unorthodox use of tickler file

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curtis

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A tickler file is not my primary system. I only need to use it on occasion. It seems easier for me to keep the date/day folders "static" rather than rotate them. So far, nothing has been misplaced or forgotten.

Does anyone else use it like this?
 
curtis;106507 said:
A tickler file is not my primary system. I only need to use it on occasion. It seems easier for me to keep the date/day folders "static" rather than rotate them. So far, nothing has been misplaced or forgotten.

Does anyone else use it like this?
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Mine is fixed like a book so I cannot rotate them. It works fine for me. If you needed a reminder, you could clip a bulldog clip to the date you are on, then you would know when you last checked it. If you use it infrequently you could also check forward a week at your weekly review to see what is coming up.

Sharon
 
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Mine is also a book style, the days are in front and the months behind and so far it works for me.
 
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Mine is in Evernote. Each tickled items get the date also added and then it syncs to appear on my calendar.

So, no rotations for me either and I can do multiple years in advance. Kinda freaks people out when you 'remember' something over a year later ;)
 
curtis;106507 said:
A tickler file is not my primary system. I only need to use it on occasion. It seems easier for me to keep the date/day folders "static" rather than rotate them. So far, nothing has been misplaced or forgotten.

Does anyone else use it like this?
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Hi, Curtis!

If static is working for you, that's the important part. I need to trick my brain into staying productive on a daily basis, though. So, I rotate mine as a trigger for the day. If it's not on the right date, I've missed something. It also helps me to remember that once I get into the late 20s (28th, 29th etc), it's time to dump the upcoming month's goodies into the system. But I have to see it to remember it. That said, on average I only have 15-20 items that go into the tickler in any given month, so managing tickler contents is never overwhelming.

That's what works for me, but there's no right way.

Dena
 
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