I was looking back at previous years as to when I printed my inserts for the coming year and in most years I printed them sometime in September, this year I got them done much earlier, mainly because I was changing sizes for 2026.
In a way I’m glad I did because I have been surprised at how many times I’ve had to reach for my organiser to enter a new appointment or a task/reminder that will occur in 2026.
I’ve been trying to help people out on the various social media platforms when it comes to deciding on what inserts to use next year.
Have you decided yet?
Of course it is Friday so please feel free to discuss anything Filofax related.
Sometimes I feel like being part of „Groundhog Day“ (you know, the 1993 with Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell ): trying again and again different diary inserts and/or the use of fountain pens (lately a Parker 180). And so I wonder if it’s just part of the the passion… and would like to ask you all: What’s your ultimate recipe for so called „planner peace“?
ReplyDeleteI have found some old bottles of Noodler's ink in the garage and have been pleasantly reminded of how good the bulletproof black is on cheap Filofax paper. There was a bottle of x -feather there as well and I am wondering if that would be even better.
DeleteThis, combined with the recent joy of ordering ridiculously cheap xf fountain pens from Ali Express, means I am in a constant cycle of ink and pen experimentation at the moment.
Thanks, Nibscratcher. Good to know that there are others out there that experiment, too. Have fun :-)
DeleteThere’s still more than 100 days of 2025 ahead and I prefer concentrating my efforts on the many goals I set at the beginning of this year and have not yet fully (or even partially!) achieved. I don’t want to be distracted by spending my time now setting up next year’s pages instead. I find a single undated calendar page is enough for writing down advance appointments for 2026. I’ll then transfer these in the last week of the year to my new pages, review successes in 2025 and set new goals for the new year at the same time. For me, the ‘quiet’ days between Christmas and the New Year always seem a great time to do all this.
ReplyDeleteHi Tim
DeleteI certainly agree about using the days between Christmas and the New Year for this - although my work demands that I have my diary sorted three month in advance, so I don't have the option of deferring that long on the appointments side of things. So I tend to have the diary side continually sorted and do the goal setting as you've described.
Having said that, my wife and I usually decide on our 'winter projects' late In August, for when the schools return from summer holidays here in the UK. So we already have those running now.
To answer the question more specifically, as some of you know I've been conducting a year-long experiment in transitioning back to Personal from A5. I'll write a guest post concerning how that has worked out, but, suffice to say for now, I will need some A5 inserts in 2026 and have recently ordered my usual TimeSystem update pack. With their variable customer service level, we'll see how that works out!
What size 2026 planner have you settled on Steve ? I've started setting up my A6 VDS xxxxxxxx
ReplyDeleteAfter many years of using A5 for 2026 I’m going to give Personal size another try. The inserts are printed and in a personal size organiser already.
DeleteSee the post here: https://philofaxy.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-transition-from-a5-filofax-to.html