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22 November 2024

Free For All 22 November - No. 837 by Steve

My wife Alison said to me the other day, 'Today feels very Saturdayish, yet it was a Thursday. It gave me an idea... 'What if the days of the week didn't have a name, just the date?'

Think of the extra white space you would have on your diary inserts without Monday, Tuesday etc printed on each page. 

May be Philofaxy should have a range of inserts without the names of the days, just the dates! Would it mean that we no longer would have weeks? Just months? 

Of course it is that day of the week to discuss anything Filofax related. 

Have an enjoyable 23rd and 24th of November!

21 November 2024

Diary inserts for 2025

 


Have you got your diary inserts ready yet for 2025? 

We have all our inserts available on this page: Diaries 2025 

That page also contains hints and tips on printing the files as well as access to our whole archive of source files that you can download and adapt to your own needs. 

I also did a post recently about printing A5 inserts that you will find here: Printing Inserts in 2024 and beyond...' 

If you get stuck you can either comment below or contact me by email: philofaxy at gmail dot com 

20 November 2024

Video Web Finds - Wednesday 20 November 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.
  1. Mini Filofax setup 2025 - naokiroku
  2. Plan with me live event! - Plan With April
  3. Three Questions...  - Carl Pullein
  4. Quick Daily Plan With Me for November 12th - Buy Sell Plan Inc.
  5. 2025 Planner & Journal System Review/Chat - Tiffany’s Plans
  6. Plan With Me || Franklin Torrino Binder || Nov. 18 - 24, 2024 - Sandra Dahl
  7. Let's chat about my 2025 health and wellness planner - Tiffany’s Plans
  8. Review - Filofax Pocket Kensington - Flatability
  9. November Planner Reflections | Ellemon Paper Co . Order - dr_alvaplans
  10. My First Filofax! Unboxing and my Thoughts on the new A5 Malden - Buy Sell Plan Inc.
  11. A planner chat no.01 | 2025 second thoughts, filofax pocket, and planned planner hopping - lindseyscribbles
  12. Plan With Me! Week of Nov 17 | My process as a Real Estate Agent and new Planner Shop Owner - Buy Sell Plan Inc.
  13. Introducing the New Advent of Productivity Calendar | 31 Days of Planner Inserts + More - Alexis aka MissTrenchcoat
  14. Mon système : passons aux carnets Sterling Ink | Sprintpaper by Emmashell1 | FRENCH | nov. 2024 - Emmashell1
  15. Planner Perfect Plan With Me || Nov. 18-24th, 2024 || Arabella Leather - Sandra Dahl
  16. Review - Mee-Plus SlimPad - a Plotter Mini 5 alternative? - Flatability
  17. Flip Through Thursday / Week 46 / November 2024 // Pink Planner Girl - Nicola PinkPlannerGirl
  18. Here’s what I’m not gonna do… personal rings/ Gillio Epoca / Weekly plan - Beverly Plans
  19. Louis Vuitton Damier Azur planner #filofax #vdsplanner #moterm #planner - kukuruza_plans
  20. My Spooky Filofax | Halloween Market Haul | Gothic Life Book Flick Through - Haus of Hauntings
  21. 2025 lineup | A5 filofax setup, flip through, stationary - dvztasy
  22. Test run of pocket rings! Playing with Filofax Original Pocket before 2025 begins - minimalish. journal
  23. November planner and journal chats | Filofax Holborn, Hobonichi Weeks & Cousin - Soulful Documents
  24. Monthly Filofax updates + new journaling supplies - Life with Hope
  25. Распаковка Filofax Original Pillarbox Red Personal и недели на 2025 год - BloknotikWelt
  26. Wochendeko KW 45 2024 | Autumn Berries | Filofax A5 Planer | planerbeere - Planerbeere
  27. Monthly tracker in personal slim - nance.plants
  28. Filofax Malden Mini Unboxing & Flip Through! | and a mini stationary haul - Pearl Plans
  29. Filofax inspo: my 'liminal' end-of-year set up - Kiss My A's
  30. die Wahrsagerin | Wochendeko KW 43 im Filofax | dekoriat - dekoRIAt
  31. Obsessing with me new Filofax | Holborn Pocket Size | Unboxing - My Nomad Planner
  32. Filofax Malden Personal A6 玫粉色开箱视频 - Lornaonmoon
  33. Starting to set up Filofax personal - printables - no idea what I’m doing - AJ's Inspired life
  34. A5 Rings Flip Through | my planner setup for the rest of the year! | minimal planning system - Romina Rossa
  35. Friday flip in my personal rings planner - tori hopper plans
  36. How Do You Get Control Of An Out Of Control To-do list? - Carl Pullein
  37. How to Make Planner Templates to Populate Your Planner - Function of Planning | Kate Snyder
  38. Your YouTube video could appear here. If you have a YT channel that features Filofax organisers or similar, please let us know. (steve at philofaxy dot com) Alternatively ensure your video contains 'Filofax' or 'Rings' in the title or description. 
  • Please leave a comment on any of the videos you enjoyed and mention you saw a link on Philofaxy. 
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19 November 2024

Free For All Tuesday = No. 720

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. If you are commenting as 'Anonymous', please include your name in the text of your comment. 

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18 November 2024

Guest post series - 'Filohax' No. 16 - Paul

Thanks very much again to Paul for this sixteenth instalment of his wonderful guest post series.
You can find all of the 'Filohax' posts here.  
 

Filofax Grosvenor review 

This is a review of a binder that I didn't know existed, and once I did, I didn't even like. I don't usually like gold rings or gold edges on my binders, so I'm not sure why I gave the 'Vintage Filofax Sherwood Black Gold Edge Leather 9KLF Organiser' a second look, I think it must have been that strange serial number - 9KLF. 
 

I checked it out on Filowiki - no entry, which only served to pique my interest further, and it was a search in the Filofax for Philofaxy Fans Facebook group that flagged up Michel L’s 20/12/17 post which named the 9KLF as a ‘Grosvenor'.
 
After looking in the 1990 catalogue, I could see that this model, being a high end model, came with its own protective pouch. (You can see a photo of one of the protective felt pouches in Guest Post – Dust Bags by gmax) And it was also only available in black. The game was on. 

After a bit of back and forth with the vendor, it was obvious this binder had problems - the popper not only looked a mess (it looked like someone had bodged gluing the popper back on), but had virtually lost its fastening capacity. The other black mark against buying it were the rings, fresh air was clearly visible between the top rings. And the 'pouch' was nowhere to be seen, long gone. 
 

A basket case? What spurred me on was knowing it was made of Kid leather, and after owning a Slimline Kid for a quarter of a century, I know how fabulous in the hand kid leather feels and how wonderfully it ages.
 
After asking for and getting a nearly 50% reduction I got it delivered. As soon as I held it, all of my apprehensions faded away. This binder had worked for its living, I knew that from the popper and rings, but it shows in the leather as a characterful lustre with a few dinks, which I always prefer to an unloved perfection. Unfortunately the vendor had picked it up in a charity shop, so didn't know its history.
 
The renovation
 
First of all, I consulted the online advice for repairing weak fastener press studs. I learned a lot from the YouTube video, namely, always ask the collective wisdom of this group first for advice, which I didn't do. So, it said that if the wires in the female part of the press stud couldn't be fixed (it looked like these had rusted and subsequently got too soft to hold the male side) to 'spread' the male part by applying pressure to it in a vice...why the alarm bells were not sounding in my head; I do not know! The result? What had been a very weak closer now had no grip at all, as all that had been achieved was to shorten the available male 'nob'... 
 
Plan B - I did consult the group search and found someone who had employed a cobbler to replace the press stud all together. Learning number 2: Cobblers have no aesthetic qualities at all and are not Leathersmiths. What I should have done is brief him on the exact size, position and colour of popper I wanted. What I got was a popper that a small child will NEVER open! I'm confident that if I ever drop the Grosvenor it will never pop open… He replaced the original Filofax popper with the next size up. Another learning from the exercise is an increased appreciation for the design nuances of the original Filofax designers as their choice of 'smaller is better ' is better. I'm not complaining, as I now have a functioning binder that will be containing credit cards, so I need the security. One improvement however is in the cobbler's choice of colour popper top - brass, which has two benefits over the original.
 


1. It more naturally colour matches the gold edgings.
2. The brass isn't a veneer as the original was, but solid brass...this baby is here to stay! The end result to my mind is a more masculine, functional looking binder than before. 
 
Oh, and did I mention flatability? It almost flops open and hits the desk with a very satisfying 'thwack', stays perfectly flat, 100% flat. Even the strap has perfect flatability (this is more important than you realise - once you've used a Pimlico you'll know what I mean 😉)
 

Next I had to tackle the elephant in the room... the one nearly able to squeeze through the gaps in the top two rings!
 
Again, I sourced rings' wisdom and using a full pack of sticky notes to the good rings, I applied pressure to the top two gappy ones. After a bit of 'it's better/ it's worse' I'm able to turn the pages with no real snagging (I know this will probably upset a lot of people in the group, but we all need to get a grip, if you forgive the pun) when it comes to rings gaps…there are people with real problems in this world, and gaps in rings ain't one - I can use these and that's ok for now. I may get replacement rings as I go forward, I may not but as I don't care about resale value it's up to me. 
 
Day to day use - I have to say that the pocket configuration is an improvement on the classic Winchester, which has been my EDC to date. 
 
It's not just the credit card slots (which for total security would face inwards facing the rings, a la Portland/ Finsbury etc), but the inside front cover pocket is a revelation to me - if you whip open the cover to retrieve something the contents of the two pockets stays securely in the pockets 
 
 
(unlike Winchester pockets, which tend to spray their contents into the rings, if cards it's not a problem, but if coins then it is). The gusseted pocket is easily accessible, and gives great access to even small change, while the second ungusseted pocket is ideal for notes, receipts etc. The inside back cover credit card pockets are perfect - snug but easy to retrieve cards from. And the slip pocket underneath the cards is great for a small selection of inserts, saving the rings for your information, along with another six or so credit/ loyalty cards if the six slots aren't enough.
 

Pen loop - this is the first Filofax that I've been aware of that has its only pen loop on the front cover (experts please?), and its capacity is typical Filofax - fine for a pencil - not a problem as I will be storing my pen within the rings, as is my want!
 
What else is there to say? Size wise it's comparable to the Winchester, but slightly taller and narrower. I'm using it as my EDC / wallet, and although everywhere you look, people are being indoctrinated to carry less and less cash / wallets and doing more with less and less physical items, I'm going the other way…’stuff’ feels better and makes me feel better, and I have a sneaky feeling that the rest will join us sooner or later 😉 
 

Postscript
 
After drafting this blog, I couldn't resist the urge to switch up the rings from the less than perfect 23mm gold rings to my 25mm silver set, which had formerly graced my previous EDC Winchester. So, rather than those languishing in a now storage binder, I've put them back into front line duty and I'm happy that I've got a little more capacity to grow into - as I inevitably always do!
 
 
 

 
 


17 November 2024

Silent Sunday - 'Filohax' Vintage on vintage No. 2

 

Winchester 4CCF 7/8 / Observer's Book of Birds and book of Birds Eggs

16 November 2024

Web Finds - Saturday 16 November 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:
  1. Web Finds - Saturday 9 November 2024
  2. Silent Sunday
  3. Dates For Your Diary - Saturday 16th Sunday 17th Nov
  4. Free For All Tuesday - No. 719
  5. Video Web Finds - Wednesday 13 November 2024
  6. Archiving and Storing A5 Inserts
  7. Free for All Friday No. 836 by Nan
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. What the heck is a Planner Convention? - The Well-Appointed Desk
  2. An incredibly well preserved LeFax Westminster - Filofax
  3. Why people are embracing analog hobbies in a digital world - Rediscover Analog
  4. Stressed? Writing down a to-do list might help If you find it hard to get to sleep, then a solution might be at hand – a pen and paper. - BBC
  5. Which Filofax can lay flat? - Filofax
  6. Episode #284: The Urge to Change the Tool - Getting Things Done
  7. Greece was calling! - Lime Tree Fruits
  8. What does your perfect couple look like? - Filofax
  9. How to Set Goals You Will Actually Achieve - Strange & Charmed
  10. A Proactive Mindset (pg. 74 – 88) - FranklinPlanner Talk
  11. My first Filofax: Lockwood Personal Slim - Filofax
  12. Link Love: Still Pondering… - The Well-Appointed Desk
  13. Web Finds – 13 November 2024 - Travellers Notebook Times
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  • 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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15 November 2024

Free for All Friday No. 836 by Nan

 Do you use your own codes, acronyms, or a secret writing system to save time or to keep information confidential? 

For example, I use a code to remind myself of passwords without revealing the full password. I can imagine people who know speedwriting or shorthand using these systems to make their notes harder to decipher. Or writing in a foreign language or alphabet. 

As always on Fridays, all organizer-related discussion is welcome!

14 November 2024

Archiving and Storing A5 Inserts

At this time of year my A5 organiser needs to go on a diet. This year more so than other years I've had more and more appointments popping up in the next year as early as June 2024, I was getting appointments for 2025, at first I just used my simple year planner, but as they multiplied I needed something with more detail. 

In the end I got to August and started thinking about my inserts for next year. The result of which you will see in an earlier post. Basically my usual inserts with a little bit of a tweak to the design.  

Once printed I wanted to get them in to my organiser. I had to archive the first 6 months to get them in. My Van der Spek 35mm Customs have been retrospectively fitted with 30mm Krause rings. This makes them more manageable but obviously it reduces their capacity a little, but makes the full organiser less of a brick to carry!

For the past few years I've been using other A5 organisers to store my past years of inserts. I have them going back to 2017 and before then. I also have some years of personal size inserts when I was using that size as well. 

Using an organiser is an obvious but not the cheapest way of storing your inserts and spare inserts. I decided to look for an alternative so that I could get back my organisers for normal use. 

It's not difficult to find suitable boxes, a visit to your local stationery store or supermarket with a handful of pages will quickly find a size that will work. I have done this for most sizes. I have some small plastic drawers I use for a lot of my spare pages, blanks etc. 

Don't just think of looking in the stationery section, also consider looking in the food storage and household sections of any shop. There will be something that fits the bill. 

For my previous years inserts I thought using something that held them in the right order would be a useful solution. 

I discovered that Filofax still makes storage binders which are a simple plastic cover with posts to put your pages on. They do these in A5, Personal and Pocket size. 

I also discovered some cardboard A5 organisers with a 6 ring mechanism, they did them in packs of 2 for quite a sensible price. 

I ordered some and they arrived and despite them only having 20mm rings, I was able to just about squeeze 3 years worth of inserts in to each one! 


Now they aren't easy to turn the pages when they are this full I know, but for occasional access they will be fine. I also like that they aren't made of plastic. 

I've ordered some more so I have a future supply of them available as well! 

How do you store your spare pages and/or previous year's inserts? 

13 November 2024

Video Web Finds - Wednesday 13 November 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.
  1. ColorPop Planner - Franklin Planner
  2. November 2024 Setup | A6 Rings - A Printed Life
  3. November Pocket Planner Flip Through | VDS - allyssa
  4. Favorite monthly insert 014 is now available for 2025 - GanchiPlans
  5. 6 Weeks With a Franklin Planner. What I've Learned - Carl Pullein 
  6. November Plan With Me | A5 6-Ring VDS Custom Nero Croco Planner - Thevirgoals
  7. Van Der Spek Chocolate Janet Leather Complete Nomad w/ Myrtille Interior! - Nekolassa
  8. Personal Wide Planner Unboxing | Van Der Spek Parme | Ariebea - Arie Bea
  9. November Set Up | Switch Binders With Me | Franklin Covey Compact Chocolate Brown - Buy Sell Plan Inc.
  10. Plan With Me || Franklin Classic Torrino Binder || Nov.11- 17th, 2024 - Sandra Dahl
  11. A Filofax infodump | ep. 10 ✸ journal w/ me as i finish my first digital x analogue binder - Megan Rhiannon
  12. What inserts fit with Louis Vuitton Emelie MM ? Stay tuned - I will show you! - Planner mother of 3
  13. Plan With Me! Week of November 11th | FCC Vintage Aurora | Personal Wide Inserts | Shop Update - Buy Sell Plan Inc.
  14. The "Secret" to Effective Planning - Carl Pullein
  15. Planner Perfect Plan With Me || Nov.11 - 17, 2024 || Moving back to Arabella - Sandra Dahl
  16. November Planner Love | Orderli Dashboards | 8lotus Order - dr_alvaplans
  17. How I Get More Done in a Year than Most Do in a Decade - Alexis aka MissTrenchcoat
  18. EDC Planner Flip l Chatty Planner Flip l Franklin Covey Compact l 2025 Planner Ideas - Plan with Fran
  19. Filofax Finsbury flip through - mrs Planahead
  20. Filofax domino 菱格A6活页手帐本开箱与规划使用 - 西瓜小太萌
  21. Filofax Wochendeko KW 44 | heartsfailing - Heartsfailing
  22. Setting Up November: Target Day Designer & Filofax - One Crafty Dolo
  23. November quick flip through - Filofax Personal Holborn - watchbeccaplan
  24. How I Decorated My Filofax Soft Domino In Pale pink - Shirley Joss
  25. Filofax Deko KW 46 - allesaufpapier
  26. Fall/November 2024 Planner Flip- Thru | Filofax Personal Original - Latrice Sherell
  27. La Mia Agenda 2025 Filofax - Corinne Mantineo
  28. Filofax Lockwood In Aqua | Flipthrough | Planner Decor - Shirley Joss
  29. One planner, two sets of rings! | Modern Grace by Ashford | Mini Rings - plannercoven
  30. Weekly Flip Thru || Personal Ring Planner  - Courtnee Rae
  31. November Personal Rings Setup & Flipthrough | Gillo Medium Compagna - Randi Sullivan
  32. A Lesson In Expanding Time - Carl Pullein
  33. Your YouTube video could appear here. If you have a YT channel that features Filofax organisers or similar, please let us know. (steve at philofaxy dot com) Alternatively ensure your video contains 'Filofax' or 'Rings' in the title or description. 
  • 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 November 2024

Free For All Tuesday - No. 719

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. If you are commenting as 'Anonymous', please include your name in the text of your comment. 

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

If you are commenting below, please include your first name at the end of the comment. Thank you. 

11 November 2024

Dates For Your Diary - Saturday 16th Sunday 17th November 2024

We are going to run some more 'Virtual Meet Ups' everyone is welcome.

When? - Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 November 2024 at the following time:
  • Los Angeles 8:00 am, 
  • Denver 9:00 am
  • Dallas 10:00 am, 
  • New York 11:00am, 
  • London 4:00 pm 
  • Paris 5:00 pm etc.  
Join in on both days if you wish. 

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). If you aren't already in our participants list you need to contact Philofaxy before you come on line on the day of the chat. You can do this at any time. Please try to ensure that your Skype user name is the same as your actual name this will greatly assist in us being able to add you to the group. 
 
Because of unwanted people we are no longer able to give out a join here link. 

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 - Serious organiser users only.  We are no longer able to allow just anyone to join these chats due to the disruption caused by fake profiles on previous chats. 

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....

Hope to be chatting with you on Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 November 2024.

 

09 November 2024

Web Finds - Saturday 9 November 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:
  1. Web Finds - 2 November 2024
  2. Silent Sunday
  3. Highlights of October 2024
  4. Free For All Tuesday - No. 718
  5. Video Web Finds - Wednesday 6 November 2024
  6. A-Z Address Pages?
  7. Free For All Friday No 835 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. Alternative to filofax 'Minimalist' inserts? A5, week on 2 pages, vertical layout (I'm in the EU) - Filofax
  2. Smart Seasonal Strategies - FranklinPlanner Talk
  3. My first Filofax: beautiful Croc Personal - Filofax
  4. Episode #283: Calendar Management - Getting Things Done
  5. Famous ‘Filofaxes’ - This Bug's Life
  6. 2025 inserts mispunch? - Filofax
  7. Link Love: In Memory of Greg Hardy - The Well-Appointed Desk
  8. Web Finds – 6 November 2024 - 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
  • 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. 
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08 November 2024

Free For All Friday No 835 by Laurie

I recently started a new job! Hooray! As part of my job-hunt process I freshened up my CV. I was looking for work similar to what I did several years ago, so I wanted to feature that experience in my CV. To help flesh out that time in more detail in my CV I dug out the planner I was using while I did that job.

Happily for me, I kept work details in that planner like lists of trainings I did (more than 60 hours), and other relevant things. If I had kept those on my work computer, they would be long gone. 

As I was trying to translate that information into CV-worthy content, I wished I'd kept even better records of things I did. Going forward in my new job I think I will keep monthly, or at least quarterly, records of my duties and projects, and information related to those. 

Do you keep work details and records in your Filofax to be able to refer to them in the future?

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

07 November 2024

A-Z Address Pages?

I am sure a lot of us have used our Filofax organisers to keep the details of all of our friends and family contact details, addresses, phone numbers, may be even email addresses in recent years. 

I have been gradually moving all of this information on to my Apple Contacts app, which shares the details across all of my devices. 

For a few years I would religiously export the data as a comma separated values (CSV) file and then do a mail merge in to a Word file configured as a file template to create my own printed name and address pages to go in to the back of my A5 organiser. 

When it came to reviewing the data this year, I decided that I could save some ring space by not reprinting all of the pages based on the fact that in the last 12 months I couldn't recall looking at those pages at all.  

Instead I would continue to just use Apple Contacts to locate the information contained in the A-Z pages. With the pages removed, I retained the A-Z dividers and started to wonder what purpose I could put them to? 

My initial thought was to use them to divide up my notes and information pages which aren't as well organised as I would like.... and filing information in some form of order would speed up finding information in future. 

If you don't use the A-Z for your names and addresses, what do you use them for? 

06 November 2024

Video Web Finds - Wednesday 6 November 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.
  1. October in my planner - Buy Sell Plan Inc.
  2. Removing a Pen Loop From My Leather Binder - Inktronics Blog
  3. November Planner Wins | LV Unboxing Part 2 - dr_alvaplans
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