Anatomy of my Filofax: Dividers

Hi everyone!

(I've been meaning to post this a week ago, but there was something wrong with Blogger and I couldn't access my account.  It's finally fixed now.)

In my previous post, I wrote about the diary I use in my Filofax, here.

Today, I show you how I use dividers.  No rocket science here, this will be a short post.  (:

Previously, I enjoyed making my own dividers.  I used scrapbooking paper which I had a lot of.  I matched the colors to the color of my Filofax.  I labeled them, stuck them in, and called it a day.

Tabs made from scrapbook paper

Weeks later, I'm tired of them.  I not only got tired of the color, I found the patterns distracting. I also didn't like that they were hand-written.  I thought they made my filo look messy, and I like calm, quiet and order in my filo.

Next step, use the pre-arranged dividers.  I felt better.  My brain heaved a sigh of relief.  I felt a zen-like peace.

Filofax brand pre-arranged tabs

I even stamped some, just to make them look mine.

Hand-stamped dividers

But again, I wasn't THAT happy with them.  The fact that I "made" them work for me left a niggling feeling and I HAD to do something about it.

I've been admiring Cat's tabs below and I knew this was what I needed!  Filofax-brand, plastic-tabbed goodness!

Her complete post is here.

I thought they were extinct.  But Charlotte, a Philofaxy reader, very generously offered to send me a couple, and I took her up on her offer.  I didn't need to use the multi-colored labels they came with because I could print my own subjects and slot them in.  And that's just what I did!

Yay!

Now, I'm happy!  I've been using them for a few months now and I don't get an urge to change them.

I still needed top tabs, which I made with plain pastel-colored scrapbooking paper, reinforced with vinyl stickers at the top (so happy to have found them in a bookstore).  They're handwritten but they're more discreet so I can live with that.  Because I didn't want them to be permanent, I wrote them on post-it sticky labels so I can move them around. (It took me a while to figure that out!)

Top tabs

After all is said and done, I just suddenly came to a conclusion -- I don't like permanence.  I like flexibility.  Maybe that's why I love my Filofax!

Stay tuned for the next installment.  (:

Thanks for visiting!