365 Day Filofax Journal

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I recently came across a blog from Tami Taylor about keeping a Five Year Journal. She prints a list of questions every month for you to work on, just one a day.  Tami does this on index cards....but as a Filofax user...this is another great excuse for a new Filofax.  So my Filofax this time is, the beautiful A5 Imperial Purple Finchley. At £125 this one doesn't come cheap.....unless you find a used one on e-bay OR contact The Filofax Shop in Neal Street, London and get a bargain (like I did) for £40.

The Finchley is a beautiful Filofax, it feels heavenly and the colour is rich, only downside is the 25mm rings. I would love this to have had 30mm ones.  But look at how flat it lies!

So inside, I have kept it clutter free. The red card insert is from the journal cover I used, to make the Filofax paper I did here. It is only there so I can rest on it whilst writing. As you can see, I am using the 25mm rings to the maximum.

Under the flyleaf, is a yearly calendar I designed. Most yearly calendars have the months down the left hand side, I wanted days of the week in that place instead.  I haven't started the journal yet, but once I do, I will mark off each day with a highlighter so I know what days I've completed.

I went onto Tami's Blog and printed off the questions.  So far, there's only January to August, but she adds the following month's questions around the middle of the previous month, so September is due any day! I decided to print the questions out on patterned paper, but to be honest, I'm not sure I like this format.  I was going to add tabs to them with the months written on and use them as dividers but decided against it.

                 

Next I had to make the pages, in hindsight, it would of being so much easier printing these pages on plain paper and punching the holes to fit the Filofax. Drawing the separation lines and writing in the years, took me the best part of two days and four A5 White Ruled Notepads

On the very top line, I write the daily question.  We haven't been given the October questions yet so I wrote one with a Frixion pen (so I can erase it later), to show you what it would look like.  I used this date for obvious reasons. lol  So you can see how this journal is going to work, I can imagine each answer for the same question will be different every year.

I've added divider tabs using Avery stickers, using the same format I did in my Homemade Label Blog.

So now I am really looking forward to using it!  Even though we are 8 months into this year, I am still going to go back and try and answer the questions from the previous months, using notes from my daily dairy/journal.

Thank You Filofax Readers

OMG!!!  I can't quite believe it, but sometime during the night on Sunday12 August 2012, my blog hit 10,000 hits.  I'm so surprised and very happy, that it's been looked at that many times!  It's not bad since I only started it a couple of months ago, I was so apprehensive thinking no one would want to read anything I wrote.

Thank you, to each and every one of you who has read or reads what I have wrote, it means a great deal to me and gives me the encouragement to carry on blogging about my beloved Filofax.

Just going to add some random pics of my Filofaxs that I have taken over the last 2 years since I started using them.

Thank you all  again and if you do read my blog, why not become a follower, I follow dozens of blogs and if I see your name there, I'll follow yours too. xxx

Fancy Filofax Papers

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It seems we are always looking for some nicer, prettier, cheaper or just different papers to go into our Filofax.  I tend to look at ready made journals and see if I can pull them apart to make them fit into my own Filofax.  I've tried the spiral bound ones and if you slice off the hole side and re punch new holes, they don't look so bad, but if you have to add the new holes  on top of the holes that are already there...well the results are not so good.
Yesterday, while out shopping in John Lewis, I came across these two beautiful Journals by Jill Bliss.

The paper is a lovely quality and is really beautiful, but this is the one I want to show you first.

So there's about 105 pages (210 sides) and at £7.50, I thought it was good value.  Time to take it apart.  Every 8 pages I found the cotton binding, I just snipped at this and pulled the sheets out.

Then I sliced the pages down the middle with a paper cutter and punched the holes in.

Then I popped them into my A5 Filofax. 

Grid

 Plain

 Dots

 Lined

I've even found this paper can be turned upside down so four designs now becomes eight.

This design is called Succulents eco-journal and is printed on re-cycled paper.

I haven't had a chance to do the Typewriter Journal yet, but it too has lovely sheets in it.....more on that one next time.





Spiritual Malden Filofax

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I've decided to use my A5 Purple Malden as my Spiritual Filofax.  Purple is a spiritual colour so it's very fitting.  I started developing my spiritual abilities about 12 years ago, but stopped a few years later when I returned to College to study various topics....Indian Head Massage, Reflexology, Aromatherapy, Swedish Body Massage, Counselling then Teaching!  A few months ago, I thought the time was right to "open" back up again.

So the inside cover....lots going on!  On the left..... a couple of Quotes I like, these go in the pockets, I just pulled them out to show you what they are.  Then the little circles are magnetic page markers and next to them is my favourite poem... "Footprints In The Sand."  On the right are some notes and more page markers I made.

I use  the Credit Card Pockets to hold some more quotes I have, the clear flyleaf holds a protection prayer I sometimes use and some sticky notes.

A folder so I can add bits, this one holds some info on Chakras and some prayer cards I got free, from Durham Cathedral, which is near where I live.

A month on 2 page view diary I printed from Philofaxy. (Thanks everyone from Philofaxy, for all the work you put into the free printables for us).

Then my divider topics....I made these myself, I found some nice pics from the Internet, added the words, printed and laminated then cut holes.  Wish I had made the pics a little bigger now, or kept the borders on so you couldn't see through the plastic....oh well!

Spirit Communication

Questions

Meditations

I write down what my meditations are about because I forgot most of them, sometimes I will draw a pic, but I am a dreadful artist so it doesn't happen often. lol





Notes...

This one has my favourite spiritual quote: We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, but spiritual beings having a human experience.

Readings...

These are notes on the readings I have had done by other Mediums. 

Spiritual Experiences...

I've had quite a few over the last few years....one of them for example, an elderly family friend was in hospital, she loved hearing about my "spiritual side" and was a believer herself.  One night I dreamt she had passed away, she came to me and said, "Just letting you know I'm going now Gail, goodbye!"  Nothing profound, just a simple message.  As soon as I woke, I jumped out of bed and phoned the hospital to see how she was doing, they told me she had passed away the evening before!!!

Death & Dying...

Okay you might think I am very morbid, but this subject fascinates me!  I even enrolled on an Open University Course but had to drop out at the last minute, but I am hoping to do it again next year.

Angels...

I love Angels, the amount of Angel cards and books I own is unreal. lol

Near Death & Out Of Body Experiences

Healing...

I am a Reiki Master but haven't practised in a while, I am qualified to give actual Reiki attunements too.  Reiki is a healing energy, you can find out more Here.

Chakras

Prayers

This page was taken from an Organiser I got in 1996, I used it briefly in 2001 for my Spiritual stuff. A few weeks ago, I gave it to my son, (we blogged about it here.). I use Protection Prayers before meditations or any spiritual communication.

The Second part of my Spiritual Filofax is dedicated to a book I am working through called The Magic by Rhonda Byrne.  It's about manifesting things into your life and I am happy to tell you, it does actually work!  I wanted a A5 Ochre Malden and by thinking I already had it, I actually got one.....I blogged about it here.

Finally, My Psycards.  I love these cards, they are so easy to use, I had a professional reading done with them 18 months ago and they were spot on.  I since brought some of my own and I love them.  The holder is a cheap 99p clear pencil case from Staples, I punched holes in it, it fits in the Filofax lovely and can hold the cards and the book together.

Side view...tab heaven! lol

My A5 Spiritual Malden Filofax with matching purple Filofax pen.





So that's my Spiritual Filofax. I know some of you will think working with Spirit is wrong or you might not even believe in life after death, but for me, it's my way of thinking and has helped me through the death of loved ones.  Now I can combine it with my Filofax is just an added bonus.