My Midori Traveler's Notebook setup

Reconnecting with my Midori Traveler's Notebook...

Unless you use it every single day, keeping a journal can feel like a chore. 

There are many reasons and excuses to lose touch with keeping a journal. Mine was sharing a flat for the first time with my boyfriend, and finding that all the personal time I had when I was single, spent alone and reflecting about life and myself, wasn't there anymore. 

But when you normally keep a journal, and suddenly you find that you aren't making the time for it anymore because your life has changed in some way, it's a little bit like not making time to be "you". 

It's important to keep doing the things that help you to define who you are, otherwise you might risk losing yourself somewhere along the way.

So I decided to stop filling in short journal entries with sparse detail what was going on in my life, that did nothing to express how I felt about things or help to work out any of my inner turmoil, and I began to write proper reflections again.




Changes to my TN setup


I currently have my personal thoughts journal in the front, with a tea cup and saucer taped to the cover, because I love to sit down with a cup of tea and reflect on everything. 

Behind that insert is my diary which I use as a weekly/monthly schedule, planner and record for freelance work. 

I use the Midori Traveler's Notebook insert with the lightweight paper for both of these, and draw up my own diary design, similar to what you find in the Moleskine week on one page and lined on the other. 

I tab each month at the side with a craft sticker from Paperchase, cut and folded over. And for each month I draw up a calendar on one page so that I can see the month at a glance for planning.

Then go on to record my freelance work in the week-on-one-pages, and I use the opposite blank page in each double spread to write down my work-related thoughts for the week.






In the back of my Midori Traveler's Notebook I have two notebook refills, which are red school text books trimmed down to size. 

I covered them with lined paper and lots of celotape, because I like the way it looks and feels. 

One of them is specifically for dog training notes, and the other is a free notebook for when I need to jot something down.

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Introducing the lovely blue Pennybridge zipped Filofax... and my handsome boyfriend!


About the Filofax Faces Challenge

 
I was invited by Filofax to take part in a Filofax Bloggers' Challenge. 

I received a brand new Filofax from the new spring collection to photograph and enter as part of the online Filofax Facebook 'Like' contest. 

The pictures with the most likes will win 6 organisers for the photographer, and two runners up will receive 3 to give away on their blogs.


My interpretation of the challenge

 
I decided to use the opportunity to allow my boyfriend to bond with my new Pennybridge Filofax on a Filofax Photo-walk around the local area. 

He has never quite understood my fascination with these organisers, and so I hoped that taking part in my creative project would soften his judgments, as we both love photography. 

I figured that as the Pennybridge we were using was blue and not too feminine, that he wouldn't be overly resistant to join in. 

Much to my delight he even coordinated his clothes for the shoot. Result!
 




We wandered around on the streets looking for interesting ways in which to shoot my boyfriend with the Pennybridge Filofax. 

We found a rather attractive red front door with peeling paint, so I sat him down in front of it.




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We also found some wonderfully broken down wooden fencing, with even more peeling paint. So I got him to stand in front of that too!







And another wall with, yes, more peeling paint..




Verdict: Is my boyfriend a converted Filofax fan?


Not really, no. But at least now I have a nice little collection of pictures in which I have both a Filofax and a handsome man to ogle!

So if you like my pictures, the more likes they get, the more chance I have of winning FREE Filofaxes to give away on my blog :) Just thought I'd put this out there! 

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Thanks for all of your support - and thank you to my wonderful and supportive boyfriend for modelling!


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