Philofaxy: 2024

08 May 2024

Video Web Finds - Wednesday 8 May 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.

Filofax QR code update - Flatability
Set up my Pink Vintage Aurora with Me! - BuySellPlan
Pocket Slate Finsbury Rings - Monique Plans
Filofax Pocket Malden Ochre Unboxing: Should I Keep It?? Let's Chat! - Seaweed Kisses
May planner setup….with my VDS B6 ostrich. - Planner fun and inspiration with Melissa
Vintage filofaxes - examining how rings are attached to the binder - Flatability
FC Compact May Theme & Plan With Me | Caramel Moterm Personal Luxe 2.0 | FCC Inserts | EDC - My Moxie Dreams
Monthly PWM! Recapping April and setting goals for May - BuySellPlan
Filofax Sherwood - 4 versions - Flatability
Ringbound Setup || Functional Planning || Filofax Personal || Sweet Freckled Designs - Life With MJB
Plan with Me! Week of May 6th in my FCC Pink Vintage Aurora - BuySellPlan
Plan With Me || Franklin Classic & Jane's Agenda Biz Planner || Half Letter || May 6th - 12th, 2024 - Sandra Dahl
I’ve found that focusing on just 3 tasks at a time helps me smash through my to-do list with ease. - Vienna Ortiz
Planner chaos- what I’m using -Gillio, filofax Malden, commit30, VDS, Moterm, Franklin Covey compact - Barbies Plans
Yellow Gillio Medium Compagna planner flip through | slimmed down edc - crystalplans
Planner Flipthrough | Gillio Compagna Medium Personal Rings | Ana Jolene - Ana Jolene
Filofax Mini Pocket May Revamp and Setup - Plan. adayshay
Filofax Personal Rings -- April Flip Through - page of h.
Planner Flip Through - Mini Filofax Finsbury - Lisa
Daily Journal Setup | Original Filofax A5 Notebook Folio - OrganizedandBlessedMom
Filofax Denim Dots Pocket Organizer for Memory Keeping - Linda aka tortagialla
Plan With Me || Filofax Personal Rings || Happy Planner II May 6-12 || Functional Planning - Plannerbeat
May Update in my Filofax Holborn Personal Rings - _watch.becca.plan_
Create the Perfect Planner Setup with the Filofax Pop Organizer! - Make it, fix it, & travel with Nick
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07 May 2024

Free For All Tuesday - No. 692

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.

06 May 2024

Getting Personal with the Norfolk by Eve

Filofax released the Norfolk Collection back in November of 2022 with the largest rings yet in any modern Filofax organizer, so as a busy professional with a lot on my plate, I was very excited to give this organizer a try.

The initial release consisted of four colors: Almond, Sage, Lavender, and Taupe:

Almond

Sage

Lavender

Taupe

Then in April of 2023 Currant and Espresso were added to the collection:

Currant

Espresso

By now there are several reviews online about Norfolk organizers. Steve did a nice, comprehensive review when they were first released with all the specs, which you can read here.

Norfolk caught my attention in 2023 because I was both working and going to school, so I wanted something with larger rings. It didn’t take me long to collect all the colors in Personal size. I didn’t set out to do that, but you know how it goes!

The entire collection is so pretty!

I started with Almond and Espresso (those of you who know me know I’m a brown and tan girl all the way) but the Sage was so pretty that I had to add it…and then the Currant for the holiday season…Lavender for spring…and Taupe because at that point I couldn’t have all but one of the colors.

Happily, my obsession with the Norfolk Personal has become justified, as for the past year it has been my everyday driver, and I have only become more impressed with its quality and features. I keep my set-up the same and change organizer colors depending on mood, weather, season or just on a whim.

What I love most about the Norfolk Personal, aside from the roomy 30mm rings that can hold my chaotic work, school and personal life with ease, is the full grain leather construction and the overall simple aesthetic. I really enjoy the big back pocket (I know the topic of a big back pocket is a controversial one within the planning community). I find it super handy for storing letter-sized documents folded in half.

Big back pocket

I also really like the functionality of the interior pocket layout.

Left side - zip pocket and vertical slip pocket

Right side - 6 card slots, vertical slip pocket, pen loop

The hand feel is structured yet soft, and there is just something about the way the edges are finished that look so clean and professional to me. Don't let the big back pocket fool you - it has great flatability and the more I have used it, the more it has broken in to the point that it is now squishy and wonderful!

Flatability

I am not easy on my planners; to me they are productivity tools. I toss them into my bag willy nilly and I’m not particular about where I put them down. I appreciate how my particular use case causes my planners to wear, patina, and become truly unique. That being said, my Norfolks looks as good today as they did the day I opened the boxes, even the lighter colors.

Today I'm in the Almond...

Another favorite feature is the fully elasticized pen loop located higher up on the back cover. I tend to use fat multi-pens or fountain pens, which generally don’t fit well in most pen loops, but with the elastic loop placed higher up, I can just slip the clip of any pen I want to use in the loop, and it is held snugly when the organizer is closed.

Elastic pen loop handling my multi-pen like a champ

The zip pocket on the inside front is great too. Unlike the Finsbury (not talking trash, just saying) the Norfolk’s zip pocket is roomy and quite useable. It is not a gusseted pocket, but it does open comfortably and is easy to get things in and out of. Pro Tip: I keep an Apple Air Tag in there so that I never leave my planner behind.

This year I’ve found my planner peace withFilofax One Day on Two Pages inserts, and with the 30mm rings I can keep my preferred system of three months of inserts in my organizer (previous month, current month, next month) as well as a full year of Month on Two Pages, some project tabs (the Norfolk Personal Dividers compliment all of the organizer colors nicely, and I love that they are plastic rather than card stock, making them super durable) as well as a full set of A-Z tabs, which I use as a portable “filing cabinet”. It’s a joy to be able to fit everything I need in my EDC planner and not worry about over-stuffing the rings or being able to snap it closed.

Norfolk Collection tabs

My life all in one place!

I’m not a sticker person, but the Norfolk collection also includes functional stickers and also sticky notes for fans of the matchy-matchy.

Is anyone else using a Norfolk organizer? Which size and color are you using? What do you like best about this collection?

05 May 2024

Silent Sunday

Personal Kensington and my current book

04 May 2024

Web Finds - Saturday 4 May 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.

A Poor Person’s Plotter - The Well-Appointed Desk
NEW | TM Accessories – Zipper Wallet & Credit Card Wallet - Blog Vdsshop
How much is too much? - On Notebooks
The Franklin Five: May 2024 - FranklinPlanner Talk
Malden interior zipped pocket - Filofax
Episode #256: Go the Distance - Getting Things Done
Bring More Quality Time + Connection Into Your Life Balance - Blog – Day Designer
Get Giggling for World Laughter Day - FranklinPlanner Talk
New Filofax user - Filofax
Link Love: A Little Check In - The Well-Appointed Desk
Web Finds – 1 May 2024 - Travellers Notebook Times
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03 May 2024

Free for All Friday No. 808 by Nan

No matter how much you love paper (as we all do), sometimes digital tools can really help! For example, when my to-do list grew overwhelmingly long, I typed it into a spreadsheet where I can sort it by date and priority.

Here's an example of the spreadsheet I've created for myself, and how it looks when I print and punch it for my organizer.

As always on Friday, feel free to discuss anything pertaining to ring-bound organizers!

02 May 2024

Highlights for April 2024

We are pleased to announce that we have a new contributor to Philofaxy. Yvonne is a long standing member of our Philofaxy planner community.

Her Reader Under the Spotlight post was one of the first in that series back in September 2010.

Yvonne met up with Nan at the 2014 Boston Meet-up. Yvonne is well known to us all.

Her Experienced User post was in August 2015.

Yvonne has already written her first post that you will be able to read next week. She has outline ideas for other future posts as well.

We are very grateful and excited to have a new member of our new team. Thank you Yvonne.

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.

You can catch up on the Hitchhikers Guide to the Plannerverse Podcasts here:

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 May 2024.

01 May 2024

Video Web Finds - Wednesday 1 May 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.

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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30 April 2024

Free For All Tuesday - No. 691

29 April 2024

Using an additional capture tool with my Filofax - by Anita

Before I started using a Filofax, I tended to have a number of notebooks on the go, which unsurprisingly didn't work very well for me. I forgot which notebook I'd previously used, or one of them got mislaid which resulted in me finding it weeks later and it just wasn't very efficient. David Allen's book 'Getting Things Done' talks about what he calls ubiquitous capture, so like many people in the community, I have an inbox section at the front of my Kensington with spare paper and notes and to-dos get written down there.

However, I won't always have my Filofax with me, even when I'm at home, so I have a number of small capture tools that I often use alongside my organiser.

Left to right - PocketMod, leather jotter and tiny notebook (7cm by 10cm).

My favourite is the leather jotter that was an eBay bargain as no one else bid, so I got it for the price of postage! It's a lovely little thing made by a company called Fabriano, and takes record cards that measure 12.5cm by 7.5cm. And another stroke of luck was that my Mum-in-law had a stack of those cards that she was getting rid of, so I have lots to keep me going.

Currently, the leather jotter lives in a basket in the drawer of my bedside table, so that it's within easy reach. Once I've written anything, the idea is that any of these capture tools are small enough to just pop into my Filofax, so that I remember to process the notes. I tend to put the jotter behind the flyleaf, which keeps it in place and it's also the first thing that I see when I open it up.

In the past, when I used to work in an office, I'd also sometimes keep a spare lined insert (folded in half) in my wallet, so that worked well too for the times that I might leave my Filofax at home. I find that I benefit from more capture tools like this when I'm going through a busy time, as it helps ensure things don't fall through the cracks and also helps me feel less overwhelmed.

Do you also do this, or does everything just go into your organiser straightaway?

28 April 2024

Silent Sunday

Journal pages - thank you to Daniel

27 April 2024

Web Finds - Saturday 27 April 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.

Guest Post: giving a 1998 Filofax Savannah back its dignity - This Bug's Life
Episode #255: Project and Someday/Maybe Lists - Getting Things Done
2025 calendar inserts - Filofax
Crossbow Planner Co. - On Notebooks
Earth Day and Responsible Paper-ing - FranklinPlanner Talk
Binder for pocket refill - Filofax
Getting Others to Change - Getting Things Done
The Franklin Five: May 2024 - FranklinPlanner Talk
Link Love: The Most Friendly Niche on the Internet - The Well-Appointed Desk
Web Finds – 24 April 2024 - Travellers Notebook Times
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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