Philofaxy: 2025

03 February 2025

Highlights for January 2025

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 January 2025.

02 February 2025

Silent Sunday

Time/System A5 ostrich print

01 February 2025

Web Finds - Saturday 1 February 2025

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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31 January 2025

Free For All Friday No. 847 by Eve

Are you a messy planner or a pretty planner? As I was working in my Filofax this morning I chucked at the thought of how perfectly it works to keep me organized, but how someone else might need a decoder ring to make any sense of it, because my planner is very much like my life....messy.

I started planning back in the 1980's. Day planners at that time were thought of as more of a productivity tool or compilation of information, and it never occurred to me to use it as anything else. My first Filofax was essentially a calendar with my schedule and my address book.

Fast forward to today and some of you share beautifully crafted spreads and have handwriting I could only dream of! Seasonal dashboards, pretty velum, pocket deco, sticker kits and the like are all over social media. The term "planning" has evolved to include more creative expression.

"Functional" means different things to different people; some people need more of a pleasing aesthetic in order to feel their planner works for them, others just need some empty space on a page and whatever pen is within reach.

So tell me...is your planner messy or pretty?

30 January 2025

Filofax A5 Belmont - Review/Revisited.

Continuing the revisiting of the A5 organisers in my 'collection' and putting them to use for 2-4 weeks at a time, at the start of this month (January 2025) I moved in to my A5 Belmont.

When it came to writing this post I realised that I hadn't featured this particular organiser in any posts. I have done a couple of posts about the Personal Size Belmont and you will find those here.

There isn't a massive difference in the design between the two sizes. The two sizes look very similar in the details.

The clasp features a double row of stitching.

This continues around to the back of the organiser with a ornate pattern.

The spine also has the same double row of stitches as the Personal Size.

A close up of the rear of the clasp attachment.

The front interior features a pen loop and several card slots. The front pen loop is larger than the rear pen loop which isn't uncommon with a few Filofax A5 organisers. Hence why my chunky pen is on the front loop.

The A5 Belmont comes with 30mm rings of a standard Krause design, i.e. not riveted. The inside back cover has a notepad slot and just a smaller pen loop.

The front cover features a double press stud design to give you a bit of extra capacity if you require it.

The Belmont range were sold around about 2004-2006 in tan as shown here and in black, both with contrasting stitching.

I've enjoyed using the Belmont these last few weeks, but it is time to move on to another A5 in the collection, I've not decided which one yet.

29 January 2025

Video Web Finds - Wednesday 29 January 2025

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
Your Filofax/Organiser Videos could appear in this list, just contact philofaxy at gmail dot com to be added to our monitoring list.
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28 January 2025

Free For All Tuesday - No. 730

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.

27 January 2025

Looking after your personal organiser

Now is as good a time as any to give your organiser a little T.L.C. I tend to do this at least once a year or when I'm swapping from one organiser to another one for a bit of variety.

Step 1. - Remove all of the inserts and dividers and contents of the pockets. Put them to one side for now.

Step 2. - Inspect the rings, checking for gaps. Open and close them a few times. Give them a light polish with a micro-fibre cloth, this will remove any dirt and grime and make them look like new again.

Step 3. - Use a small soft bristle paint brush to dust the interior of the organiser. The brush will reach in to all the nooks and crannies and remove any build up of paper dust that seems to come off of cut/punched paper.

Step 4. - If the organiser is leather, consider giving it some leather cleaner/balm treatment. Use it sparingly though, don't use too much. Again use a micro-fibre cloth to buff the finish to a pleasant shine. Always read the instructions first.

For simulated leather organisers give them a wipe with alcohol-free baby wipes. The cloth sections on the interior can be gently cleaned with small amount of fabric or upholstery cleaner. Test any products first on an inconspicuous area.

Leave it open to breath after the treatment.

Step 5. Turning to the inserts. Go through them and see if there are any pages that need archiving or updating. Check the paperwork and accessories you have been carrying too.

Check that the pens aren't about to run out of ink, also check them for internal leaks too.

Links:

The Philofaxy Guide to Caring for your Organiser
Leather Care Tips
The Perfect Organiser - Part 4 [Leather] - for information about the different types of leather.
Ring Mechanism Parts Explained.
Can I Fit Bigger or Smaller Rings?
Fixing Ring Gaps and Other Issues
Clean Out Your To-Do List for Guilt-Free Productivity

Enjoy the process.

26 January 2025

Silent Sunday

Il Bisonte agenda Insider

25 January 2025

Web Finds - Saturday 25 January 2025

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.

My New Work Notebook: A Surprise Filofax - Notebook Stories
10 Metrics to Track for a More Balanced and Successful Life - Strange & Charmed
Letter Writing Supplies inside Filofax - Filofax
Episode #294: 11 Steps of the Weekly Review - Getting Things Done
The Ultimate Functional Planning Checklist - Strange & Charmed
In love with my pocket - Filofax
Digital Detox with Filofax - Rost Glukhov | Personal site and technical blog
Visit PLOTTER Pop-up at California Pen Show 2025 - PLOTTER USA
Personal or Pocket? - Filofax
How to Track if Your Life is In or Out of Balance - Strange & Charmed
Bag for Filofax personal - Filofax
Archiving Filofax inserts & the red thread - private universe timeline
The Franklin Five: February 2025 - FranklinPlanner Talk
Link Love: Hang In There, Friend! - The Well-Appointed Desk
Web Finds – 22 January 2025 - TN 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
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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