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| The Plotter Analog System |
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| Bible size Liscio leather in Brown |
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| Bible size Pueblo leather in Beige |
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| Bible size Shrink leather in Orange |
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| Bible size in Horsehair II leather in Gray |
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| My Bible sized haul! |
I recently decided to try the diary inserts for 2025 (they sell out FAST!) and intend to set up one of the binders as an EDC to test out the Plotter minimalist method of thinking about planning for. next year. I will keep you posted on how that works out with a follow up post.
I hope you have had a good weekend.
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What questions or discussion points have you got for us today?
You will find it as 1.5.1/1.5.2 on our Diary Inserts Page for the A5 version.
With a bit of editing I've managed to come up with a Personal Size version. It's not identical somethings have had to go to get it to fit the smaller page size. There is no longer the calendars at the top of the page.
I have done two versions. One that prints on to personal size paper, the other which you can print on to A4 paper. There are pros and cons as to which version you use.
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.|
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As the clocks are going back an hour that should be an extra hour in bed? Well I suspect as usual that extra hour will be spent correcting lots of clocks.
Lots of things change automatically I know, but there are still a lot of things that need manual intervention.
I have a list! As an insert of course!!
I do cheat... I will change a few of them the day before, ones that aren't going to be in use or visible. It reduces the task on Sunday morning.
The insert is just a To-Do list I relabelled and adapted for the twice yearly task. I have some notes on the reverse side on how to change things that aren't at first obvious.... the cooker... enough said...
What will you be spending your extra hour on this Sunday or next Sunday? But of course please feel free to discuss anything Filofax related.
Thank you to Gmax for providing the scans of this leaflet that answered the question about Lefax Pocket Organisers.
You will find our full catalogue collection here.
I hope you have had a good weekend.|
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What questions or discussion points have you got for us today?Since purchasing my first Filofax back in 2009, I've come to realise that I'm an enthusiast, but not really a collector of them, so periodically I choose my favourites and rehome the rest. So, at the end of last August, I was left with just my beloved Kensington and thought that was that...
However, I think that I've since figured out my version of planner peace (haha, for now) and decided to find myself a second binder for when I want some variety. Also, whilst the Kensington is 'the one', there will be times, especially in the winter months, when I want a bit of colour, so I started looking for a cheap and colourful one and finally found an emerald personal Finsbury for a great price (Finsbury post to come).
For now, I feel that I'm done with any further buying and selling, but I guess I'm not going to say anything like, "That's it, I'm done" or anything, just that I'm pretty content with what I currently now own. I'd been meaning to rehome some of these for years, but didn't have the time or spare energy previously, so it felt like a great relief, especially when four of them left in one week!
Here are a couple of my previous posts about selling and choosing favourites:
Zero spending on binders in 2016
Pros: oh man, the leather on this one is sublime and the great layout could work perfectly as a wallet.
Cons: absolutely none (I might regret getting rid of this one day), but whilst I love the idea of a slimline, it really doesn't have enough ring space for me. Gifted to Steve.
8. Duck egg personal Domino Soft
I don't have any photos of this one, as it was a super cheap eBay bargain bought on a whim and I didn't have it very long. Here is a link to Janet's post about the model.
Pros: really nice faux leather and minimal styling.
Cons: only the colour really, as I think that the duck egg colour was a bit too pale for me personally. Gifted to the local freebie Facebook group.
Today's Silent Sunday isn't quite as silent as normal, as I'd like to thank Paul again, as he will be contributing one photo per month to to our Silent Sunday posts here.
You can find all of the 'Filohax' posts here.
As Filofax aren't my only vintage collectables, I thought I would contribute to the existing 'Silent Sunday' posts with images of my different binders paired with a vintage item from one of my collections. This inaugural post shows my first Filofax Winchester, purchased new in 1989 along with an old 'Herge's Adventures of Tintin' album.
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.|
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I love seeing how people use their planners. I've noticed people who use bound notebook as planners love pasting in photos, tickets, and other memorabilia. Their pages look so cool!
So why not do the same in a Filofax? Instead of pasting, I like to simply punch holes, which is one of things I love about a ring-bound planner.
Here's a photo I punched to remember a recent flight!
And as always on Friday, feel free to discuss anything organizer related.
Thanks very much again to Paul for this fifteenth instalment of his wonderful guest post series.
You can find all of the 'Filohax' posts here.
Do you know that feeling when you spot something that you know you need, but don't yet know why? That's what happened in a charity shop six months ago, when rummaging through the sad old wallet section, and saw an old calf skin wallet that was nearly Filofax personal format, but not quite. For £1 I thought it was worth sitting on for a while. The leather is uncannily similar to my favourite Winchesters and thin, with no stiffener or substrate.
Then recently while passing my local handyman store, I asked if he could punch holes in thin leather... and before you know it, I've got a leather credit card holder/wallet for my Winchester EDC, and saved myself a hundred plus pounds on a branded Filofax one.
It looks totally at home, and fits like it has been made for Filofax with the height and width dropping just short of the Winchester. Although not strictly credit card holders, there are two rows into which I can fit six cards - not quite enough for all my cards, but certainly my six most regularly used ones, with the balance stored in the Winchester's gusseted back pocket. It even has a small 'Real leather, Made in England' embossed in gold!
Another major benefit of having cards / cash in the rings of your EDC is that, if you have to suddenly 'travel light' and can't carry a binder, then you just click the rings open and the wallet is in your pocket in seconds, no fiddling about getting the correct cards / cash for your needs. Yes, it adds a bit more bulk, but the trade off in losing inserts is worth the extra happiness this brings me...
