Dates for your diary - 17 & 18 January 2026

We are going to run some more 'Virtual Meet Ups'.

When? - Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 January 2026 at the following time:

• Los Angeles 8:00 am, 
• Denver 9:00 am
• Dallas 10:00 am, 
• New York 11:00am, 
• London 4:00 pm 
• Paris 5:00 pm etc.  

Join in on both days if you wish. 

Do not worry if you aren't available at the start of the session each one lasts 1-2 hours, so pop up when you are available and say hello.

Where? - an on-line chat using Signal. with voice and video (if you wish). If you aren't already in our participants list you need to contact Philofaxy before you come on line on the day of the chat. You can do this at any time. Please try to ensure that your Signal user name is the same as your actual name this will greatly assist in us being able to add you to the group. 

 

What do I need? - just a micro-phone and some head phones(in ear phones work fine) and a free Signal account. Using headphones or earphone reduces 'echo' on the call. Video is optional, but a most of us will be on video as well.

Who - Serious organiser users only.  We are no longer able to allow just anyone to join these chats due to the disruption caused by fake profiles on previous chats. You also need to be known to us in some way or other before we will permit you to join the chat. 

If you need any assistance setting up Signal, please pop a comment in this post and I will try and help you get one line. Signal is free for computer to computer calls....

Hope to be chatting with you on Saturday 17 & Sunday 18 January 2026.

 

Silent Sunday

 

Winchester 4CCF and 1979 Alien graphic novel

Web Finds - Saturday 10 January 2026

It is time to enjoy a few blog posts from around the internet, grab a drink and make yourself comfortable for our weekly round-up.

Here are some Philofaxy posts you might have missed this week:

1. Web Finds - Saturday 3 January 2026
2. Silent Sunday
3. Guest post series - 'Filohax' No. 25 - Paul
4. Free For All Tuesday - No. 779
5. Video Web Finds - Wednesday 7 January 2026
6. 2026 Filofax Global Catalogue
7. Free For All Friday - No. 896 by Anita 

Here are the latest Filofax and other brand blog posts from around the Internet. Don't forget to leave a comment on the posts you enjoyed reading, all bloggers enjoy getting comments.

1. You Don't Need a New Planner to Start Fresh - Planner Fun
2. A Pathway to Prosperity with Dr. William D. Danko - FranklinPlanner Talk
3. What do you do with your old inserts? - Filofax
4. Your Guide to a Gentle January and an Intentional New Year - Strange & Charmed
5. Planning in Real Life: A Conversation with Michael Diaz-Griffith - Planner Fun
6. Episode #344: David Allen and Kevin Wilde - Getting Things Done
7. Stephen M.R. Covey: How High-Trust Leaders Get Better Results in Life and Work - FranklinPlanner Talk
8. Need help identifying vintage Filofax, please and thank you - Filofax
9. Simple Planning vs Perfect Systems - Planner Fun
10. Aligning Goals With Your Values - FranklinPlanner Talk
11. Christmas, Handled - Planner Fun
12. Mini XL & Medium XL restock - Blog | Gillio
13. Filofax A5 Heritage repair - Filofax
14. What Kind of Planner Are You This Week? [QUIZ] - Planner Fun
15. Link Love: The tale of two rainbows - The Well-Appointed Desk
16. Web Finds – 7 January 2026 - Travellers Notebook Times
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Free For All Friday - No. 896 by Anita

After reading Laurie's excellent post The Transformative Power of a Planning System, I started thinking about how I started planning, and how I agree with her that I find it difficult to imagine not doing something like this in some form or another. From a fairly young age, I always had a book, notebook and a pencil case with me, so at some point the notebook started to include scribbles about things to be done alongside drawings and other random notes. I'm not sure how old I was when I started planning as such, but it definitely helped me when exams were coming up, so I suppose I've always taken it for granted. 

During a recent visit to my Mum-in-law's house, she obviously had lots on her mind due to a potential future change in family living arrangements. However, like can often happen, she had only heard the news third hand, so was waiting to speak directly to the person involved. We had a long conversation about this, which mainly involved her worrying about and considering all of the changes that might be needed. Eventually I suggested that maybe it might be useful to write all of these thoughts down to get it our of her head, as she admitted that it was keeping her awake at night. I explained to her about doing a brain dump (also called a mind sweep), but she didn't seem convinced as it sounded like she felt that she needs answers to her questions before getting any benefit from writing it all down... She does use a wall calendar and also writes ad-hoc to lists on scraps of paper, but I suppose maybe a brain dump was a bit too different for her to seriously consider right now, especially when she was feeling a bit stressed. 

Have you had any recent discussions with family, friends or colleagues about planning? 

And as always on Fridays, please feel free to discuss anything organiser related. I hope that you have a great weekend.     

2026 Filofax Global Catalogue

Filofax have published their Global Catalogue for 2026, of course this will be a picture heavy post so I have put a jump break in after a few pages. 

There is also a link to the full PDF at the end of the post. 

Summary of changes spotted so far.

• No more QR codes - no scanning required! Do you think they have been taking notice?
• Removable rings available in smaller/different sizes in some models. 
• Removable rings also available for purchase as accessories see the end of the catalogue.
• A5 Zip Malden, new model with 25mm rings
• Some new diary insert formats sans QR codes!
• Several new colours in existing models
• Possibly other changes I might have missed...

Accessories

The full PDF catalogue is available here:

https://philofaxy.com/files/catalogue/2026global.pdf (20 Mb)

Higher resolution versions of the images in this post are available here:

https://philofaxy.com/filocatalogue/2026/01/2026-filofax-global-catalogue/

The content of all these catalogue posts are the intellectual property of Filofax Group Ltd. They are reproduced on Philofaxy with their full permission for research and educational purposes only.