Philofaxy: September 2023

30 September 2023

Web Finds - Saturday 30 September 2023

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.

We have a date! - Lime Tree Fruits
Episode #226: Software Journey - Getting Things Done
Filofax plastic dividers - This Bug's Life
Colorful time blocked weekly spread using Happy Planner Stickers - All About Planners
The Franklin Five: October 2023 - FranklinPlanner Talk
Techniques for Effective Task Prioritization - Planner Fun
Link Love: SHITT (Should I Try This?) - The Well-Appointed Desk
Web Finds – 27 September 2023 - Travellers Notebook Times
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29 September 2023

Free For All Friday - No. 777 by Steve

'Non believers' and I don't mean in any form of religious sense...! Non believers in the sense of people that don't believe that they need to use a planner of any sort, digital or paper.

These are the people that need prompting to do anything, but not all services we deal with remind us when things are about to expire.

You need to be pro-active and apply before the expiry date or due date, what ever it might be.

I come across non-believers all the time in my voluntary work, and when their applications have expired they moan that they didn't receive the reminder..... even though they might have been sent two emails before the expiry date.

I always remind them that it is their responsibility to apply for renewal before the expiry date, I even suggest putting it in their Filofax (just to see what reaction I get!) or their phone calendar. Sadly they rarely seem to use either!

How do these people get through life? Answers in a short comment please!!

To my believer friends that read this blog.... you are of course welcome to discuss anything else planner related.

Have a good weekend.

28 September 2023

Philofaxy Meet Up - London - 23rd September 2023

We held another meet up in London last Saturday that was very enjoyable.

If you have not been to a meet up, you should make a plan to get to one. Or organise one yourself in a large town/city near by, I drew up a few years ago some simple guidelines on how to set up a simple meet up.

I was expecting a lot more people to attend. I had 15/16 people on my list but five people emailed me before or on the day apologising for not being able to come for various reasons including illness, I was very grateful for this advanced notice. Sadly I don't know what happened to the others.

Five of us were sat close to the entrance of the restaurant and we would have been fairly obvious given the number of organisers on the table!! Anyway what ever...

We were pleased to have David Round from William Hannah Ltd attend. David has attended before but it was great to chat with him about his products and how the new leather options are made. He had some different samples with him so we could see and feel the differences between their classic smooth leather, tumbled leather and pebbled/textured leather.

Before we met up I had a wander in to John Lewis, their stationery department is still in the basement, but it seems to occupy less floor space than before. Also their stock of Filofax organisers was also reduced, limited to a glass cabinet, plus a small rack of inserts.

After a few hours we all went our separate ways, but it had been an enjoyable meet up and it was great to see some familiar faces once again.

After a day with the young Morton family on the Sunday, I boarded the Eurostar on Monday morning to be whisked back home to France.

I hope to organise another face to face meet up sometime in early 2024. I hope a few more people will be able to attend. Until then, there are the 'Virtual Meet Ups' on Skype with the next one this coming Sunday.

27 September 2023

Video Web Finds - Wednesday 27 September 2023

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 Classic || Plan With Me || Sep. 25th - Oct. 1, 2023 - Sandra Dahl
Planner Chaos Continues | 2024 Plans? - NatalieWritesPlans
Filofax A5 Pink Malden Unboxing & Setup - Arie Bea
Highlight | Unboxing Filofax Classic Croc Personal Organiser - Mariane Cresp
Plan With Me: September Week 4 Reset | Filofax Personal Planner | 2023 Filofax Planner - Brittany Vasquez
2024 Erin Condren A5 Daily Duo Agenda in Filofax Malden A5 Planner Setup | Ana Jolene - Ana Jolene
Switching Planner Functions | Filofax Malden Iris & Fuschia | Wind Sounds | A Little Chat About Me - Shirley Joss
Plan With Me September 24th, 2023 in my Franklin Covey using Monticello Planner - Jens Stamp Palace
A5 Work Planner: September Week 3 + Small Business Finances Planner | Filofax Planner - Brittany Vasquez
filofax Norfolk｜自作リフィル｜システム手帳｜ - 164‘s 家計簿&bujo
Распаковка Filofax Malden Charcoal | уголь - Недельные странички от filofax и раскладушки на год - Love to plan
September Weekly Setup in My A5 6-Ring Filofax Planner | Cloth & Paper 2024 Dated Planner Inserts - kristina summer
Saturday Fun - Foxy Fix Boss Babe Madison Personal Ring Planner - Moniki Plans
Unboxing Pocket Ring Planner - Review and Setup #pocketrings - ZenGlyph
Two Ring Planner Flips- one a companion to my main system (KISS) and one as a wallet - Everything Marmie
Unboxing moterm ukuran A6 - Wulan Sopyan
Unboxing of Moterm A5 - Moterm A5 Luxe Rings Planner Unboxing and Review Planner - Affluent Planner
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26 September 2023

Free For All Tuesday - No. 660

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 post a question.

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

25 September 2023

A Date For Your Diary - Sunday 1 October 2023

We are going to run another 'Virtual Meet Up' everyone is welcome.

When? - Sunday 1 October 2023 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:

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: 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 1 October 2023.

24 September 2023

Silent Sunday

Latest jigsaw with my personal Kensington

23 September 2023

Web Finds - Saturday 23 September 2023

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.

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.
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22 September 2023

Free for All Friday No. 776 by Nan

Like many of us who use organizers, I love what I have, but I can't help lusting after what I don't have!

For example, for years I've been using a ring-bound organizer, but I can't stop looking at bound planners such as the Full Focus Planner, Hobonichi Techo, or the Therapy Journal. In fact, I've not only looked at them, I've bought them! But I don't write in them: I use them for inspiration! I can often adapt layouts and journal prompts from these books to my own organizer pages.

Do you buy to use or to copy?

As always on Fridays, feel free to discuss any other topics related to ring-bound organizers!

21 September 2023

Gardening Tasks In Your Organiser

I'm not an expert when it comes to gardening. With a bit of research I managed to put together the pages linked below as a simple guide of what to do what month for inclusion in to my monthly pages of my organiser.

You might like to print off this simple guide for when to prune your plants and shrubs.

A5 When to prune (Gardening) - .docx .pdf
Personal When to prune (Gardening) - .docx .pdf

You might also want to use a simple year planner split in to months or the seasons to make a note of observations on when things come in to bloom, or when trees start to blossom. You can also record weather details, because frosts will have an impact on the flowering of bulbs in spring.

Download a suitable monthly or year planner from our diary inserts page, there are examples there for most sizes.

This work by Philofaxy is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. Please download, adapt, use, share, but don't charge or use commercially.

20 September 2023

Video Web Finds - Wednesday 20 September 2023

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.

Planner Setup and Flip-Through for this Month - Tonya Plans
Playing in Pocket Rings - Moniki Plans
VDS A5 Touch Me Planner Unboxing - Just Scribble
Van Der Spek unboxing -|VDS Pocket Planner, Stardust Croco - Liberty's Library
Q4 Planner Update! MakseLife, Clever Fox, Odyssey, VDS Rings - Carla Law
Flatability Coffee Break - Vintage Filofax, Pilot G2, V7, pen loops, Helix, Kaweco EDC tin, vintage - Flatability
Gold Gillio Medium Compagna Set Up - Nessie Plans
Filofax Personal Malden Soft Ocher Unboxing & Setup | Ariebea - Arie Bea
Franklin Classic || Plan With Me! || Sep. 18th - 24th, 2023 || Golden Aspen Binder - Sandra Dahl
August End-of-Month Planner Flip Through | I Found a Pocket in My A5 Filofax Norfolk - kristina summer
Flatability Podcast Episode 15 - Flatability
***Personal Size Flip Through and Deco’ *** - Christine Louise on Paper
September 2023 A5 6-Ring Filofax Monthly Setup | Plan with Me | My Month of No Shopping - kristina summer
Diář Filofax Notebook 2024 - plánování, které si přizpůsobíte - Activacek
Planner Setup | Erin Condren A5 Daily Duo Agenda in Filofax Original Patent Nude | Ana Jolene - Ana Jolene
Планирование в формате personal | filofax - Live love and plane
UNBOXING! | What's In The Box? | Filofax Personal Size Planner - Mariane Cresp
Planner Haul | Filofax A5 Malden Orchid Unboxing! | Ana Jolene - Ana Jolene
Two Ring Planner Flips- one a companion to my main system (KISS) and one as a wallet - Everything Marmie
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19 September 2023

Free For All Tuesday - No. 659

18 September 2023

Philofaxy Industries PLC!

Imagine for a moment that Philofaxy was a company and we decided to make our own brand of organisers. Yes this is imaginary and you will see why this is never going to become reality!!

Why are we even discussing this then? I was asked recently had we ever considered having our own brand of organisers?

My initial response was no, it would cost too much money and it would take up too much time. A simple answer I know. Time is something I don't have a lot of that is spare these days, so setting up a company or a distribution company would take quite a lot of time, dealing with orders etc etc you would require a team of people and they would need to be based somewhere like a warehouse or similar.

How many would you get made? This is a difficult one to answer, mainly because you would be at the behest of suppliers and their unit quantities of supply. Let's just take the ring mechanisms as a prime example.

A Philofaxy organiser would have to have Krause rings, nothing less would do? I can see you nodding your heads in agreement around our virtual board room table!

Krause will only supply rings in units of 1000 ring mechanisms. If we are going to sell organisers in A5, Personal, Pocket, then that would be 3000 sets of rings. They will not let you mix an order of a 1000 rings in different ring spacings or ring diameters. If you only sold A5 organisers but you wanted to offer 20 or 25mm and say 30 mm, that would be a 1000 or each ring diameter

If that is the case, then how do other sellers seem to sell much less than 1000 units. They buy from a whole seller not direct from Krause, but of course the price will be higher.

That is just one part of the puzzle. Who is going to make these organisers? Well there is no shortage of leather workshops around the world or in Europe, USA etc. However, unless you are keeping them fully occupied with your orders, they are going to be working for other companies as well as ours.

Making sure that the quality of the products is maintained will require a lot of careful monitoring, it might require frequent site visits to the workshop to ensure that the workers are cutting corners to save their own company time and money.

Assuming all these issues can be overcome and there are several I'm sure I've not mentioned.... there is then the sale of these organisers.

We have a very well established web presence... almost 20 years in fact.. but as soon as we start commercial operations, I'm sure the other similar sounding company that starts with an F instead of PH will be on to us with a cease and desist letter from their lawyers with a very fancy three or four name title!! Especially if we used our 'Philofax' branded website... yes I registered philofax.co.uk a few years ago! See this previous post as to why that exists! At present it loops back to the blog!

Setting up a whole new workshop with equipment and staff to make organisers like say Van der Spek would be a dream or nightmare depending on how you look at it!

Or the alternative of just getting them made by another company with our name on the items and we would just be sales and distribution like Gillio, also would be quite an expense.

To do it profitably requires quite a large holding of items, therefore large warehouse and staff to process orders. Also the makers have their profit margin and we would be adding our own profit margin on top of that to cover all the running costs which would add about 40-50% on the price of the basic item.

No, I don't have a warehouse.... only a large garage! It's already fairly full!

I think by now you can see why this is never going to happen.... well not with me in charge!

17 September 2023

Silent Sunday

Journal pages - thank you to Daniel

16 September 2023

Web Finds - Saturday 16 September 2023

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.

It all works out but just sometimes? - Lime Tree Fruits
Successful multi-taskers reveal the cathartic power of a to-do list - MSN
Episode #224: The Capture Step - Getting Things Done
Mega List of Planner Blogs and Websites - Planner Fun
7 Bullet journal daily spreads to try this week - All About Planners
It’s here!Make Any Planner Work For You! and NEW printables! - Lime Tree Fruits
6 ring binder for loose leaf storage - Reddit Filofax
Free Midori TN calendar (diary) inserts for 2024: Part 6 - Field Notes size layouts - My Life All in One Place
Patriot Day - FranklinPlanner Talk
Gillio Meetup 2023 - November 11th! - Gillio
Choose you door! - Lime Tree Fruits
An Efficient Minimalist Digital Planner - Planner Fun
Link Love: Cracks in the Sidewalk - The Well-Appointed Desk
Web Finds – 13 September 2023 - Travellers Notebook Times
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15 September 2023

Free For All Friday No 775 by Laurie

Some people like their Filofax to be neat. All the page edges line up, their dividers are pretty, and their handwriting is tidy.

My Filofax is a mess. I add whatever pages I like, and they don't always align perfectly. My page corners aren't rounded. My handwriting is atrocious. I have things messily taped to my tabbed dividers.

I like it that way.

I don't feel any pressure to make my Filofax tidy, or pretty. It holds things I love, and it works for me. That's what's important to me.

However I do understand when people like their planner to look tidy and/ or pretty. It is calming to have an organised-looking planner.

Do you like your planner to be neat and tidy? Or do you not mind it a little messy, like me?

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

14 September 2023

Gillio Meet Up 2023

It has been several years since the last Gillio Meet Up (2016), likewise the last PlannerCon Europe (2019).

However, this week Gillio announced that they are holding a Meet Up in Brussels on Saturday 11 November 2023.

It's a ticket only event, but the tickets are free.

I will be there, along with the other Gillio Group Admins (Christina, Susan and Mella)

You can find out all the details on the Gillio website and there is a link there to book yourself a ticket. Don't wait too long though as the tickets are going quickly.

Gillio Meetup 2023 - November 11th

13 September 2023

Video Web Finds - Wednesday 13 September 2023

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.

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
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12 September 2023

Free For All Tuesday - No. 658

11 September 2023

Vintage Filofax Models

Not all old models had names, the following will help you decode older model designations, e.g. 4CLF7/8W

First digit(s): The number of internal pockets
Next two Letters: Type of Leather:

C - Canvas
L Leather cloth
KL - Kid Leather
CL - Calf Leather
PL - Pigskin Leather
HL - Hide Leather
ML - Morocco Leather
BCL - Box Calf Leather
RH - Reindeer Hide
BL - Bridle Leather
SH - Saddle Hide Leather
CC - Crocodile Calf Leather
V or VR for Vinyl or Vinyl Rubber
W for Woven Leather

Next position: F for fasterner, J for Jotter, omitted for neither
Ring size in inches

You will find lots of other information about all aspects of Filofax Organisers in the book fILE of fACTS

10 September 2023

Silent Sunday

A4 Graphic and personal Kensington... quite a difference in size!

09 September 2023

Web Finds - Saturday 9 September 2023

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.

Filofax newbie basic information - Reddit Filofax
Celebrating Labor Day As An Entrepreneur - FranklinPlanner Talk
Pen Loop Location - Reddit Filofax
MakseLife Goal Planner Review (quarterly weekly and daily undated version) - All About Planners
Paper/Planner Review: Paper Republic Timeless Planner - The Well-Appointed Desk
Vinted Finsbury bargain - Reddit Filofax
Episode #223: Slice of GTD Life with Peter Byrom - Getting Things Done
Mastering ClickUp for Personal Use - Wendaful Planning
Monthly (Jan - Dec) dividers for A5 - Reddit Filofax
Pens, Paper, Pen Shows and PLOTTER - PLOTTER USA
Free Midori TN calendar (diary) inserts for 2024: Part 5 - Moleskine large cahier size layouts - My Life All in One Place
New secondhand A5 Finsbury - what inserts - Reddit Filofax
Link Love: Long Weekend, Short Attention Span - The Well-Appointed Desk
Web Finds – 6 September 2023 - Travellers Notebook Times
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