Repeating Years?

You have been looking through your 'collection' or 'stash' of planner inserts and you have come across a full diary insert for a previous year, unused and still in the cellophane packet. 

Do you recycle it or can you reuse it? Yes you can reuse it. 

Here are some examples:

• 2027 has the same number of days and starts on the same day of the week as 1999, 2010, 2021 
• 2028 has the same number of days and starts on the same day of the week as 1972, 2000
• 2028 has the same number of days and starts on the same day of the week as 2001, 2007, 2018

Obviously it extends beyond those date ranges and in to the future as well, you can find out more by looking at this website: https://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/repeating.html?year=2027 

Have you ever reused a previous years diary insert without redating it?

Silent Sunday

Filofax Tropic

 

Web Finds - Saturday 19 September 2026

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 12 September 2026
2. Silent Sunday
3. Dates for your diary Saturday 19 & Sunday 20 September
4. Free For All Tuesday - No. 815
5. Video Web Finds - Wednesday 16 September 2026
6. September Reset
7. Free For All Friday No. 932 by Eve

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. Becksöndergaard eelskin ring organiser - This Bug's Life
2. Episode #379: The Nature of Someday Maybe Items - Getting Things Done
3. Monthly Planner Cards: The Most Versatile Piece of Your Planner Set Up - MAY PAPER CO. - The Journal
4. Santorini Collection 14 September 2026 - Blog | Gillio
5. Modular rings - Filofax
6. Episode #380: A Guided Weekly Review - Getting Things Done
7. Link Love: It’s Okay Not to Be Okay - The Well-Appointed Desk
8. Web Finds – 16 September 2026 - Travellers Notebook Times
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Free For All Friday No. 932 by Eve

 

It's Planner Shopping Season

Every September we start to see the new planner releases come out for the upcoming year. This is our time! It's exciting and we start buzzing about what we are going to use next year. Those of us who have been perfectly happy with our planners all year start, well, planning.

Not switching, obviously. Just looking. Just seeing what's out there.

Planner theory says that very quickly this can turn into watching release videos late at night, comparing paper types like we’re writing a doctoral thesis, and developing deeply personal opinions about planner covers we absolutely do not need. 

Every year I say the same thing, “I’m definitely staying in my current system next year and this time I am not buying a zillion different refills, binders, sizes, brands. I'm just NOT.”

Then approximately 48 hours later, “Well… I mean, I’ll at least look at the new binder colors.”

There’s just something about planner release season that makes us all giddily believe we are on the verge of becoming dramatically more organized people. It feels hopeful somehow. This will be the year!

Meanwhile, my 2026 planner contains crossed-out tasks, messy grocery lists, random notes, and at least one entry that says “make dentist appointment” over and over for several weeks.

I also think planner shopping season causes temporary memory loss. I completely forget every lesson that I learned the previous year and start reconsidering planners that already know won't work for me.

Maybe this FC Monarch will suddenly feel more portable.
Maybe my handwriting will magically become small and neat and look great in this cute Pocket size.
Maybe I can resist getting every size Hobonichi when I never end up using them for very long.

Yeah, maybe.

So, has planner shopping season started for you yet? What are you getting for next year?
Do you ever repeatedly convince yourself something might work this time despite available historical evidence to the contrary?

As always on Fridays, feel free to discuss anything ring planner related. Have a great weekend shoppers!

September Reset

After the very hot months of July and August we are getting some more sensible weather here in September. 

However, the month seems different, children have gone back to school, people around us have returned to their normal work patterns. 

I feel that September is a good time to review progress, to look again at that list of 'do someday' jobs and try to get them completed before we get in to the dark winter days when the we start to get more wind and rain. 

These tasks might only be small and not take very long to do, but you might have been putting them off or just overlooked them.  

Time to refresh your To-Do list, set aside some time to do it soon....