Or creating their own dashboard of sticky notes.)
Well, it is because sticky notes are the easiest way to write notes down, then tear them off and dispose of when you're done! It's a great pace to jot noted that you don't want permanently in your planner.
Because they are sticky notes, you can also tear them off and then stick them elsewhere in your Filofax to remind you of things later.
What makes the Filofancy planner dashboard different?
I have come up with a fabulous idea for a Filofax planner dashboard. It's simple, affordable, reusable, and highly personalised. What more could you want from a dashboard?
Just
purchase a Filofax business card holder insert - then use a credit card for sizing, and cut up a nice little pile of pretty coloured paper to slip into each pocket (as much as each pocket will hold).
Now you have a great little note-taking system!
Dedicate each space to specific types of notes:
- personal reminders
- work-related mind-joggers
- shopping lists
- telephone numbers
- websites
When you have finished with the note, take it out to reveal a fresh sheet of notepaper.
You can also use your dashboard to display photos and keepsakes, such as inspirational quotes to motivate you when you open up your planner.
The pockets are also a great place to house your planner stickers, sticky tabs, paperclips, and anything else that fits and might be useful or cute in your planner.
I use my Filofax business card for sizing which came with
my Aqua Chameleon A5 when I bought it. It's ideal because I can either keep it attached to the rings in my Filofax or slip it into the dashboard itself, ready for when I need to cut up a few more slips of notepaper.
I don't know about you but I'm not so keen on the neon-bright colours of the Filofax sticky-note insert dashboard.
The great thing about the Filofancy dashboard is that you can choose your own paper – coloured, plain, squared, lined, or dotted.
Use your dashboard pockets to keep reminders, to-do lists, or even to slip folded up bits of paper like receipts if you need to remind yourself to file them away later for your expenses.
Store your stickers and paper-clips, like I have below ...
What makes the Filofancy dashboard ultimately versatile is that you can modify the Flex jot-pad like I have in order to attach it to your dashboard for longer lists and notes that you may need immediate access to (see above).
I just took my Filofax sizing card and measured around it on the back cover of the flex jot-pad, and then I cut the back-cover so that it fits into the top card slot of the dashboard.
I use the underneath card slots to store my star-stickers and my little silver Waterstones bookmarks, which are very useful for marking pages in my Filofax when I don't want to forget where I have put them!
You can even make a mini index to remind you of what you have recently written and where in your Filofax you have filed your notes away. I am forever losing or forgetting things I have written down and filed somewhere in my fat Filofax, so this system is such a godsend to me.
My dashboard is now the first thing I look at when I open my Filofax. It is my memory jogger, and it also directs me to the things in my Filofax I may otherwise have forgotten about.
You can also use the back of the dashboard in the same way because the cards insert is double-sided.
I am sure you will find many other creative ways to make the dashboard your own. Thank you for reading, and please leave your thoughts and ideas in the comments below, because I love to read them!
Until he next post ...
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