Hello
I am about to move back to having GTD on paper. I need advice about what sort of folder or paper-binding system to use.
HARDWARE:
My thinking so far - I want something:
- with replaceable sheets of paper (so that I can insert new sheets when space runs out)
- that takes up as little physical space a possible. So:
- it should fold back on itself i.e. opens up to 180degrees and lies flat on the desk
- be tall and thin (so that I can get lots of tasks visible at once)
- if it has ring-binder this needs to have fairly small actual rings (to make it pocket sized, or nearly that)
Each list I would have a tab that sticks out that I write on, with the name of the list, so that I can flick back and forward between these lists.
The problem I have is that although spiral bound folders fold nicely back on themselves completely flat, after a while you start to run out of space in certain areas first and it's a mighty paint to move the whole system onto a new folder by re-writing the whole thing.
Ring binders offer powerful way of inserting new sheets and even of moving the order of sections around if necessary, however none of them seem to fold back on themselves flat, so that it saves space and allows you to write on them in this position.
Any advice?
J
PS Filofax has a new thing called a Clipbook that they claim can be folded back, but when this happens it doesn't lie anything like flat, and this makes it quite hard to write on.
http://www.filofax.co.uk/notebooks?range_filter=1766
I am about to move back to having GTD on paper. I need advice about what sort of folder or paper-binding system to use.
HARDWARE:
My thinking so far - I want something:
- with replaceable sheets of paper (so that I can insert new sheets when space runs out)
- that takes up as little physical space a possible. So:
- it should fold back on itself i.e. opens up to 180degrees and lies flat on the desk
- be tall and thin (so that I can get lots of tasks visible at once)
- if it has ring-binder this needs to have fairly small actual rings (to make it pocket sized, or nearly that)
Each list I would have a tab that sticks out that I write on, with the name of the list, so that I can flick back and forward between these lists.
The problem I have is that although spiral bound folders fold nicely back on themselves completely flat, after a while you start to run out of space in certain areas first and it's a mighty paint to move the whole system onto a new folder by re-writing the whole thing.
Ring binders offer powerful way of inserting new sheets and even of moving the order of sections around if necessary, however none of them seem to fold back on themselves flat, so that it saves space and allows you to write on them in this position.
Any advice?
J
PS Filofax has a new thing called a Clipbook that they claim can be folded back, but when this happens it doesn't lie anything like flat, and this makes it quite hard to write on.
http://www.filofax.co.uk/notebooks?range_filter=1766
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