Free For All Friday No 888 by Laurie

I'm yet to find any brand of diary/ planner inserts that include all the information I want, even with customisable inserts. To be fair, there is a lot of information I like to have visible in my day spaces, and some of it is very specific to where I live.

So each year I write the following details in the day spaces of my weekly planner, if they are not pre-printed:

- I write the sunrise and sunset times into each Sunday. Where I live, the daylight hours change drastically throughout the year and I like to see how much daylight I'll have, especially evening light.

- Moon phases

- Solstices and equinoxes

- The usual holidays where I live

- Cultural holidays (Halloween etc)

- Holidays in the countries where my loved ones live

- When the clocks change in my country and my family members' countries

What information do you like to have in your diary pages? Is it already pre-printed in the inserts you use, or do you have to write it in yourself?

As always on Fridays, feel free to discuss anything Filofax related!

Guest post series - 'Filohax' No. 24 - Paul

Thanks very much again to Paul for this twenty-fourth instalment of his wonderful guest post series.
You can find all of the 'Filohax' posts here.       

 

The A to Z of maximalism vs minimalism

I don't know about you, but if you're a Filofax collector you probably have a set or two of the original Filofax A-Z tabbed dividers stashed away. You may even have them in multi colours too. I know I have, and being a traditionalist I've always quietly put the multi coloured sets away in a draw - 'for a time when I might need them'. I've never liked them myself - each to their own - but there's too much going on for my liking, too many letters, too many colours. 

 

That is until a happy accident gave me a good use for them - or I should say one colour in particular - the red one , with the letters E and F in particular.

Because I switch my one diary and a few other sections between work and home binders, the inevitable mistake crept into the daily ritual of swapping them over and somehow the grey 'E/F' tabbed divider went missing. A mystery. A real 'Twilight Zone' moment. I was at work and the only other set of A-Z dividers to hand was a coloured set, so I clicked the red 'E/F' divider in. 

A few moments passed and I suddenly realised I had created another little Filohax - in my work binder I keep Fire/Emergency protocols/info behind the 'E/F' tab, I had even previously made a red Dymo tab to highlight this important section (making it quick to find in an emergency). 

 

In replacing the lost grey tab it was serendipitous that the tab I needed was...RED! I dare not mention this to anyone 'in the real world' as they would suggest I go 'get a life', but I think you lot will understand...   

Video Web Finds - Wednesday 12 November 2025

I hope you have had a good weekend.

Now it is time to enjoy a great collection of videos from around the internet.

Here are a selection of the latest Filofax videos for your enjoyment.

1. Filofax Malden flip - Paperloveplan
2. Can't Live Without Your Planner! - Franklin Planner
3. Chatty Friday flip… - Beverly Plans Life
4. filofax lockwood > malden - spellbound notes
5. I lost my notebook, but I've learnt my lesson - Flatability
6. Unboxing A New Planner . VDS Sabbia Nappa - Planner fun and inspiration with Melissa
7. Setting up an A5 Moterm for University Planning 2026 - MyLifeReBranded
8. This week's releases & restocks (week of November 10, 2025) - Gillio Firenze
9. One month of Weekly Inserts | 2026 Sterling Ink Personal Ring Planner - Paper Lover Mama
10. Plan With Me || Franklin Classic || Nov 10 - 16, 2025 || Torrino Binder - Sandra Dahl
11. Monthly Goal Planning | Fall Reset Progress + New November Goals - Buy Sell Plan Inc.
12. Refreshing my Cloth and Paper A5 Agenda - MyLifeReBranded
13. Plan a week in my work notebook…my MeePlus A5 notebook system! - Flourish & Plan
14. Unboxing the Meeplus Personal Rings Slimpad - Giving Plotter a run for their money! - Lauren the Word Witch
15. November planner + journal update | Hobonichi Cousin + Weeks| Pocket Gillio XL Undyed - Soulful Documents
16. My Pocket Notebook System (finally feeling organized) - Tori on paper 
17. From TNs to One-Book: Why I Switched (Featuring Lovie!) - Ali Brown
18. November Monthly Setup in my Pocket Filofax - GoingAnnalog
19. filofax experiment - mini rings flip through, 2026 thoughts - minapomelo
20. How I used my Journals in October ✷ Hobonichi, Ours Studio, Filofax, Pocket Rings, Take a Note -  Ella Nym's Studio
21. my entire Filofax pocket system as an adhd and anxious girlie - tattgerine
22. Filofax Original Personal Ring Planner | Planner Flipthrough! - Randi Sullivan
23. One month of Weekly Inserts | 2026 Sterling Ink Personal Ring Planner - Paper Lover Mama
24. Your YouTube video could appear here. If you have a YT channel that features Filofax organisers or similar, please let us know. (steve at philofaxy dot com) Alternatively ensure your video contains 'Filofax' or 'Rings' in the title or description. 

• Please leave a comment on any of the videos you enjoyed and mention you saw a link on Philofaxy. 
• For tips on how to improve your videos, please see this post.  Also this video too Webfinds 
• Your Filofax/Organiser Videos could appear in this list, just contact philofaxy at gmail dot com to be added to our monitoring list. 
• Consider joining our Facebook group - Filofax for Philofaxy fans
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Enjoy

       

Free For All Tuesday - No. 771

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Philofaxy by numbers

In twenty years of Philofaxy being on the internet, we have some quite impressive statistics. 

• 6833 posts published, an average of 341 per year!
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• 5.5 Million views in the last 12 months.
• 1.7 million views of the Philofaxy Diaries page. 
• Most viewed catalogue - Filofax 1984
• Most viewed video on our YouTube channel - Changing the ring mechanism although I think the later video: Ring Mechanisms - Removing and Installing Krause Rings is a bit more detailed. 
• Most read post that isn't about diary inserts: The Great Organiser Hole Spacing Conspiracy Revisited 

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