A dot grid booklet for your Midori Traveler's Notebook

The dot grid format is becoming increasingly popular. Today I am making available a version you can use to create a dot grid booklet for your MTN, or to use on a stand-alone basis if you don't have one.

There are two files you'll need. The first is the basic dot grid page. This is double-sided and you should print about 10-15 of these, depending on how thick you want your booklet to be.

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    Download the Word version or the PDF version.

There is also an optional cover page. On one side, this is the same dot-grid pattern, whilst the other looks like this:

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Download the Word version or the PDF version.

Once you've printed out the pages, you can bind them into a booklet and cut to size using these instructions.

New Filofax diary inserts

Steve has been busy at Philofaxy. Firstly, he's produced a new A4/A5 page per day layout based on our TM sets. And then he's used my Travel Journal calendar to produce a calendar page for the A4/A5 Filofax.

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Monthly PlanPack for the Midori Traveler's Notebook - now in landcape

Did you like the concept of the Monthly PlanPack?

Do you prefer to use your booklets in landscape rather than portrait mode? Well, you're in luck. Here's what the monthly spread looks like turned around:

And here's the weekly planner parked on its side:

You can download this insert here.

What you'll download is a PDF file, in 'pre-shrunk' format. This is ready to print straight away, without any need to use booklet format on your printer. Just print this straight to A4, with duplex set to flip on the short edge (I'd recommend you print just one or two pages first to make sure your printer deals with this correctly and make adjustments as necessary.)

Once you've printed out the pages, you can bind them into a booklet and cut to size using these instructions.

Of course, the real nerds among you (you know who you are) will want the source file to tinker with. Here it is.

New Monthly PlanPack insert for the Midori Traveler's Notebook

This is a new concept in Midori inserts, based on an idea by my friend Rhomany (her site is here), who helped me work out the details and build the individual layouts.

As you can see from the pictures above, this is an all-in-one 48-page insert with a variety of pages. The idea is that you have a fresh insert for each month. The insert starts with a title page:

Behind that, there's a two page spread for the current month:

You can fill in the dates and note down key events and monthly goals and make notes for a monthly debrief - matters to carry forward to the following month.

Behind the month spread, there are six weekly spreads that look like this:

Finally, the back two-thirds of the booklet is freeform note space:

What you may not be able to see unless you click to enlarge that spread is that there's a faint dot grid pattern, which lets you use these pages very flexibly, which you can hopefully see in the pictures at the top of this post.

The real beauty of this insert is that it can do so much for you while only taking up a single booklet's space in your notebook cover. And saving your used monthly books will create a very useful and well-ordered archive. 

You can download this insert here.

What you'll download is a PDF file, in 'pre-shrunk' format. This is ready to print straight away, without any need to use booklet format on your printer. Just print this straight to A4, with duplex set to flip on the short edge (I'd recommend you print just one or two pages first to make sure your printer deals with this correctly and make adjustments as necessary.)

Once you've printed out the pages, you can bind them into a booklet and cut to size using these instructions.

Of course, the real nerds among you (you know who you are) will want the source file to tinker with. Here it is.

Still available: my Kindle books

If you own a Kindle, a tablet or a smartphone with the Kindle app, please consider buying one of my books. Each of them will cost you just a pound or two, or your local currency equivalent. Here they are:

Journalling School

Journalling School: A Short Course in Personal Journalling provides a straightforward and insightful guide to those wishing to start a journal or those who wish to return to or reinvigorate their journalling. Covering a wide range of aspects and including exercises and questions to ponder, this will inspire any journal keeper or would-be journal keeper.

View on your local Amazon site

12 Easy Life Upgrades

It is hard to find time for personal development. This book recognises this and presents twelve life upgrades. Quick to read, easy to understand and implement, each has the potential to make your life better.

View on your local Amazon site

Very Short Shorts

What can be achieved in as few as fifty words? Perhaps there might be an impression of character or place. There is room for a surprising twist, sometimes.

The right fifty words can be as good as fifty thousand. Read these stories. See if you agree.

(Fifty words, including these.)

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How to use a diary

If you've ever wondered how you would use a particular diary layout, Carie Harling has the answer for you in this excellent video tutorial in which she demonstrates a whole range of different layouts from the range Steve Morton and I put together.

All the layouts featured (and some others) are available on this site. Just click on the 'Free Diary Pages' link at the top of the page.

Make a photo album for the Midori Traveler's Notebook

My friend Zara suggested this. It's a TN-sized photograph album. I interleaved pieces of coloured A4 card with A4 tracing paper, bound them into a booklet which I then cut down to 110mm wide.

Why not make your own?