Question of the Week - How Do You Use Dividers?

My Filofax came with a set of A-Z dividers which seem to be a handy thing to have in a paper planner.  I currently use my dividers to help me find my written notes that I've taken.  For example, those notes related to my blog, I file under the "B" divider to make it a bit easier to locate them later.  I know that many of you are using dividers in more ingenius ways than me.  Which brings us to this week's Question of the Week:

How do you use dividers in your Filofax?

Join the conversation in the comments below!

Comments

[Emmanoey]

I would also like to see suggestions on this topic. I love the idea of A-Z tabs, filled with all sorts of things; when I first started using a filofax in 2001, I did use this sort of organization- at least for creditors and payment addresses when I was away from home for a few months. At that time I didn't have a laptop computer or smartphone, which fill that role now. At this point, my tabs are the boring Agenda/Notes/Information set. Other information is mostly in list form, which works for me but wouldn't be any help, if say, a family member had to step in for me. Maybe I should consider a more user friendly organizational set up.

[Bryan Sherwood]

Thanks for your comment, Emmanoey. I'm glad to see someone comment on this post! :-)

Yeah, I think the default mode is to use the dividers for addresses/contacts. That's what I initially thought but decided they might be more useful to help me find notes, etc. So far, that's working pretty well for me.

The good thing about the Filofax community is that we all share and get new ideas from each other. That's half the fun! Maybe some other folks will comment and share how they're using their dividers.

Thanks again for stopping by.

[Clockwork Lemon]

I used those dividers as templates for prettier ones made out of cardstock. Then I use the pretty ones as sub dividers for the bigger categories outlined by my top tabs.

Example:

Top tab: Blog
sub dividers:
upcoming posts
blog to-do lists
future upgrades

Top Tab: Baking Column
sub dividers:
future column ideas
batch count sheets
notes

It works really well for me!

[Bryan]

Thanks for your comment Clockwork Lemon! Ahh, yes, subdividers. Great idea. Got any pics of your dividers or a related blog post you could link? That would be great!

[filolady@gmail.com]

Hi Bryan!
nice topic :) In my A5 I have a lot of sections. The a-z i currently only use in my business A5 to archive notes when i've visited a client. My Personal A5 is currently set up in tandem with my compact. (I'm waiting for the Compact Regency in Brown to arrive!). In the compact I took out most of the dividers. In my A5 I also use subdividers and even topdivers I made myself!

[Bryan Sherwood]

Thanks for sharing Filolady! I"ve started using some top dividers too. They seem to come in handy for sections that I'm constantly referring too. I've been using some cool Avery tabs that work great for that. You can write on them and they're extra stiff.

Thanks for the comment! You should enter the giveaway on my blog!