Silent Sunday

 Thank you to Lucy for the photo of her Filofax Deco. 

Web Finds - Saturday 2 May 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 25 April 2026
2. Silent Sunday
3. Guest Post: Slim Bible Models - by Hans
4. Free For All Tuesday - No. 795
5. Video Web Finds - Wednesday 29 April 2026
6. Filofax France 2002 Catalogue
7. Free For All Friday No. 912 by Eve

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. Functional vs. Pretty Planning - Which is Better (IMO) - Planner Fun
2. Ideas for a Personal sized organizer - Filofax
3. The Best Academic Planner System For People Who Hate Being Overwhelmed - MAY PAPER CO. - The Journal
4. Why You’re Burnt Out (Even If You’re “Successful”) And How to Fix It - Strange & Charmed
5. Looking for inserts - Filofax
6. Episode #360: David Allen and Gina DiRoma - Getting Things Done
7. Aligning Your Daily Plans With Your Natural Energy - FranklinPlanner Talk
8. thrift score - Filofax
9. Louis Vuitton Agenda Size Comparison: GM vs MM vs PM vs Desk Agenda - Which One Should You Buy? - MAY PAPER CO. - The Journal
10. Black/Orange restock & release - Blog | Gillio
11. The fastest and easiest way to resize printables - All About Planners
12. Link Love: Chicago, here I come! - The Well-Appointed Desk
13. Web Finds – 29 April 2026 - Travellers Notebook Times
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Free For All Friday No. 912 by Eve

Weekly or Daily? Choosing the Right Planning View

The weekly versus daily debate never really goes away; it simply waits until your current inserts start irritating you. Or is that just a me thing?

One of my favorite things about using a ring planner is that if  when your planning style changes, you do not have to stage a dramatic farewell to all of your inserts. You simply pop open the rings (correctly...using the tabs!) and try something else.

The weekly versus daily question comes up regularly for me, and the answer is usually: both work well until they don’t.

A weekly layout is excellent if you like seeing an overview of the whole week at once. Appointments, deadlines, and commitments sit together in one place, which makes it easier to judge whether a given day is already too ambitious before adding three more things to it. 

A weekly spread can also encourage restraint; when space is limited, you tend to write down what matters the most, rather than brain dumping everything in your head.

The difficulty comes when real life refuses to stay neatly inside a small box. A week that looked perfectly manageable on Monday morning can become crowded by lunchtime on Wednesday, leaving arrows, squeezed notes, and increasingly creative handwriting in the margins.

A daily layout solves that problem by offering more space; sometimes glorious amounts of it depending on what size you are in. There is room for tasks, notes, phone calls, reminders, and whatever else appears halfway through the day demanding attention. 

For busy or unpredictable schedules, daily pages often feel more forgiving because they accept that some days simply need more room than others.  Of course, daily pages have their own weakness. It is possible to become so focused on today that the end of the week is suddenly in your face without warning.

That is why many people eventually find themselves using both types of layouts in some form...a weekly view for perspective, and a daily page for drilling down into the details. One tells you where the week is heading; the other helps you survive the day.

In the end, the best format is the one that helps you keep track of real life with the least amount of friction. A planner does not earn extra credit for looking beautifully structured if by Thursday you are writing reminders on scraps of paper because your layout has stopped cooperating. 

So, are you naturally a weekly planner, a daily planner, a "little bit of both" planner, or someone who keeps changing depending on what life currently looks like?

As usual on Fridays, feel free to discuss anything ring planner related.

Filofax France 2002 Catalogue

With thanks to Emmanuel for sending me this catalogue. Whilst we already have the 2002 UK catalogue in our archive. There are sometimes small differences between the countries in what was sold there in the same year. 

 

Video Web Finds - Wednesday 29 April 2026

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. Why I went back to paper - Franklin Planner
2. Popping in to say Hello || Personal Rings Update - Life With MJB
3. Switching things up for spring - dr_alvaplans
4. Which planner & binder combo is best for you? - Franklin Planner
5. This Weekly Reset Will Change Your Life - Rachelle in theory
6. I Tried Discbound & Ring Binder — Here’s What Actually Matters - MeePlus
7. Planner Flip: Louis Vuitton MM Agenda | Monthly & Weekly Planner - LA Plans 
8. These 5 Systems Will Unlock Your Soft Productivity Era #softproductivity - Alexis aka MissTrenchcoat
9. Franklin Planner Podcast Episode 19: Governing Values and Proactive Living with Misty Howard - Franklin Planner
10. Plan With Me || Franklin Classic || April 27 - May 3, 2026 || Last Week in my Majestic Teal Binder! - Sandra Dahl
11. 8Lotus May 2026 Deluxe Box | Detailed Review | The Planner Aisle - The Planner Aisle
12. May Planner Set Up: Weekly & Monthly Inserts | Louis Vuitton MM Agenda | Plan With Me - LA Plans
13. Оформляем эту неделю в pocket - Lisenok Li
14. april in my filofax - cosy and productive days in my life - mellopapero
15. Filofax Reset and Plan With Me - Boldly Inked
16. Filofax Malden | FCC | New Filofax Unboxing! | Personal Rings - Life with Lisa Ann
17. Too many hobbies? Good. (Filofax setup for the multi-passionate) - In Edition Two
18. Filofax Unboxing Saffiano | Original Personal plus mini set up - April 2026 - Mycreativechroniclife
19. Updated Planner Setup | Moterm Personal Luxe 2.0 in Dune | Planner Flipthrough - Randi Sullivan
20. 2026 filofax setup | how I use my hobonichi weeks in my filofax - sarah angelina
21. From Notebook to Ring System | Moving My A5 Idea Book into the MeePlus Slimpad - Kikay Krafts & Journals
22. proof of life | ep. 19 ✸ april in my ring binder, side projects - Megan Rhiannon
23. Mulberry Agenda Unboxing and Setup A6 Planner & Journal - Aesthetic Paper Co
24. My Mulberry Postman Lock A6 Agenda Setup 2019 - J Lee
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