Free For All Tuesday - No. 591

So what questions or discussion points have you got for us today?

It doesn't matter if you are a beginner or a more experienced user of organisers, we want to hear your thoughts, questions, opinions etc.

We are here to answer your questions.

Make today the one day you post a comment or a question.

It is Tuesday after all so fire away with any questions and comments.

A date for your diary - Sunday 5 June 2022

Given the success and the number of people that took part in the recent  'Virtual Meet Ups' we are going to run another one.

When? - Sunday 5 June 2022 at the following time:

• Los Angeles 8:00 am, 
• Denver 9:00 am
• Dallas 10:00 am, 
• New York 11:00am, 
• Moncton 12:00 noon,
• London 4:00 pm 
• Paris 5:00 pm etc.  

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 Skype. with voice and video (if you wish)

Join the chat here: https://join.skype.com/A85fEyS7HPUP

What do I need? - just a micro-phone and some head phones(in ear phones work fine) and a free Skype 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 - All of you... Join the chat here: https://join.skype.com/A85fEyS7HPUP  Come and listen if you don't want to chat.  What do we talk about? Filofax stuff... but anything else as well. It's like long lost friends meeting up for coffee and a catch up.. but don't worry if you have never joined in before... you are an old friend too!

If you have any questions you want to ask then please let us know in the group or before we start.

Come and join in the fun, even if you only pop in to say hello... but don't be afraid to join in the discussion.

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

Here is my post on how to improve your Skype audio with headphones or a headset.

Hope to be chatting with you on Sunday 5 June 2022.

Silent Sunday

 

Filofax Malden Ochre

Web Finds - Saturday 28 May 2022

So now it is time to enjoy a few blog posts from around the internet,  so 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 21 May 2022
2. Silent Sunday
3. The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Plannerverse - Episode 126
4. Free For All Tuesday - No. 590
5. Video Web Finds - Wednesday 25 May 2022
6. Philofaxy
7. Free For All Friday No 707 by Laurie

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. Long-term-planning - Milligram - All
2. Increasing Your Awareness - FranklinPlanner Talk
3. The Traditional Method Of Goal Setting Is Seriously Flawed - QuickBooost
4. Paper Planner vs. Digital - Some small things
5. Episode #156: GTD Live – pt 11 - Getting Things Done 
6. The Franklin Five: June 2022 - FranklinPlanner Talk
7. Link Love: Leigh Weighs in on Sanzen Tomoe River - The Well-Appointed Desk
8. Web Finds – 25 May 2022 - Travellers Notebook Times
9. Your blog post could appear here. Please let us know if you have a blog that features ring bound organisers.

• Please leave a comment on any of the blogs you enjoyed reading and mention that you saw their post mentioned on Philofaxy. Thank you
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• We can not guarantee people will read your posts, but we know there is a higher chance of people reading your posts and returning to read other posts if you make them interesting with pictures and good hints and tips. 
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Enjoy

Free For All Friday No 707 by Laurie

Believe it or not, I am already planning events more than a year from now. I'm making reservations and writing in dates 13 months from now, and more.

I keep far-future planning pages in my Filofax for just such things. I have monthly pages all the way through 2024. I use the Philofaxy month on two pages free printables, and I print them single-sided so the backs of the pages are blank. I stuck on month tabs (I like the ones from Personal Planner but loads of businesses sell them) so I can flip easily to the right month. Between the months I add in pages for planning or notes related to anything happening that month, so that when I arrive at that month, everything I need to know is already there. 

Do you do far-future planning in your Filofax? What system do you have for planning beyond the current year?

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

Malden - New Release

Filofax have today released a new Malden Pink range. 

As far as the colour goes it is a definite pink, not a washed out pastel colour or a neon bright pink, a fairly neutral pink I would say. 

They are making it available in all the usual sizes, Mini, Pocket, Personal and A5. 

See it today at Filofax UK  

Philofaxy

Welcome to Philofaxy.

If you are new to the site or you have been here for a while, this post is a way to show you around so you get the most from the site.

As you might have seen there is a lot of information on here and you might have problems remembering where everything is, so we hope to be able to help you out with how to find things to get the most out of the site.

So looking at the Home page you are on now, below the banner you will see: Home, About, Adspot etc

Home: Takes you back to the start page from where ever you are on the site, clicking on the banner does the same.

About: How to contact us at Philofaxy and some background on the contributors.

Ad Spot: This is our readers advert page, you can place a wanted or for sale advert for your Filofax goods here free of charge. However, we do recommend donating to one of our favourite charities, but it's based on an honesty system, we don't check up on who has made donations and who hasn't.  This page is great because you are buying from people that do understand the Filofax range unlike some Ebay sellers... 

Catalogues: We have scans of previous Filofax catalogues with the some very old examples and most of the recent ones available in normal and high definition. See the Catalogues page.

File of Facts: This is a book about Filofax and other brands of ring bound organisers published by Steve in 2022. You will find information about the book and buying links on this page. 

Diaries: We have a large range of printable diary inserts for all sizes of Filofax organisers. The  2020 inserts are available here, with the 2023 ones also available here.

Files: This the home for all our downloadable template files which you are welcome to customise to your own needs or just print them off as they are.

Links: Links to lots of blogs and other Filofax related sites. 

Suppliers: Looking for a Filofax or inserts or accessories, then this page is a good place to start.

Searching Philofaxy -  With in excess of 5600 posts on Philofaxy spread over 17 years, finding exactly the information you want could be quite a task... however we do have some tools to help you:

• Search - Pop a key word in to the search box in the sidebar and the search tool will find all of the posts with that keyword in it.
• Labels - Further down the sidebar you will find the label cloud again this will find all the posts with those labels on the posts. We try to label all posts, although some of the earlier ones are unlabelled... another job still to be done!

Subscribing to Philofaxy

• RSS - You can add Philofaxy to your favourite RSS reader such as Protopage.
• Email - If you want to receive each post by email, pop your email in to the subscribe by email box  and follow the instructions. This service is provided by an external service. They will send you a verification email which you have to click a link in to confirm your email address in the usual way.

Philofaxy on the Web

• Facebook - You will find our Facebook page here
• There is a very active Facebook group here. 
• Twitter - We are very active on Twitter as @philofaxy 
• Linking back to Philofaxy - If you would like to link back to Philofaxy from your website or blog we have a 'badge' with the exact code which you will find at the bottom of the side bar. 
• Instagram - Steve is on Instagram as MrPhilofaxy

Regular Posts on Philofaxy

• Free For All Tuesday - Questions and Answers on any Filofax related topic
• Free For All Friday - General discussion, open house for anything Filofax related
• Webfinds - Each weeks round up of other Filofax related posts on the web

Other Philofaxy Events

• Meet Ups - We have held several very successful meet ups, they vary in size from as little as two or three people up to twelve people, these have been held in London, New York, France, Holland, with other ones planned for other countries around the world.  Although meeting 'people off the internet' can sometimes seem a little odd, we all have at least one interest in common and everyone I've met at all the different meet ups have been great people to sit and chat with.  

Guest Posts on Philofaxy
We welcome people to do guest posts on Philofaxy, but they must be about ring bound planners of some type or be associated with planners, time management in some way. We do not respond to requests to post links along with guest posts about pensions, raising a family, investment opportunities in the Scilly Isles, etc. etc.... yes we get frequent offers like this in the Philofaxy in-box!  If you would like to do a genuine guest post this post will be a great help to you.   

Plannercast/Podcast

We have been 'broadcasting' since February 2016, with 126 episodes published already.

The podcast is now available on Spotify and Google Podcasts, in addition to the usual sources. So what ever device or app you use, you should be able to find us. See the full list here, each one holds all of the previous episodes:

• Google Podcasts
• Spotify
• Philofaxy direct download

You don't have to go back to the first one, we have tried to make each one a complete episode and we attempt to avoid mentioning when it was recorded, so you can dip in to and listen to them in any order and listen to just the episodes that interest you. 

Become a Patron! 

We have a Patreon page for people to be able to donate a small amount of money or more if they wish. The money helps to support the podcast team (Karine and Steve) and the money is used to pay for services we use to publish the podcast episodes as well as equipment and service updates to keep the quality of the podcast as high as possible.

We are giving Patrons some exclusive content and the ability to listen to new episodes a few days earlier than others. We will always keep them free to listen to generally. But the subscription income helps us to keep the podcast 'advert free' without advert breaks and annoying 'plugs' for non-relevant companies etc.

Thank you everyone for your continued support.

If you have any ideas for future episodes even if it is a topic we might have previously discussed please email podcast at philofaxy dot com  and the email will find its way to Karine and Steve.

That was a bit of a lightening tour around the site and some of our activities. Please do add a comment on to posts, we love to get feedback and we do read all the comments.

Video Web Finds - Wednesday 25 May 2022

So I hope you have had a good weekend.

So 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. A6 Gillio Ring Planner - Monique Smith
2. I soaked my filofax in Nivea for a year! - Flatability
3. PLANNER CHAT AND Q & A | May 2022 - Tiffany’s Plans
4. Setting Up My New Personal Ring Planner! || And Unboxing from MarlenesPlan2Create - GanchiPlans
5. 2022 Planner Set Up and Flip Through | Project Planner | LV Agenda - Rana Plans
6. Trying a Ring Agenda Planner for the First Time  | mostly chatty - Ashley Nicole - ScentsWithAshleyP
7. Franklin Covey Plan With Me || May 23 - 29th || Pale Pink Anna Binder - Sandra Dahl
8. Mid week plan with me in my Franklin Covey Cognac Anna binder. Agendio day on 2 page inserts - BuySellPlan
9. A6 Gillio Rings - Plan w/ Me: Music - Monique Smith
10. This week’s layout using Moterm /Filofax - Samantha Gibson- Choose_Your_Planning
11. Seriously! I’d be lost without my planner. - BuySellPlan
12. Filofax Finsbury| Personal Planner|June Financial Setup - Stephanie's Homestyle
13. Filofax Saffiano Compact Organiser Plan With Me! | May 9th - 15th - Leigh's Planner
14. Updated Flip Thru - Personal Planner and New Cover! - Christine Louise on Paper
15. New Filofax Organizational Tools: Unboxing and First Impressions - dr_alvaplans
16. Juni Budget Gestaltung  | Budgetieren im Filofax - From My Point Of View - Budget
17. A5 Filofax Saffiano planner flip-through - crystalplans
18. A5 Filofax Saffiano Rose Gold Organizer Set-Up / Organizer Set-Up - ArtsyFoxyMamaG
19. Battle of the Minis: Filofax mini and Moterm mini pen loop comparison - Managing Marlys
20. Filofax. Наполнение - The Object
21. FILOFAX 100 King & Lockwood - Dream Planner
22. All the Minis: Chicsparrow, Filofax, Moterm, Foxyfix traveler's notebooks and 5 ring mini...Part 1 - Managing Marlys
23. Wie nutze ich meinen Kalender, Mein Filofax, Planer Aufbau - Himbeere süßsauer
24. Your YouTube video could appear here. If you have a YT channel that features Filofax organisers or similar, please let us know.

• 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. 

Enjoy

Free For All Tuesday - No. 590

So what questions or discussion points have you got for us today?

It doesn't matter if you are a beginner or a more experienced user of organisers, we want to hear your thoughts, questions, opinions etc.

We are here to answer your questions.

Make today the one day you post a comment or a question.

It is Tuesday after all so fire away with any questions and comments.

The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Plannerverse - Episode 126

Planner Fail?

Tracking Habits can help you being a victim of 'Planner Fail' We discuss different strategies for tracking habits and other parameters in your daily life

Thank you to all our Patreon supporters in helping to bring you this episode. 

If you have ideas for future episodes, please send them to podcast at philofaxy dot com

Show Notes (timings approximate)
00:00 - Introductions.

01:30 - Planner Fail, or Operator Fail?

03:00 - Give any change to your system time to work through.

04:30 - Article.

05:00 - Habit Tracking and many other things.

08:00 - Don't stop planning.

10:30 - What size? Rings or Discs? 

12:00 - How many planners?

14:00 - Give yourself time to keep your planner up to date.

18:00 - A new week, the last week is history. 

18:45 - Set yourself an electronic alarm/alert to remind you to use your paper planner!

20:00 - Your planner should be your focus. 

21:00 - Develop your tracking gradually.

24:00 - Don't be fixed in your aims and goals through the year.

27:00 - Customise your planner for your own needs.

30:00 - C.L.A.S.S - Comment, Like, And, Subscribe and Share

Links:

• The Ultimate Habit Tracker Guide: Why and How to Track Your Habits - James Clear

Become a Patron! 

Please support the podcast via Patreon by doing so you will be helping us with the making of these advert free podcasts. By being a Patreon supporter you will gain early access to each podcast episode and be able to download the show notes. We also aim to introduce other benefits in the near future.

A direct download is also available here: Episode126.mp3

• Amazon Music Podcasts 
• Google Podcasts
• Spotify

Presenters - Steve Morton & Karine Tovmassian

Editing and production - Steve Morton

Our Websites:
Karine: Plannerology, Throat Punch Resumes, IG: Karine Tovmassian TheAyurvedic108
Steve: Philofaxy, Travellers Notebook Times,  IG: Mr Philofaxy, Steve Morton Book: File of Facts

Naturally we would love to hear your feedback on the podcast. If you use iTunes please gives us your rating or reviews of the podcast.

If you want a quick link to all the podcasts remember: https://philofaxy.com/podcast/

Remember if you have liked this podcast, don't forget to like it, subscribe to it and share the podcast.

Previous Episodes:

2022

125 - Vintage

124 - The Duelling Debate of Paper vs. Digital

123 - Choosing a planner

122 - How to Get Motivated When There is No Motivation

2021

121 - Tips To Feel Healthier At Home

120 - Analogue Tools in our Digital World

119 - Real Life vs Planner Life?

118 - Guest Interview - Jena Peebles - The Pixel Artist and Her Planner

117 - Habits

116 - How To Turn Any Planner Into A Franklin Covey System Planner

115 - Developing Values for Advance Planning

114 - Habit Tracking

113 - Update and Tasks (short episode)

112 - Turning any planner in to a productivity planner

111 - The Pocket Planner - The most underrated size?

110 - Your Life All in One Place

109 - Project Planning: From Start to Finish

108 - How to Plan for 2021 despite 2020

2020
107 - Questions and Answers Session for Steve and Karine.

106 - Practical ways to get yourself out of a funk while using your planner.

105 - Time Management for those that are being managed by time.

104 - Planning for a medical emergency.
103 - Trust the process.

102 - The Return.

101 - The Mighty Little Checklist: The Unsung Hero of Success
100 - What do we use every day?
99 - Some Day May Be
98 - Transform Your Productivity
97 - Getting out of Stuck

2019

96 - Minimalist Planning.
95 - How to take your planning to the next level.
94 - Mission and Vision Statements
93 - How to plan your year in advance
92 - Workflows
91 - How to plan in a week that is already a busy one.
90 - Avoiding mistakes in planning
89 - Refocus
88 - When Your Plans or Goals Don't Work Out
87 - Decluttering Your Life - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
86 - Accessories for your Planner - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
85 - Journaling -  A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
84 - Workflows - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf

2018

83 - Routines - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
82 - Productivity 201 - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
81 - Planner Sizes - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
80 - Do you have too many planners? - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
79 - Improving Your Planning Productivity - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
78 - Ten reasons why you have stopped planning - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
77 - Letting Your Planner Take The Strain - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
76 - The Franken Flex - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
75 - Decluttering - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
74 - Engagement - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
73 - Reflection and Review - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
72 - Organisation - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
71 - Clarification - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
70 - Capture - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
69 - How to do nothing - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
68 - Changes - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
67 - Tones versus Pulses - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf

2017

66 - Planning and Execution - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
65 - The Power of Habit - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
64 - Planning for the end of the year - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
63 - Planning For Unexpected Life Events - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
62 - Staying in two sizes of planner - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
61 - Staying in one size of planner. - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
60 - Functional Planning - Macro and Micro Planning - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
59 - PlannerCon Europe - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
58 - Speeding up by slowing down - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
57 - To Do Lists and Diary Pages -  A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
56 - Hints and Tips on making planner videos - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
55 - Keeping up to date - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
54 - Interview with Jennifer Powell at PlannerCon - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
53 - Conferences and Meet Ups - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
52 - The Magic of Contextualising Your Life - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
51 - Guest Interview - Rose Orchard - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
50 - Organising your significant other - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
49 - Creating the ultimate planner - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
48 - Getting past New Years resolutions - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
47 - How to understand being a planner newbie - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
46 - Buying and Selling 101 - A5 docx pdf Personal docx pdf
45 - A5 or A6 - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
44 - End of Year - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf

2016 

43 - Digital Planning vs Analogue Planning - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
42 - Planning vs Organising - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
41 - Short and Long Term Planning - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
40 - Good and Bad Planner Habits - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
39 - Tackling Planner Size Change - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
38 - Self-Improvement or Personal Development - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
37 - What is productivity anyway - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
36 - The Planner Community - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
35 - Wellness Planner - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
34 - Listeners Question - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
33 - Pens and other writing instruments - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
32 - Proper storage, care and shipping of planners, rings etc - A5 docx pdf Personal docx pdf
31 - Guest Interview - Louise Umeki - Plannercon 2017 - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
30 - Form Following Function -  A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
29 - Seasonal To Do Lists - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
28 - Making and keeping annual goals - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
27 - Organising the family - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
26 - Guest interview - Theresa Hall - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
25 - Guest interview - Ray Blake - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
24 - Defining the important things from the urgent things - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
23 - Guest interview with Rita Sedani - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
22 - Printing your own inserts - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
21 - How to derail your planning system by over thinking - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
20 - Digital devices/services and your analogue planner - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
19 - What To Keep In Your 'Others' Tab - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
18 - Zombie Apocalypse Preparation - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
17 - Managing Finances In Your Planner - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
16 - Planning for those of us who actually can't live without planning, with guest co-host Carie Harling - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
15 - Automation Nirvana - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
14 - Work Life Balance and Your Planner - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
13 - GTD Productivity And Using Your Paper Planner - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
12 - Job Seeking and Keeping - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
11 - Planner Fail -  A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
10 - Planner Hacks - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
9 - Planner Planning - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
8 - Choosing Inserts - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
7 - How do you carry your planner - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
6 - Planners on the go - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
5 - Why would you pay more than the price of a Filofax? - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
4 - Using Your Planner To Create Permanent Habit Changes - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
3 - Getting on with two or more planners - A5 docx pdf Personal docx pdf
2 - Where to start your planning journey and why - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
1 - What size and why....  - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf

 

Silent Sunday

Van der Spek A5 Custom Organiser

 

Web Finds - Saturday 21 May 2022

So now it is time to enjoy a few blog posts from around the internet,  so 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 14 May 2022
2. Silent Sunday
3. Guest Post: Filofax Japan 100 Years Centennial Edition
4. Free For All Tuesday - No. 589
5. Video Web Finds - Wednesday 18 May 2022
6. What else is in your organiser?
7. Free For All Friday - No. 706 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. Gucci organiser part 2 - This Bug's Life
2. Episode #155: GTD Live – pt 10 - Getting Things Done
3. In my bag (May 2022) - Planners | private universe timeline
4. 8 Business Managment Tips I Learned in 8 Years in Business - Strange & Charmed
5. Filofax personal-sized Ranger organiser in brown - This Bug's Life
6. Implementing Habit 3 By Putting Family First - FranklinPlanner Talk
7. Web Finds – 18 May 2022 - Travellers Notebook Times
8. Your blog post could appear here. Please let us know if you have a blog that features ring bound organisers.

• Please leave a comment on any of the blogs you enjoyed reading and mention that you saw their post mentioned on Philofaxy. Thank you
• We monitor over 400 blogs and sites, your Filofax/Organiser blog posts could appear in this list, just contact philofaxy at gmail dot com to be added to our monitoring list. 
• We can not guarantee people will read your posts, but we know there is a higher chance of people reading your posts and returning to read other posts if you make them interesting with pictures and good hints and tips. 
• Your Filofax/Organiser posts 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

Enjoy

Free For All Friday - No. 706 by Anita

Life has been a bit full-on for the last number of years, so I'm currently in a bit of a recovery phase where I've been resting, starting to declutter more and looking for ways to simplify things. Unsurprisingly, that means that I've started to think about how I can simplify and review how I use my Filofaxes. 

My current inventory:

1. Pocket (A7) Moterm - unused as I've realised that pocket is too small for me 
2. Lefax City Slimline - unused
   
3. Personal Kensington - my favourite that's been in use since January 2020 and still in this set up
4. Custom standard Van der Spek - holding spare inserts 
5. Vintage non-branded (very similar to a Winchester) - unused
6. A5 Original - in use since November 2020 for work

Whilst I own six in total, only two are in use on a regular basis (Kensington and Original), so I think that it's time for me to start rehoming the others. 

 

I'm also going to try a couple of different set ups to help me catch up on some backlog projects, whilst using the Original still for work:

• Using the Lefax slimline as my main binder, with the Kensington holding the old inserts that need to be processed
• Everything in the Kensington - the first two sections will be for current lists and notes, with a third which will hold the backlog. 

I'm looking forward to taking some action towards getting back up to date, and will write some posts on the set ups and how I'm getting on with them. I'm currently planning on rehoming three binders, so I now will decide which extra one that I'll be keeping, along with the two in use. 

Have you recently been looking to simplify your set up or how many organisers that you use?

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