a filofax infodump | ep. 4 ✸ franklin covey archive binder, stickers, answering patreon questions

[@missmacapaca]

i love the hyperfixation pages!! I think they could be so handy!! another great video, thank you for the info dump!!

[@MeganRhiannon]

glad you like them, and thanks for watching! 🖤

[@rebeccathornton-smith5811]

Really enjoyed this video, seeing the pages on your patreon and then in your filofax is so cool. They really come to life! Excited for the ongoing development of your pages and enjoying all these videos/updates. All are appreciated

[@MeganRhiannon]

thanks so much for watching, glad you enjoyed it! 🖤🖍

[@StupidPoetry]

oh the new archive binder is GORGEOUS

[@CrimsonKas]

I love your videos no matter the length. I’m an odd one that doesn’t work on other things while watching these. Even the long ones, I watch like I would a movie. 😂 I’d been obsessing over digital gardens a while back, and your use of that app you talked about has me thinking about them all over again. I don’t know if a digital garden would be your kind of thing, but I’d definitely follow along if you were to ever make your knowledge management digital and public. 😅 I feel like there’s so much overlap in our interests. As far as regular reviews of my system, I flip through mine randomly when I feel the need to, but I also make it a point to do a reflection weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly. It helps me get somewhat of a grasp of the passage of time, though I still don’t feel like I move through time in a linear fashion. Without my regular reflections, things I did last week feel like months ago, and things from months ago can feel like days ago. It’s all over the place. Your videos are such an inspiration. Thanks for sharing your process with us. It truly makes me feel less a lone in so many things. Take care!

[@curseofcontext]

have you ever made one?? have my notes on my intrigue with it archived too haha! got lost in the how do i source them as a website cost-efficiently thing! got into obsidian for a while and i know they used to offer a payment plan and website frame thing to host a blog like that: for anyone not sure what that is it's like a wikipedia type blog where you link pages through those click-on hyperlinked themes that lead to other pages!! some of them also create mindmaps of the themes for you so you have this evolving view of how the ideas you put in link out to the others! it is really cool! uhh yeah got lost in the search of how and where and how much to do that for! or do you have a favorite one maybe! been so long since i looked into this but would love to know! feel like if i'm ever going to blog using my own words and ideas that's how i would go about it!! such a fun little community on the internet. i think they are practically doing that for luhmann's zettelkasten too (so it can be looked through online) it's a very zettelkasten type of way of navigating through a blog!

[@CrimsonKas]

@@curseofcontext I’m unsure what the best way to go about this is, as I’ve yet to implement it. I’ve just been reading about and found it fascinating. I think if I do try, it would be through Obsidian with help from my tech-savvy spouse. I like the idea of instead of having a static blog post, your thoughts and ideas grow organically and people can watch as a simple idea or connection develops into a fully fledged one. Such cool ideas with these!

[@curseofcontext]

@@CrimsonKas seems like we're on the same page then! love how it supports and reflects the workings of an unlinear mind, comment back if you end up doing it haha i'll do the same!

[@SpilledCoffeeClub]

This made me feel very seen today ❤️ I’m having kind of a rough one, and just you talking about measuring how many spoons certain types of cooking takes and managing your hyper-fixations just made me feel not as alone. Hope you have a great day!

[@KaitlinGrey]

I live in Canada, I’m a bit biased but its such a great country lol, I hope you have a great time when you come 💕

[@MeganRhiannon]

thank you! super excited 🇨🇦

[@МарияСупрун-г2я]

Wow, the video is almost an hour long, I'm so glad about it! I don't usually write comments, but I like your videos so much, especially the conversational part :) they're so soothing, I watch them every day, so I've even started to rewatch the old ones (I hope it doesn't sound weird hahaha, I just really love them)

[@MeganRhiannon]

oh i'm so glad, thank you sm for watching! (and not weird, i think a lot of people rewatch!) 🖤

[@okyplans]

I have been binge watching your videos, so thank you so much! love your ideas, your words, thank you for being real, and huge thank you for showing this archiving binder. Much love!

[@joannejpeg]

I grew up near Toronto! I hope you enjoy your visit. If you have a chance, check out Little Ghosts Books while you're in town-- it's a spooky/horror bookshop with a cafe and I think you might be into it.

[@MeganRhiannon]

thank you! have written down the book shop, sounds perfect! hopefully i'll be able to visit ☠🖤

[@amywoolsey6591]

Ahhhh Dad got you your archive book. That's awesome. Go Dad! :) BTW: The giant Moterm pocket that you're never sure what to do with.... ...ephemera. That pocket is great for ephemera because you can put something big like a flier or a map even in it while you're traveling. Then when you're in a place that you can put it properly in your journal you can cut it down to whatever sizes without worrying about it. Cheers!

[@RobinPalmerTV]

I absolutely love the super long videos! Oh I seem to recall you experience hay fever so I’m doing my PSA to begin your antihistamines, nasal sprays and inhalers this weekend. 💖💖💖

[@MeganRhiannon]

i do! thank you for the heads up 🫡🖤

[@lindsaybee93]

so excited for the recipe pages especially!!! i pretty much exclusively cook at home so it can get overwhelming keeping track of ingredients and what meals take more time/energy/dishes (especially on low energy days), so having that little rating system is sooo helpful to just clear all of that clutter from my brain and ease decision fatigue

[@curseofcontext]

love the log idea to structure, unfold or review hyperfixations! for me it's the themes or patterns that really draw me in but i often don't spell them out for me. if i have my processing-scribbles with that sense of "i'm really in it now" they get so "out of hand" that in order for them to be more fun to reread or repurpose there's like an overview-quality missing to aid with legibility! very unlinear experience for me. the "context they were made in" or "feeling the month again" (!) thing gets me all the time! it's like i want to be able to recreate the context-flow as it was but also fluidify the pageflow as wanted or needed but i guess that could be done via page-referencing or indexing system just really dislike using date-numbers for that 🗃️🧐 the index card idea actually could be so good for the contextual-repurposing intention, gotta chew that over! oH the bear-screenshots thrill me haha love that app so much, has done me so much good over the years!! those tagging-sections! i'm still reworking mine. okay going over and working out my theme tags may change my life!! 🫢

[@oddmerit6530]

when i was in school, all the way up to my 2nd year of uni i used 3-ring binders for my school notes even when everybody else had upgraded to laptops or ipads. i’ve always struggled to use regular or digital notebooks as planners/journals, i wonder if a filofax would jive better with me given i spent a decade using a similar system for school. good video!

[@autisticbucky]

i’m from Toronto and i hope you have a good time when you visit!! 🩷 when i travelled to New York to visit my brother, i left my journal at home and took notes on my phone of the days and saved ephemera in a book. thank you sm for sharing!

[@MeganRhiannon]

thank you!! 🇨🇦 definitely think savings bits up until you get home is the way to go, sometimes it's nice to decompress a bit before doing the writing!

[@durgesh670]

as soon as i saw the day today, i squealed and opened youtube and i was blessed. love you so much Megan

[@MeganRhiannon]

🖤🖤

[@ashleyclevenstine6298]

Love this - definitely going to make my own birding binder now!!! Thanks for sharing and for inspiring! ❤

[@elixaaaaa]

so excited for the cooking pages!!! i struggle with a lot of sensory issues around food and i struggle to organise my recipes

[@ashmelville]

really loved this video! I find your videos so soothing🤍 myself and Phoebe (my cat) cuddle up and watch your videos together, it's become a really nice part of my routine that is also part self-regulation. sending a virtual hug, from one sleepy autistic to another 🦇

[@natyork]

thanks for another great video ✨it was cool to see how you use your analog & digital tools together 🖤

[@MeganRhiannon]

thanks for watching 🙇🏻‍♀

[@katiemarshall8033]

I also have a very good time with the info dumps so no worries there! Keeping a list of things to get through in the video did seem like it helped though

[@lindsayfrancis9515]

Digital to do lists are so handy. I tried to emulate it in my rings set-up by using a smaller page that migrates along to my current week so that I have a running list that isn't tied to any particular date or week.

[@Eleni_I]

Megan you are such and interesting, creative person, your videos are divine 🧡

[@unapologeticoverthinking307]

I think it’d be nice if you made a separate hyper fixation log that says inspiration log! For those things we just obsess over because we love them so much.

[@MeganRhiannon]

i'll have some dedicated pages for special interests, but truthfully i consider hyper fixations and inspirations to be v different things. good hyper fixations could be in the log too though!

[@curseofcontext]

💌 such a joy this one!! 💿 been listening to the tribute album to the velvet underground & nico: i'll be your mirror! so i've been thinking about andy warhol and edie sedgwick. love the flow of that tribute although the artists all have their distinctiveness. gonna look into the book these weirdos do tickle me too what a weird time that must have been. enjoyed but never finished the episodic netflix documentary on warhol but it has a lot of "commentary blurbs" it's done mtv-style maybe if that's what that is. some of them i found really questionable but it's all a bit of a big question mark anyway i feel like..

[@CatsArtist]

I'm sorry did not enjoy showing your face later, Megan. I am very thankful you have shared some, including your stim video. And I very much relate to the hyperfixation. Seems many of us here do. 🐱 Well done with dealing with your mistakes! Perfectionism takes effort and intent, and that can be beautiful in itself. 😼 Tactile.

[@ellie6325]

Hey! Sorry if youve had this question before, but I was wondering when you write up 'backlog' i guess you could call it (like how for your birthday you wrote it a few days later) do you write it in current or past tense? Like do you write it saying 'today was a good day' or more like 'that was a good day'

[@bookhuggah]

Why do you tend to suggest the cc for your videos? I am curious, any way, thanks for sharing your experience and thoughts on here.

[@andreahagen1732]

as someone who works at a sleep clinic, you are going to walk in, and they'll order you a sleep study and you'll walk straight back out... you should stay and ask about all the potential things your sleep study could show and what that means and what you can do about it! because chances are, you aren't going to see the doctor again. they may order something, but you won't get to speak with them (most likely.) I am just a medical assistant, but I do sleep histories, chief complaints, and bring all your collected data to the doctor. and I know girls like you. they walk in, expect to stay and chat and get real change, but they just get a sleep study (sometimes a psych consult or other consult too)

[@Chvylvr69]

Your setups are always so amazing… what kind of paper do you use? It seems thicker and sturdy

[@missmacapaca]

I think she uses the kokuyo business paper and then she folds it in half and glues it which adds some sturdiness no matter what gsm/quality of paper is being used.

Hi! have you ever consider to sew your pages? I mean, you could have a very pretty, all your style journal once you end up using it, store it would be easier....

[@shelbseroo]

How exciting that you're visiting Canada! What area will you be in?

[@ChantelleArts]

So relaxing, I love it ☺☺☺

[@MeganRhiannon]

thanks for watching! 🙇🏻‍♀🖤

[@fantinepecret8400]

Hello , i have a question for you or anyone in the comments who could have the answer, so i have some of your printable sticker sheets and i can’t seem to print them correctly. They are never the right color, i was wondering if you knew what kind of settings i’m suppose to select on the printer or on my laptop before printing. My printer is not a bad quality printer so i probably choose wrong settings. Thanks in advance if anyone answer 😊

[@DasOrangensaft.]

You could also send a mail to Megan. 😊

[@Freckles439]

You are incredible! I’d love to know which province in Canada you’ll be traveling to.

[@torionpaper]

Not me adding pixel stickers to my cart now

[@MeganRhiannon]

happy for this to be my influence 🛸

[@alia2595]

Was the hot chocolate called knoops

[@prettybrowneyez]

Do you have an actual Filofax ?

[@m.m.s.11]

Is there a Franklin Covey archive binder for A5?

[@MeganRhiannon]

not sure, you'd have to check!

[@angelynpeh]

so so happy that your filofax can remind you of how much you’ve actually accomplished even when your brain just isn’t braining!! 🥲 that’s just the best feeling honestly - that you got through the weeks and you have so much to show for it. makes all the time spent archiving and logging worth it! this is textbook parasocial behaviour but i spent the last minutes of the video just saying “yes megan 🥹✊🏼” very empathically at the screen lol. also omg, you got the minisuper stickers!! excited to see them pop up in your spreads!

[@MeganRhiannon]

thanks angelyn 🥺🖤 it truly is the best feeling to be able to see everything you've done, especially when your perception of it all is a bit impaired. so excited to have finally ordered from minisuper sticker club!! thank you for watching 🙇🏻‍♀

[@MargaritaSage]

Your dad came through! Franklin Covey archive binder 😮🪇🥳🫶

[@gothicsprites]

i loved the sticker haul ❤‍🩹how did you get the vertical line down the left side of your "content notes" section on the january note? i am new to using bear and i can't figure out how to do that!

[@MeganRhiannon]

it's done by highlighting the text and formatting it as a quote!

[@gothicsprites]

@@MeganRhiannon thank you for answering! i tried it out and i sussed out you can also create a quote by placing an arrow symbol > at the start of a new line before the text!