19 March 2025

Video Web Finds - Wednesday 19 March 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.
  1. Personal Filofax Set Up - my new main planner! - Lethbridge Paper
  2. Unboxing no intencional - Planes y Diarios
  3. Frankin Plan a week with me in my Sterling Ink - Planner Mumsy
  4. Filofax Mini Malden setup - Little miss sweet01
  5. Tony Robbins' "Secret" Time Management Trick - Carl Pullein
  6. Finanzas Personales - Planes y Diarios
  7. This week's releases & restocks (week of March 17 , 2025) - Gillio Firenze
  8. PLOTTER vs Raymay Davinci Binder - Bible Size - Comparison - Which is better? - Stationery Shenanigans
  9. Planifica Conmigo: Marzo 2025 - Planes y Diarios
  10. Mid Week Check In | How I Do A Daily Planning Session - Buy Sell Plan Inc.
  11. Plan With Me || Franklin Compact || March 17 - 23, 2024 || Pale Pink Anna - Sandra Dahl
  12. Choosing a planner to take on vacation - Planner fun and inspiration with Melissa
  13. Week 11 FC Compact | Moterm Luxe 2.0 Dune | FCC Weekly Reset & PWM | Chatty - My Moxie Dreams
  14. March Freebies Tuesday *Spicy Again* | Savings Challenges | Cash Envelope Method for Beginners - Income Babes Budgets
  15. Fairly chatty flip through of my personal Filofax Holborn - plans and pastimes
  16. J'ai enfin trouvé un moyen de continuer à utiliser mon Filofax vintage, Winchester, format personnel - minimini diarist
  17. 2025 Filofax flip through: big changes + new inserts - Sleepynotesclub
  18. Wochendeko Filofax KW 9 | A Lemon Week ;) - plannerandotherthings _
  19. Filofax Wochendeko KW 12 - allesaufpapier
  20. Plan with me | Filofax Wochendeko KW 11 2025 | heartsfailing - Heartsfailing
  21. Weekly Planner Setup  | Making Planning Fun, Joyful & Mindful | Day 17/30 - Mariane Cresp
  22. Chatty Content Plan with me. Help me stop procrastinating - MyLifeReBranded
  23. VDS Christmas Advent Planner Unboxing In Standard Rings/Christmas Suede Leather - Dana’s Desk
  24. Мои ежедневники как инструмент планирования в 2025 году кинбор kinbor, VDS, my planner - elena fas
  25. Plan With Me | March #3 | A5 Ring Planner | Weekly Spread | Planner Envy Stickers - Chic and Savvy
  26. A5 Ring Planner Reset | Finally resetting my A5 ring planner - Nicole
  27. Personal Rings Planner Setup 2025 | Moterm Luxe 2.0 Taupe Cover - RA Plans
  28. Another De-ring Project: Filofax Norfolk Sage - Inside Kimmy's Mind
  29. Mulberry A6 Agenda Refresh | Planner Flip/Set Up Update | 8LOTUS, Cloth & Paper, & more - LA Plans
  30. Moleskine Expanded Flip-Through | Moterm Luxe 2 0 Personal Rings - Randi Sullivan
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18 March 2025

Free For All Tuesday - No. 737

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17 March 2025

Filofax A5 Malden - Revisited

I have been quite a fan of the Malden, particularly in the early years of this model. I can't vouch for more recent versions as the place of manufacture has changed and some small design details have changed. 

I bought this one some years ago as pre-owned, I have used it quite a bit and as you can see it's stood up to usage very well. Marks etc give it character like an old pair of cowboy boots that I once owned! 


The A5 Malden is very 'floppy' in design, there is no stiffener between the inner and outer leather. Like most Filofax A5 organisers, it has two pen loops, but once again I found I had to use the left hand pen loop for my largish pen and the right-hand one for my mechanical pencil. 

The Malden has a decent range of pockets on the inside front cover. It has a notepad slot in the back cover, which can give the cover a bit of stability if you require it. 

The contrast stitching isn't to everyone's taste, but I quite like it. 

The A5 Malden comes with 30mm rings although some in the first batch got fitted with 25mm by mistake. I have two grey A5's one with 25mm and a replacement with 30mm rings! 

You will find our extensive range of posts about the Malden here. 

My next A5 to use has been chosen to use for the next 2-3 weeks and I've 'moved in'. 

15 March 2025

Web Finds - Saturday 15 March 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:
  1. Web Finds - Saturday 8 March 2025
  2. Silent Sunday
  3. Dates for your diary - Saturday 15 & Sunday 16 March
  4. Free For All Tuesday - No. .736
  5. Video Web Finds - Wednesday 12 March 2025
  6. The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Plannerverse - Episode 136
  7. Free For All Friday No 853 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. The Power of a Fresh Start - FranklinPlanner Talk
  2. New to Filofax - Filofax
  3. Peter Pauper Press Planner Stickers Review - All About Planners
  4. Filofax Finchley - Filofax
  5. Episode #301: David Allen talks with Steve Beimel - Getting Things Done
  6. Visit PLOTTER Pop-up at Chicago Stationery Fest - PLOTTER USA
  7. Productivity focused weekly spread using Happy Planner inserts and color coding - All About Planners
  8. Thin A5 Filofax? - Filofax
  9. Link Love: Post-Pen Show Crud - The Well-Appointed Desk
  10. Web Finds – 12 March 2025 - Travellers Notebook Times
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14 March 2025

Free For All Friday No 853 by Laurie

A5 Kendal Filofax, large Moleskine notebook

Over the years I have done various permutations of bullet journaling with mixed results. In December I decided to go all in and do the actual Bullet Journal Method in a bound notebook, until I fill the notebook. The notebook is now almost full, and here is what I have learned.

In all of my previous experiences with Bullet Journaling, I've been frustrated with pages mixed in together: daily logs interspersed with lists, notes, trackers, weekly and monthly reviews. Even with indexing, it's difficult for me to find things buried in the pages. That has always been my bullet journaling downfall, and it almost was this time too. 

But I pushed through, and with color coding at the tops of my pages, I managed to create ways to find what I was looking for more easily. 

But another issue remained: it's still inconvenient to sift through my notebook pages to compare my weekly and monthly reviews and see my progress over time. A notebook only lasts me 3-4 months, so to compare month to month and see my progress over the course of a year I'd be flipping through pages in multiple notebooks.

I've found writing weekly and monthly reviews to be one of the most useful aspects of bullet journaling. I like writing my weekly and monthly reviews in my notebook, because I find a two-page spread allows me to expand my thoughts better than pages on rings. So I will continue to do that in my next notebook. But my Filofax has saved the day with a long-term solution.

I photocopy my weekly and monthly review pages and put them into my Filofax in tabbed monthly sections, so I can easily compare over the months how I've progressed, if any issues are recurring, and any other developments over time. 

I also put any lists, reference information, and anything else I want to keep longer than the duration or outside the scope of my notebook into my Filofax for long-term reference. 

This is working pretty well for me: my notebook is where I work, and my Filofax is my reference.

Have you ever tried using a notebook along with a ring binder? How did you use them together?

As always on Fridays, feel free to ask and/ or discuss anything ring binder organiser related!

13 March 2025

The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Plannerverse - Episode 136 - Productivity

If you have ideas for future episodes, please send them to steve at philofaxy dot com

Show Notes (timings approximate)
00:16 - Introductions.
01:00 - Modern work practices. 
02:30 - Adjusting to changes.
04:15 - Constant change with learning new technology. 
05:30 - The use of Artificial Intelligence. 
07:00 - Your preferred tools.
08:15 - The impact of Social Media.
09:00 - TED Talk Video (link below).
10:15 - Blocking out time for tasks.
11:30 - Avoid multi-tasking.
13:45 - Make your own health your number one priority. 
15:30 - Read in your spare time to shut off from the world. 
17:30 - Clear Desk Policy.
20:00 - Mixing work and personal planning.
22:00 - Separate work and personal emails/calendars.
24:20 - Using mediation to improve productivity.
26:00 - Try out new ideas. 
27:45 - Best time for thinking of ideas. 
29:00 - Try to develop a routine. 

Links
  1. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDNrAj5Xzys 
A direct download of this episode is available here: Episode136.mp3








Presenters - Steve Morton & Karine Tovmassian
Editing and production - Steve Morton
Gongs - Karine Tovmassian

Our Websites:
Karine: Plannerology, TheAyurvedic , IG: Karine Tovmassian TheAyurvedicInc
Steve: Philofaxy, Travellers Notebook Times,  IG: Mr PhilofaxySteve Morton Book: File of Facts

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Previous Episodes:

2025
135 - Bullet Journal
134 - The Return

2023
133 - Comfort Zones

2022
132 - Priorities
131 - Wearables
130 - Tasks.
129 - Self-Care, Meditation and Morning Routines
128 - Guest Interview - Lisa Lewis - Procrastination Part 2
127 - Guest Interview - Lisa Lewis - Procrastination Part 1
126 - Planner Fail?
125 - Vintage
124 - The Duelling Debate of Paper vs. Digital
123 - Choosing a planner
122 - How to Get Motivated When There is No Motivation

2021
121 - Tips To Feel Healthier At Home
120 - Analogue Tools in our Digital World
119 - Real Life vs Planner Life?
118 - Guest Interview - Jena Peebles - The Pixel Artist and Her Planner
117 - Habits
116 - How To Turn Any Planner Into A Franklin Covey System Planner
115 - Developing Values for Advance Planning
114 - Habit Tracking
113 - Update and Tasks (short episode)
112 - Turning any planner in to a productivity planner
111 - The Pocket Planner - The most underrated size?
110 - Your Life All in One Place
109 - Project Planning: From Start to Finish
108 - How to Plan for 2021 despite 2020

2020
107 - Questions and Answers Session for Steve and Karine.
106 - Practical ways to get yourself out of a funk while using your planner.
105 - Time Management for those that are being managed by time.
104 - Planning for a medical emergency.
103 - Trust the process.
102 - The Return.
101 - The Mighty Little Checklist: The Unsung Hero of Success
100 - What do we use every day?
99 - Some Day May Be
98 - Transform Your Productivity
97 - Getting out of Stuck

2019

96 - Minimalist Planning.
95 - How to take your planning to the next level.
94 - Mission and Vision Statements
93 - How to plan your year in advance
92 - Workflows
91 - How to plan in a week that is already a busy one.
90 - Avoiding mistakes in planning
89 - Refocus
88 - When Your Plans or Goals Don't Work Out
87 - Decluttering Your Life - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
86 - Accessories for your Planner - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
85 - Journaling -  A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
84 - Workflows - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf

2018

83 - Routines - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
82 - Productivity 201 - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
81 - Planner Sizes - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
80 - Do you have too many planners? - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
79 - Improving Your Planning Productivity - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
78 - Ten reasons why you have stopped planning - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
77 - Letting Your Planner Take The Strain - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
76 - The Franken Flex - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
75 - Decluttering - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
74 - Engagement - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
73 - Reflection and Review - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
72 - Organisation - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
71 - Clarification - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
70 - Capture - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
69 - How to do nothing - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
68 - Changes - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
67 - Tones versus Pulses - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf

2017

66 - Planning and Execution - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
65 - The Power of Habit - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
64 - Planning for the end of the year - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
63 - Planning For Unexpected Life Events - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
62 - Staying in two sizes of planner - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
61 - Staying in one size of planner. - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
60 - Functional Planning - Macro and Micro Planning - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
59 - PlannerCon Europe - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
58 - Speeding up by slowing down - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
57 - To Do Lists and Diary Pages -  A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
56 - Hints and Tips on making planner videos - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
55 - Keeping up to date - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
54 - Interview with Jennifer Powell at PlannerCon - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
53 - Conferences and Meet Ups - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
52 - The Magic of Contextualising Your Life - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
51 - Guest Interview - Rose Orchard - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
50 - Organising your significant other - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
49 - Creating the ultimate planner - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
48 - Getting past New Years resolutions - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
47 - How to understand being a planner newbie - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
46 - Buying and Selling 101 - A5 docx pdf Personal docx pdf
45 - A5 or A6 - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
44 - End of Year - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf

2016 

43 - Digital Planning vs Analogue Planning - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
42 - Planning vs Organising - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
41 - Short and Long Term Planning - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
40 - Good and Bad Planner Habits - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
39 - Tackling Planner Size Change - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
38 - Self-Improvement or Personal Development - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
37 - What is productivity anyway - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
36 - The Planner Community - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
35 - Wellness Planner - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
34 - Listeners Question - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
33 - Pens and other writing instruments - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
32 - Proper storage, care and shipping of planners, rings etc - A5 docx pdf Personal docx pdf
31 - Guest Interview - Louise Umeki - Plannercon 2017 - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
30 - Form Following Function -  A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
29 - Seasonal To Do Lists - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
28 - Making and keeping annual goals - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
27 - Organising the family - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
26 - Guest interview - Theresa Hall - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
25 - Guest interview - Ray Blake - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
24 - Defining the important things from the urgent things - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
23 - Guest interview with Rita Sedani - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
22 - Printing your own inserts - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
21 - How to derail your planning system by over thinking - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
20 - Digital devices/services and your analogue planner - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
19 - What To Keep In Your 'Others' Tab - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
18 - Zombie Apocalypse Preparation - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
17 - Managing Finances In Your Planner - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
16 - Planning for those of us who actually can't live without planning, with guest co-host Carie Harling - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
15 - Automation NirvanaA5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
14 - Work Life Balance and Your Planner - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
13 - GTD Productivity And Using Your Paper Planner - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
12 - Job Seeking and Keeping - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
11 - Planner Fail -  A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
10 - Planner Hacks - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
9 - Planner Planning - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
8 - Choosing Inserts - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
7 - How do you carry your planner - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
6 - Planners on the go - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
5 - Why would you pay more than the price of a Filofax? - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
4 - Using Your Planner To Create Permanent Habit Changes - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
3 - Getting on with two or more planners - A5 docx pdf Personal docx pdf
2 - Where to start your planning journey and why - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf
1 - What size and why....  - A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf

 

12 March 2025

Video Web Finds - Wednesday 12 March 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.
  1. William Hannah vs Paper Republic - writerlywitterings
  2. Weekly Diaries | 8Lotus, return to the gym - Aligned Plans
  3. Stationery Haul - Planner Mumsy
  4. VDS Custom Planner Cover JL Argilla - Martin-Made TV
  5. The 2025 Ultimate Productivity Workshop - Carl Pullein
  6. How I Recap My Weekly Goals and Plan For a New Week - Buy Sell Plan Inc.
  7. L'effet fauteuil cosy : comment transformer n'importe quel espace en un coin cosy - Life with Hope
  8. This week's releases & restocks (week of March 10 , 2025) - Gillio Firenze
  9. Week 10 FC Compact | MARCH THEME | FCC Weekly Reset & PWM | Chatty - My Moxie Dreams
  10. Plan With Me || Franklin Compact || March 10 - 16th, 2025 || Pale Pink Anna Binder - Sandra Dahl
  11. 3 Quick Productivity Tips That Will Change Your Life! - Carl Pullein
  12. Gillio or Filofax? March Planner Reset | Pocket Planner Setup - Nicole
  13. Friday morning planner flip/ personal rings/ Gillio medium compagna - Beverly Plans
  14. Planner Peace? Filofax Personal Rings Flip Through - nadiaaplans
  15. birlikte planlayalım / filofax norfolk sage a5 6 rings agenda pwm - DerleToplaCalkala
  16. Filofax Wochendeko KW 8 2025 | Plan with me | Ankündigung dekotogether 2025 - planenaufpapier
  17. Testing Filofax Personalisation Station & Customising A5 Clipbook! | Day 8/30 - Mariane Cresp
  18. Techo Kaigi 01 | Planner Overwhelm #plannercommunity - Christa David
  19. Wochendeko Filofax KW 7 | Urlaub und trotzdem keine Zeit - plannerandotherthings _
  20. Весеннее обновление в моём Filofax Original pocket | Kate`s Plan - Kate`s Plan
  21. Plan with me | Filofax Wochendeko KW 10 2025 | heartsfailing - Heartsfailing
  22. Plan hebdomadaire avec moi - Filofax de poche et personnel - Life with Hope
  23. Plan with me in my Filofax! - nadiaaplans
  24. Plan With Me | March #2 | A5 Ring Planner | Weekly Spread | Planner Envy Stickers - Chic and Savvy
  25. Craft with me | Let's decorate my A5 Ring Planner Monthly dividers - Planning With Eli
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