Keeping tabs on it
I love my big notebook, my daybook, that I write all kinds of things in. However, with so many pages it can be difficult to keep track of which page I’ve written which job list on. The notebook has a ribbon marker but that’s only good for one page, and...
Seven days to catch up
How do you handle your to-do list? I find that I add more tasks than I can do. Then I carry these over to the next day or week. At this point, it becomes clear that once again I’ve given myself too many tasks to do. Consequently, I’m always a bit behind...
How I’m getting organised in 2015
Every year I try to find a way of making my life more organised. I’m a scanner personalisty. So I suspect I’d get bored using exactly the same system year after year. Additionally life doesn’t stay the same every year. Hence it’s good to be...
When does a year start? Or, when is the right time to buy a diary?
When does the year start? For those who are able to live absolutely in the moment (so mainly those under the age of five?) it would be January first but for the rest of us it seems to arrive quite a bit earlier. This question leads to another… at what point do...
DIY daily planner
The last quarter of the year is often when my thoughts turn to the following year’s diary, plans, goals and so on (unlike some of you lovely lot, who I gather start in August! I feel like I’m slacking…). In previous years I’ve been able to cope...The adventures of summer holidays 1961
This old notebook doesn't look like much. It's a bit battered and creased. The paper is browning. It looks like it might have been carried round in a pocket. What do you expect to find inside? Shopping lists? It's actually a diary of a holiday written by a...
Four papery planning products I can’t live without
I often spend time on Fridays and Sundays sorting out what’s happening in the week or two ahead. It’s the only way to stay on top of all the things I do – business, job and life things. And though I’m unarguably a very digital girl, this...Booby trap your books
Life is full of small delights. Piles of books waiting to be read. Bundles of letters. Amusing cuttings. Memories. Friends. Surprises.I've taken to attempt to bring these together by booby trapping my books. I was inspired by a friend who always added...
An art journal experiment
So as you know, we’re pretty keen on diaries and journals at Ink Drops HQ. I love to write, whether it’s a few short sentences about the day, a list of things I’m grateful for, or a longer, more exploratory amble through my thoughts and feelings, on...
My first Moleskine
We all know that there’s nothing like getting a parcel through the post. Better yet when it’s an unexpected parcel. So I was extremely chuffed when the postie rang the doorbell last week and delivered Carla’s New Year gift parcel. There was a...How to keep up keeping a diary
Diaries are funny things. So many started, so many left, unfinished, before so much as a month has passed. I’ve already talked about my own five year diary, and introduced you to the idea of a few lines every day. But though writing a few lines instead of reams...Get featured on our blog!
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