the last two weeks of 2013

My holiday period was spent in Hong Kong - hence my brief hiatus. As I had scheduled the 'my week' posts for this time, you only saw the pre-filled in version and so, I thought I'd show off the used version.

Here is the after version of week 88.

And here is week 89.

I hope your holiday period was as good as mine. Although Hong Kong was colder than the UK (how is that even possible?!), I had a fantastic time seeing friends and family - all thanks to my parents for this amazing Christmas present :-)

my week round-up #51

Here was my week and here are the blogs taking part in this week's round-up:

{1} My Purpley Life
{2} Even Artichokes Have Hearts
{3} She's Eclectic
{4} Miss Mai's Adventures
{5} Lucy Wonderland
{6} Roses in December
{7} Properly Made Up
{8} Twenty5Seven
{9} Addicted to Stationery
{10} Fi-Lily Fi-Lo
{11} Hop Skip Jump
{12} Break of Light
{13} Filofax Is My World
{14} Coffee & Stationery
{15} Amy's World
{16} Askatla
{17} Everything IB
{18} Right Brain Planner
{19} Sailor Mouth
{20} Innocent and Twisted
{21} Little Red Moose




NB: Inclusion on my weekly round-ups do not mean that I endorse any of the products or services sold by readers in the list and I do not get commission from any sales that may be the result of a click-through.

my week #90

This week, I arrived back in London and still haven't had a chance to relax (until today). Thursday was admin day - grocery shopping, life admin and unpacking all had to be done. I spent Friday on work experience and Saturday consisted of netball in the morning and house cleaning in the afternoon and evening. I have no plans (apart from vegging out) today.

How has your week been?

my 2014 set-up

There is no Filofax Week Round-Up post this week as I am taking a brief hiatus! Instead, I have written this post on how I have decided to organise my life in 2014.

This year, I have a choice of using my Kate Spade, Smythson, Slimline Deco or Compact Metropol. I haven't decided yet and I do feel very attached to the Metropol...

As for diary inserts, I have opted for Filofax white 'week-on-two-page' inserts. Here is how they look:

I actually really like how the colours stand out on the white paper and although the paper quality is rubbish, the big spaces for the weekdays are something I definitely could have done with during the first term of medschool.

For notepaper, I have decided to use up some old Kate Spade diary inserts (2012 ones!). I have covered the bits that have date-related things on and although it doesn't look perfect, I can live with it as the paper quality is amazing! It seemed like such a waste to throw them out.

As with last year, I have opted to use some 'to-do list' inserts again:

Finally, I have also decided to use my iPad's Reminders app to keep track of the many things I need to do in various parts of my life. I thought I would give the app a go as I've been quite unfair on technology in the chance and I do like the design of the app. We'll see how this experiment goes...

All in all, I'm excited for 2014. Although my social life is pretty much non-existent due to a never-ending mountain of work every week, I am enjoying every second of it all and I think 2014 will be an even better year for me :)

How have you decided to organise your life in 2014?