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13 October 2024

Silent Sunday

Compact Calipso by Sally S

12 October 2024

Web Finds Saturday 12 October 2024

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:

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.

I'm still here! - Plannerisms
Lyndhurst filofax - any good? - Filofax
Welcome to The Charmed School of Self-Mastery: Your Magical Guide to Productivity! - Strange & Charmed
The Power Of Reflection - FranklinPlanner Talk
Using a Filofax for the first time! - Filofax
Back into Snail Mail! - Free Printables! - Mrs Brimbles
My next Filofax… - Filofax
Planning the Last Quarter and a new spooky item on the shop - Lime Tree Fruits
Traveling with my notebook - Filofax
Episode #279: David and Ed talk about Team - Getting Things Done
Designer ring Filofax A5 - Filofax
Share your love for Gillio & win a fantastic gift card - Gillio
Pretty sure this is no Malden - Filofax
Web Finds – 9 October 2024 - Travellers Notebook Times
Link Love: Jacques Cousteau — no! Herbin! - The Well-Appointed Desk
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11 October 2024

Free For All Friday No 831 by Laurie

Those of you who have been reading Philofaxy for awhile may remember my FFAF from April 2022 when my son started using a Filofax during a busy time in high school (and how excited I was to help him set it up!). He graduated this spring, and this month I've been helping him move to a different country to start his new phase of life!

During his last year of school he used a different planner, but recently he realised his Filofax would be perfect to help him plan for his international move so he got it out and fired it up.

He (gleefully) pulled out all the pages from when he used it before, with all his school timetables, study schedules, and exam preparation, and threw them in the fireplace.

Then he set up the Filofax from scratch with his new schedule pages (to book lunches, coffees, and going-away parties with his friends before he left), packing lists, reminders of things he needs like paperwork and documents, etc.

After we arrived in-country, things happened really fast and he was meeting new people every day in lots of different contexts. He made a list of people's names and where he'd met them, so he could keep them all straight (with reminder notes like where they are from, shared interests etc. which I thought was brilliant). He scheduled times in his planning pages to reconnect with them.

He also made lists of things he needs to do now that he's here, like set up his bank account, phone, register for a doctor etc. As a new adult in a different country he is realising there is a lot to keep up on! His Filofax is getting a lot of use.

It has been fun to see him use his Filofax again, in an entirely different context for a totally different purpose.

And now that I have an empty nest, I'm sure my Filofax will help me with my new phase of life too.

When was the last time you set up a Filofax completely from scratch? How did your Filofax help you in a new phase of life?

And as always on Fridays, feel free to ask and/ or discuss anything ring binder organiser related!

10 October 2024

Guest Post: There and back again – a (possible?) journey back from A5 to Personal - David P

I’ve been a more-or-less happy A5 user for a number of years. The demands of business have always made me favour the larger format (but not Deskfax – that’s WAY too big for me!).

However, over the past few months I’ve begun to sense a ‘pull’ back to the Personal format which I haven’t considered for a while- largely for reasons of portability, but also aided by a number of good ideas harvested from Neil and the Flatability vlog (if you’re not familiar you can find it at https://www.youtube.com/@Flatability. Neil is pretty much exclusively a small-format vlogger and his posts have made me reconsider what might be possible without carrying over a kilo of leather and paper around with me (I especially notice this when I’m travelling for business, and at weekends).

However, just as my considerations were gaining momentum, Filofax dropped their enormous spanner in the works by launching their 2025 diary refills, all of them covered with QR codes taking up valuable space (especially important for the smaller formats), ruining the aesthetic, and linking to an app which I neither want nor intend to use – ever. So that was a dead halt to my plans for a transition to Personal size – or so it seemed.

I suspect this is a dilemma which many Personal size users are facing, so nothing daunted I decided to do some research and see what is ‘out there’ for those of you who would like to continue in Personal (or move to that format, like myself), but who don’t want to use the new Filofax inserts with the QR codes.

Here are the results of my research.

I must add that I’ve not (yet) bought any of these inserts, so I can’t comment on paper quality (although I’ll make some general comments), but if anyone decides to take the plunge, maybe you can post a comment and let us all know. It’s certainly clear that the end is not yet here for Personal format refills, and I hope this may be of some use to you.

All of the links are from the UK, because that’s where I live, but you ought to have no trouble finding other sources who will ship worldwide, and from whom you can order without difficulty.

Budget refills

I was pleasantly surprised to find several budget diary refills available via Amazon. For example,

Orgnizme 2025 Weekly Diary Refill Personal Size, Week on Two Pages

https://amzn.to/3N8zPW3

This looks to be a fairly basic Wo2P layout (with lines, which is my personal preference), and possibly contains a good deal more than just the diary pages. For the price, I would expect paper quality to be less than ideal – but it’s a very reasonably priced option.

NBplanner 2025 Week on two pages Personal size organiser refill

https://amzn.to/4gQN23d

No lines this time, but again a very reasonably priced option for the price conscious.

Collins 2025 Week to View Personal Organiser Refill (PR2700)

https://amzn.to/3BuNTqe

I had no idea that Collins, long established leaders in the UK stationery market, made organiser refills, but here it is – paper width 1mm wider than the standard Filofax Personal width of 95mm, in case that matters.

Elephant Planners W02P

https://shorturl.at/Ys2OK

I’m not familiar with the Elephant Planners brand (something to do with ‘never forgetting’ I guess, and this didn’t seem to be available on Amazon, only through eBay. But certainly, another option.

Now I’m aware that all of these are W02P options, and it looks to be a LOT more difficult to find DPP options at these prices. So, if DPP is your preferred option, it’s going to be a difficult year. However, let me also introduce you to three if my favourite suppliers at more premium prices.

Cloth and Paper https://www.clothandpaper.com/

8Lotus https://8lotus.co/

Rosie Papeterie https://rosiepapeterie.com/

I’ve bought A5 refills from all three of these suppliers in the past year, and they are all excellent quality – albeit more expensive than the budget products above. But if planning is something you take seriously, then as David Allen says, you’re more likely to use a system that pleases you aesthetically and structurally, and which you enjoy coming back to on a regular basis. So, you may want to spend a little more and indulge. All three of these suppliers ship worldwide and provide a number of different layouts, some of them quite unique (I’ve been using an A5 Wo2P layout from 8Lotus for a while now, and I like it a lot).

Of course there are other suppliers out there, but these are three that I’ve used personally and can vouch for in terms of quality and good delivery times.

I hope this may help those of you who are feeling ‘lost’ about what to do for 2025 in Personal size. There are lots of additional resources, and this is just a starter guide – so if you ‘make a find’ or have a personal favourite which you want to share, please feel free to comment below.

Happy hunting!

Thank you David for a detailed dive in to choosing inserts aside of Filofax ones and printing your own from Philofaxy.

09 October 2024

Video Web Finds - Wednesday 9 October 2024

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.

Franklin Planner Binder Collection 2024 - Sandra Dahl
I'm moving studios - Flatability
Very First VDS - Managing Marlys
Simplicity for Moms Planner - Franklin Planner
October Planner Setup | Rosie Papeterie 2025 Order - dr_alvaplans
It’s a mess! / a few changes/ personal rings flip/ Gillio - Beverly Plans
October Plan With Me | A5 6-Ring VDS Custom Nero Croco Planner - Thevirgoals
Sterling Ink B5 Common Planner | Partial 2025 Set Up | Planner Chat - Nessie Plans
Challenge: Designing A Digital Franklin Planner - Can It Be Done? - Carl Pullein
Filofax personal organiser hack - A4 Fold - Flatability
Discover the Rylan Binder - Franklin Planner
FC Compact October Theme & Plan With Me | Midnight Moterm Personal Luxe 2.0 | FCC Inserts - My Moxie Dreams
October planner setup. Pretty spooky. - Planner fun and inspiration with Melissa
October Set Up in my Planner | Making Tabbed Dividers | New Fall Decor - Buy Sell Plan Inc.
Plan With Me || Oct 7-13th, 2024 || Franklin Classic Nostalgia Rose Anna Binder || Coffee Theme - Sandra Dahl
The Leadership Planner - Franklin Planner
Updating my September pages in my Reading Journal - Lisa
DIY - Make a TIME TRACKER in Procreate. For planner, bullet journal, filofax - iria airi
Decorating my filofax for fall - Life with Hope
October Filofax Pocket Rings: Setup, Flip, and Migration - Plan.adayshay
Filofax Fest! Let's Get Ready For October - One Crafty Dolo
6 Months review on Filofax Personal Nappa | Sharing many pros and a few cons - minimalish.journal
Filofax Metropol A4 Zip Portfolio with Rings - Linda aka tortagialla
October 2024 Planner Setup & Flip-Thru | Filofax Malden Personal - Latrice Sherell
Wochendeko KW 40 | Mystic Forest | Filofax A5 Planer | #decotogether2024 Vol. 2 | planerbeere - Planerbeere
Let's buy 2025 Filofax inserts - Kiss My A's
Reviewing my A4 filofax after 2 years - Jayne Rout
Planner Non Essentials | Tools for your Planner | Filofax for Fun! - Brandon aka BVPDX
Filofax Ring Binder, HP Sprocket + Delfonics Unboxing | Budgeting and Planning Essentials Haul - Income Babes Budgets
Filofax pocket rings Metropol flip through - mrs Planahead
What I Got During Amazon’s Filofax Sale - RosiesPlanners
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