When looking at Douglas Johnston’s DIY hipster templates, I was having a really hard time with the concept of printing out and having on hand/in pocket all of these different card versions. What if I ran out of one particular card that I needed? Even if I am sitting at my desk I have to print out another of that specific even though I have plenty of the other types sitting right there already printed. Then yesterday, when I saw the new Meta-line organizer from John Norris, I realized that you could use his system in combination with Douglas Johnston’s version to create just one card that you could print out many copies of and fill in the bubble when you decide what type of “blank” you need. I print these on the backs of graph paper index cards so that I don’t waste valuable ink. This way there is always a blank sitting on top of your pile that has a header bar, a notes section, a checklist for next actions, shopping, projects, someday maybe etc… And on the other side there is always handy graph paper. Just fill in the “someday maybe” bubble and it becomes a “someday maybe” card. For the @home and @work labeling style, I added a top box and a very similar side labeling box.

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