Filofax in social media

In the run-up to our 20th anniversary of Philofaxy, I've been thinking about how much our online interactions have changed over the years! (And yet how Philofaxy remains a firm constant!)

Back when I first started reading Philofaxy, blogging was very popular and many of us who read Philofaxy at that time had our own blogs (many of which are now sadly defunct). We created an online community with commenting and guest-posting on each others' blogs, linking and referencing each others' posts. Personally that was my favourite time in the online community!

Facebook came along, and eventually Instagram. I'm assuming there are also Filofax communities on other platforms like TikTok and Discord but I'm not on those. There's not as much discussion on these platforms, and more video content rather than text-based as in blogs, but it's still fun to see how people all over the world use their Filofax organisers in their lives and work. 

Besides Philofaxy (of course!), what are your favourite Filofax-related blogs or social media accounts, past and present?

Silent Sunday

 

Journal pages - thank you to Daniel

Web Finds - Saturday 18 October 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 11 October 2025
2. Silent Sunday
3. Dates for your diary Sat 18 and Sun 19 October 2025
4. Free For All Tuesday - No. 767
5. Video Web Finds - Wednesday 15 October 2025
6. DiY Personal Size Storage Folder
7. Free for All Friday No. 885 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. Join the Planner Fun Plus Tester Team! -  Planner Fun
2. ink stained malden - Filofax
3. PLOTTER Leather Binder Liscio Limited BOX – Exclusive Release - PLOTTER USA
4. 90’s filofax kensington - Filofax
5. Gillio Meetup 2025: a recap - Blog | Gillio
6. Episode #332: Praise for the Last Minute - Getting Things Done
7. Vintage filofax - Filofax
8. Personal Size Moterm in Taupe - Planner Fun
9. How to Plan Your Week Using Astrology: Planetary Magic Meets Productivity - Strange & Charmed
10. Introducing: the Safari Collection - Blog | Gillio
11. Harvest Your Potential - FranklinPlanner Talk
12. Filofax Custom Inserts- Paper Success? - Filofax
13. PLOTTER Leather Binder Pueblo Limited BOX – Exclusive Release - PLOTTER USA
14. Link Love: Pens & Quilts = JOY - The Well-Appointed Desk
15. Web Finds – 15 October 2025 - Travellers Notebook Times
16. 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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Free for All Friday No. 885 by Nan

There are any number of reasons for changing your system. Maybe your life is changing in some way, and you need a larger (or smaller!) paper size or ring size. Sometimes your system of inserts and planning methods isn't working out and you're looking for something that meets your needs better. Everything is a learning experience, right? 

But what if your system is working just fine...but you've almost completely stopped using it and you're not sure why? You just want to change. I believe there's such a thing as system fatigue. Every now and then we need to freshen things up with new colors and new designs. 

So you change things up...and you're using your organizer with enthusiasm again! I've recently changed my system—both my approach and my format—and now I'm doing tasks I've been putting off for weeks. 

How about you? As always on Friday, feel free to discuss anything related to your ring-bound organizers!

DiY Personal Size Storage Folder

Thank you for all your suggestions on ways of storing Personal Size inserts. 

I came up with this cheap and simple solution for storing past years of my Personal size diary inserts. The earliest being 1987. 

I've used some card stock which is about 160 gsm. But you can use what ever you can find. Mine came in A4 size. 

Using a trimmer I cut it down to 245mm x 190mm, I folded it so that the 'covers' both front and back were 110mm in width. This gives enough clearance if you have any tabs in your stack of inserts. 

The problem then was how to punch the holes. I did it in two goes. Fold the front right over and punch, then do the same on the back. 

As you will see you do end up with holes in the spine but that shouldn't be an issue with card stock for the folder. 

I then passed the treasury tags through the holes in the front and back cover. 

You can make the spine thinner if you wish. Mine is about 25mm, but it will depend on how many inserts you want to store in each folder and the length of your treasury tags, they do come in a variety of lengths and colours. I found 4 tags was enough to hold my inserts securely. 

Folded over for punching. Do the same on the other fold.

Having made about 4 of these (they don't take much time to make) I then received a hint on my previous post that Kraft binders do exist for Personal size but they are labelled as A6 on Amazon! Typical!! 

I ordered a pack of two. Like the A5 ones, they have 20mm rings and seem to be good value for money and they aren't made of plastic. 

You can find them on Amazon UK and Amazon USA You will find the A5 binders on the same links too. 

Now to just sort through my past inserts and decide which ones to keep and store them in a more organised way. 

Video Web Finds - Wednesday 15 October 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. Episode 8: Journaling and Gratitude - Franklin Planner
2. Escribiendo en agenda de anillos - Planes y Diarios
3. Friday planner chat…  - Beverly Plans Life
4. Functional Planning System || Ringbound Planner || - Life With MJB
5. Franklin Planner Forms - Franklin Planner
6. The Perfect Duo | Filofax Malden Personal and Pocket Rings - christa david
7. Plan With Me || Franklin Classic || Oct 13 - 19, 2025 || Chestnut Vintage Aurora - Sandra Dahl
8. Weekly Plan With Me + Recap | From Vacation to Intentional Flow - Buy Sell Plan Inc.
9. Review - A5 Filofax Kendal - Flatability
10. First impressions of the Mini Mia Crossover - Gillio Firenze
11. This Planner Is Stunning  | MeePlus Slimpad Unboxing & First Impressions - Just Scribble
12. Discovering Meeplus  Accessible and customisable alternative to plotter - marcsmellow
13. Setting up my planner for 2026 - TeacupDreamsArt
14. decotogether Autumn 2025 | Red | Weekly decoration in the Filofax Original Burnt Or... - planenaufpapier
15. a very unscientific DIY method for making your own refills - nikki c
16. Filofax Wochendeko KW 42 - allesaufpapier
17. Monthly Reset | October Planner Set Up | A5 Ring Planner | Lifestyle | Monthly Calendar - Chic and Savvy
18. 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 
• Your Filofax/Organiser Videos could appear in this list, just contact philofaxy at gmail dot com to be added to our monitoring list. 
• Consider joining our Facebook group - Filofax for Philofaxy fans
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Enjoy

       

Free For All Tuesday - No. 767

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. 

       

Dates for your diary Sat 18 and Sun 19 October 2025

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

When? - Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 October 2025 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 Signal. 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 Signal 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 Signal 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. You also need to be known to us in some way or other before we will permit you to join the chat. 

If you need any assistance setting up Signal, please pop a comment in this post and I will try and help you get one line. Signal is free for computer to computer calls....

Hope to be chatting with you on Saturday 18 & Sunday 19 October 2025.

 

Silent Sunday

 

Journal pages - thank you to Daniel

Web Finds - Saturday 11 October 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 4 October 2025
2. Silent Sunday
3. ISO: Personal Inserts Storage?
4. Free For All Tuesday - No. 766
5. Video Web Finds - Wednesday 8 October 2025
6. Vintage Filofax Inserts Filing Box
7. Free For All Friday No. 884 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. Small in Size, Big in Style: Norfolk Key Rings - Filofax UK - BLOG
2. Leather is crackling, what to do ? - Filofax
3. PLOTTER as a Planner, Journal, and Notebook - PLOTTER USA
4. RELEASE: the Mini Mia Crossover - Blog | Gillio
5. Productivity Advice for Your Zodiac Sign - Strange & Charmed
6. Did Filofax not make a cream month on 2 pages? - Filofax
7. Episode #331: Exploration of GTD for Educators - Getting Things Done
8. How to Print Printable Planner Inserts at Home (Step-by-Step Guide) - MAY PAPER CO. - Blog
9. Gillio Meetup 2025: a recap - Blog | Gillio
10. Link Love: Finding Comfort - The Well-Appointed Desk
11. Web Finds – 8 October 2025 - Travellers Notebook Times
12. 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. 
• Consider joining our Facebook group - Filofax for Philofaxy fans
• Follow Philofaxy on Reddit
• Follow Philofaxy on Threads
• Follow Philofaxy on BlueSky

Enjoy