Philofaxy: October 2024

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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08 October 2024

Free For All Tuesday - No. 714

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07 October 2024

My first Filofax - Sally

Thank you Sally for contributing her own 'My Filofax'

My first Filofax was a burgundy personal Windsor. I bought this in 1993 from Bentalls department store.

As I recall there wasn’t much choice but this one suited my needs.

I have used a number of different organiser sizes and the Windsor is currently in use.

The leather is not the best quality and it is, understandably, showing some wear although there is plenty of life left in it.

I particularly like the pocket configuration and its flatability.

Even after 30 years the rings are still excellent.

Thank you Sally.

If you want to share your own 'My First Filofax' please contact Steve: philofaxy at gmail dot com

06 October 2024

Silent Sunday

Gloucester 6CL binder with a “Pen4lder“ accessory from Japan

05 October 2024

Web Finds - Saturday 5 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.

Filofax Pimlico - Filofax
Guest Post at Philofaxy - Notebook Stories
QR Code inserts - feedback - Filofax
Free Midori TN calendar (diary) inserts for 2025: Part 4 - Personal size layout - My Life All in One Place
Episode #278: Slice of GTD Life with Emily - Getting Things Done
How many active ring planners do you have, and what are you using each of them for? - Filofax
Free Midori TN calendar (diary) inserts for 2025: Part 5 - Moleskine large cahier size layouts - My Life All in One Place
Does anyone know how often the Filofax website restocks? - Filofax
October Purposeful Planning - FranklinPlanner Talk
Free Midori TN calendar (diary) inserts for 2025: Part 6 - Field Notes size layouts - My Life All in One Place
A5 Filofax 1YR later - Filofax
Link Love: Stripey Saturday - The Well-Appointed Desk
Web Finds – 2 October 2024 - Travellers Notebook Times
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04 October 2024

Free For All Friday - No. 830 by Anita

Thinking back about my Filofax use over the years, I've realised recently that for the majority of the time I have used only one at a time. For some years, I did also use an A5 for planning projects and for writing longer notes, but the personal one was my external brain. Over time, I rehomed the A5s though, as I just didn't end up looking at them as my focus was mainly on the personal sized one.

For some reason recently, I've been toying with the idea of using a second Filofax in some other way, but I haven't decided on what exactly. I quite like the idea of setting up the second as a commonplace book, so as I do, wondered if there was already a post on the subject on Philofaxy.

I found this wonderful guest post - Guest Post: The Filofax that started it all - Jane and also another great post on another site that I'm going to have a look at - https://www.megan-rhiannon.com/gloomy-archive/2024/3/26/on-commonplacing

Do you or have you set up a Filofax as a commonplace book, and if so, do you have any tips or recommendations that you'd like to share?

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

03 October 2024

Highlights for September 2024

Here are the highlights for last month.

We published the following posts.

General Posts:

Free For All Tuesday and Friday Posts:

Sunday Posts:

Web Finds Posts:

If you have any ideas for future posts we look forward to hearing your suggestions, please comment below.

If you are on Facebook don't forget to join the Filofax for Philofaxy Fans group.

If you have a guest post idea, please contact steve at philofaxy dot com or if there is a topic you would like to see us cover or revisit also please contact Steve.

I hope you find this post useful, please let us know in the comments and we will do our best to do a highlights post each month.

Wishing you all the best for August 2024.

02 October 2024

Video Web Finds - Wednesday 2 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.

September Planner Reflections | Orderli Order - dr_alvaplans
Master Your Time With These 3 Simple Steps! - Carl Pullein
Filofax personal size, and how I use it - Flatability
Forget Tech: The Franklin Planner Can Do It All. - Carl Pullein
Plan With Me || Franklin Classic Nostalgia Rose Anna || Sep. 30th - Oct. 6, 2024 - Sandra Dahl
A filofax infodump | ep. 9 ✸ progress, an undercover bog vlog - Megan Rhiannon
VDS & Gillio Unboxing! | Special Nomad, Giramondo Deluxe & Medium Mia Cara - CC's Brilliant Plan
Franklin Planner Insert Overview and Comparison - Sandra Dahl
Filofax Planners Destash - Plan with Fran
September update | Common planner and pocket Filofax - Maria Moonxwitch
Fall compact Filofax setup - S.E.R plans
Planners and journals that I used so far this year - Marsia Bramucci
Large Amazon Haul / Sale Items / Filofax Pocket Ring Planner - Planningwithmonserrate
Franklin Planner Haul 2024 || All New Products I've Never Had Before! - Sandra Dahl
Filofax plan with me - S.E.R plans
Filofax Original- 5 Reasons why I’m moving back into an A5 Ring Planner - Jen’s Crafts and Journals
Unboxing // Inks & Filofax Cover | Honest Review - Samantha Lissette
Filofax Domino Soft A5 Organizer In Soft Blue | Haul, First Impressions And Pen Test - My True Life
Mini rings plan with me | October set up and flip through | Filofax Mini Malden - plannercoven
A Review Of My Most Used Planners For 2024 | Filofax Malden & Soft Domino| Planner Decor - Shirley Joss
Filofax Fest! Let's Get Ready For October - One Crafty Dolo
FILOFAX Maldenの10月セットアップと中身紹介 - Journaling Yogi
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01 October 2024

Free For All Tuesday - No. 713

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