How I organise my Filofax

My A5 Filofax & planner organiser pouch

Please note: This is going to be a super long post, so if you don't like planning and organising posts, don't say I didn't warn you :)

Hello again! 

Today I thought it would be fun to share my ideas and how I organise my Filofax. 

I know we all organise different to suit our own needs and I've seen some wonderful ideas out there on Instagram, Pinterest and Youtube. I have had this Filofax for a year now and finally (after loads of changes over the year) I have organised it the perfect way for me. I don't tend to buy the Filofax inserts in the shops as they are not cheap for paper! That I can just print off myself from free websites and blogs. I love looking for free printables on Pinterest and so grateful for the people that designed them. I have found loads of different styles and found ones that suit me. I will link all the free printables at the end of this post so you know where to find them.

This is how I organise my Filofax in order (in detail & photos)...

When you open my Filofax, I keep an 'Ideas Journal' notebook inside, where I write down all ideas so I can remember them. I highlight them in colour code so I know what I'm looking at when I'm going back through the pages.

Colour code for Ideas Journal...

• Green - Organising / Planning
• Blue - To print out
• Pink - Projects / To dos
• Purple - To transfer to somewhere else (different notebook/Journal)
• Yellow - Things to check out/Research
• Orange - Kids ideas 

Ideas Journal

I also keep a 'A6 Cash book' which I brought from this stationary shop online called Sticker stack. I was very happy with the way it was laid out for budgeting. I keep it up to date each month to track what I'm spending by using a daily spent tracker sheet, monthly tracker sheet and internet banking.

A6 Cash book

The First page in my Filofax (and probably other peoples Filofax) is my Dashboard and reminders bookmark. I labelled mine with my name and dashboard, and added few stickers and a photo of my son as a baby. I keep the dashboard for sticky post-it notes and page tags.The reminders bookmark I put sticky notes on there for quick things I need to remember, instead of flicking through my Filofax to find. 

Reminders bookmark

My dashboard

Then the next pages after the dashboard...

• A small zipped side pocket with dot-it stickers, star stickers and extra stickers.
• A open top pocket with pretty card stock to use for pens that bleed through the pages and letter reminders. Also I sometimes keep Penpal letters I need to reply back to in there.
• Another open top pocket with my 'Nightly Filofax checklist'.

Nightly Filofax checklist

I will do another post on my 'Nightly Filofax checklist'. Its basically things I need to do in my Filofax to keep it up to date. I do this every night before bed.

Next page after is the Filofax yearly calendar (kept from the actual Filofax itself).
I do have a colour code highlighted system for this.

Colour code:

• Blue - Birthdays
• Yellow - Events
• Green - Appointments
• Orange - Notable dates (which this page comes with the Filofax itself)
• Pink - School holidays (As I work in a school I need to know days I get off work)

Next page after is a New year's resolutions sheet.

 

Now onto the Tabs I have on the side. I have 6 tab dividers to section off each subject.

Tabs on side:

1. Personal
2. Diary
3. Contacts
4. Money
5. Lists
6. Notes

1. Personal section 

• Personal information (came with Filofax)
• Notable dates on the back of personal information page
• Map (came with Filofax)
• Photos of my family

2. Diary section

• Running to do list clipped onto a patterned flyleaf (I made the flyleaf wider so I can easily flick to this. I would choose the things I want to do on that day, and add to my daily sheet)

 

Tabs in the Diary section at the top:

• Yearly
• Monthly
• Weekly
• Daily

Top tabs

Yearly section:

• Yearly to dos list (end of December)
• Year at a glance
• Dates to remember
• Overview of the year 
• Yearly goals

Year at a glance sheet

Dates to remember sheet

Overview of the year

Yearly to dos

Monthly section:

• Monthly to dos list (1st of every month)
• Last months calendar sheet (so already been filled in)
• No spend month calendar 
• Monthly/Weekly colour code bookmark
• This months calendar 
• Monthly goal tracker 
• School holidays list

Monthly to dos

Monthly calendar

Monthly goal tracker

Weekly section:

• Weekly to dos list (Sunday planning)
• Goals for this week (on post-it sticky notes)
• Weekly house chores list
• Week on 2 pages
• This weeks tasks

Weekly to dos

Goals for this week

Weekly house chores list

Monthly/Weekly colour code system

This weeks task sheet

Daily section:

• Daily to dos list
• Daily sheet explained sheet
• Daily schedule
• Bullet Journal key code (also use for my daily sheets)
• Daily sheets (I did make my own but I found the perfect sheet from Etsy. The shop owner was very helpful. Shop - Myuncluttedlife) 

Daily to dos

Bullet code key code

Daily sheet (Etsy shop: Myuncluttedlife)

What this Daily sheet contains - 
Schedule, Daily routine morning and evening, To do's, Notes, Water intake, I am grateful for, Cleaning routine morning and evening, Shopping list, Meal plan, Expenses.

 3. Contacts section:

• Family contacts
• Work contacts
• Take away contacts
• Health contacts
• Schools contacts
• Other contacts
• Birthdays tab at the top - Birthdays  

Contacts sheet

 4. Money section:

• Business card holder
• Payments due calendar (highlighted)
• Monthly payments sheet (Direct debit/Cash payments)
• Yearly payments, Weekly payments
• Monthly income, Weekly income sheet
• Monthly budget planner (I plan first on paper, then try and spend them amounts in real life)
• Save up sheet
• Daily spent tracker
• Monthly budget tab at the top - bookmark with 'Amounts spent' colour code system on
• Month calendar to add the amounts spent on each day (so I know where my money has gone)
• Outstanding debt sheet
• Year at a glance (budget)
• Orders

Daily spent tracker

'Amounts spent' colour code system

Monthly amounts spent calendar (colour coded from code above)

5. Lists section:

• List of lists in this section
• List of the day Journal prompts (I type up my own)
• Wish list
• Gift list
• Apps on Iphone
• Bucket list (which I might take out and put in an A5 binder)
• Blogs I love
• Websites I love
• Spring cleaning checklist
• Hobby list
• My son's development
• Usernames
• Ideas for project life 
• Free printables list
• Reading list
• Shops online I love
• Travel photo checklist
• Laundry list
• Storage list 
• Projects to complete

This is where I write my 'List of the day Journal prompt'

 (This insert is from the Etsy shop - Stationera)

Then I have a tab at the top for Meal Planning  

• Meals for the week (on post-it sticky notes - so can move them to daily sheets)
• Meals for this month (costs of ingredients to work out)
• Meal ideas
• Helpful kitchen conversions

Meals for this week (I put post-it sticky notes on here)

Helpful kitchen conversions sheet

6. Notes section:

• Cute note paper
• Penpal letter sheets - paper clipped  (I brought the paper from Etsy shop called Stationera) 

Note paper I use for penpal letters (Etsy shop - Stationera)

So thats how I organise my Filofax. I would love to hear your ideas and thoughts, if you would like to comment below or email me lifeasweknowit2400@gmail.com. Also you can find me on Instagram @shopaholic2400 or Pinterest.

 Find a list of the free printables I use for my Filofax here!