Free For All Friday - No. 849 by Nan

Filofax organizers are great for planning things such as appointments, schedules, and tasks. But what about tracking the time you spend doing the things you do every day, such as working, resting, rehearsing, reading, watching video, and so on. 

In a Filofax, you can use a diary where the hours of the day are marked. Or you can make up your own time tracker. Do you have a favorite time tracking solution? 

As always on Friday, feel free to discuss anything related to ring-bound organizers!

Cross - Referencing

I was looking through some old posts on here the other day and I came across a mention about cross-referencing. I'm sure you have all been doing this for years and wondering why I'm writing about it!

It is a very simple idea/practice to help you de-clutter your dairy pages.

In the example on the right you will see I have written 'Boiler service N3'

N3 is the location of my notes for 'Le technician de chaudiere' or the boiler man to you and moi!

Any issues get added to the relevant notes page and I also then have a history of previous problems,  N3 is 'Notes - Page 3'

I can grab that page out of my organiser on the day of the appointment and then he will have just those notes to see and nothing else from my diary.

I've started to do this for medical notes for my 6 monthly appointments with the doctor. It keeps everything neat and tidy. 

Do you cross-reference information in your organiser?

Video Web Finds - Wednesday 12 February 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. Odds & Ends - writerlywitterings
2. Rings: Are they still working? - Plan With April
3. A5 Budget Plan With Me Moterm Planner - MyLifeReBranded
4. Mail time 69 - Vintage Filofax Winchester - Flatability
5. The 5 Minute Daily Planning Sequence - Carl Pullein 
6. DIY planner divider tabs●pocket ring, 6, watercolor - naokiroku
7. 2025 Planner Setup & Flip Through | Self-Made Inserts | Minimal & Functional Productivity - Laura Jane
8. This week's releases & restocks (week of February 10 , 2025) - Gillio Firenze
9. Setting up my A5 Van Der Spek Stardust planner for Work - MyLifeReBranded
10. Plan With Me! Week of February 10th | Franklin Covey Compact - Buy Sell Plan Inc.
11. February Setup || 2025 || Personal Rings || Functional Planning System || DAY-TIMER || Flip - Life With MJB
12. Plan With Me || Franklin Classic || Feb. 10 - 16th, 2025 || Chestnut Vintage Aurora - Sandra Dahl
13. Using Multiple A5 Planners featuring Moterm/Filofax/VDS and LV GM Agendas - MyLifeReBranded
14. Podcast 40 - TK Max, Public Image, MeePlus, Plotter, Moleskine, Filofax, and more - Flatability 
15. February DETAILED Flip Thru | FCC Compact Inserts | Moterm Luxe 2.0 Dune | Functional Planner - My Moxie Dreams
16. How I Plan My Life  | Inside My Personal Filofax Lockwood (EDC Planner Flip-Through) - Olga | Gilded Plans
17. How to Balance Work and Personal Tasks - Alexis aka MissTrenchcoat
18. Setting up a personal wallet and everyday carry in my medium Van Der Spek Touch me - MyLifeReBranded
19. February Filofax Fest: Planner Setups - One Crafty Dolo
20. Filofax Ring Planners | January Flip + February Setup - page of h.
21. Switching from Personal size to Pocket size! Filofax rings planner adventure - minimalish.journal
22. Así finalizamos Enero 2025 | Planner Filofax - Joana Lizeth
23. 2025 için yeni ajandam / A5 Filofax Norfolk Sage 6 Ring - DerleToplaCalkala
24. How I Designed My Commonplace Planner to Stay Focused + Productive | Filofax Setup 2025 - tonianne
25. February Functional Planning Pages - My Nomad Planner
26. Adjusting My Planning System | Moving My Inbox to My A5 Filofax Malden - Yesterday on Paper
27. Is a Filofax still a useful EDC item in 2025? - Accoutrements
28. Planea conmigo Febrero 2025| Filofax Planner - Joana Lizeth
29. Filofax Pocket | Planner Setup - Nicole Danielle
30. Plan with me | Filofax Wochendeko KW 06 2025 | heartsfailing - Heartsfailing
31. Filofax A5 rings set up and a quick Feb 2025 check in - Tuxedoplans
32. Mini Malden Filofax Ready For Valentines - I’ve Kept An Agenda
33. FEBRUARY THEME | Week 7 FC Compact | FCC Weekly Reset & PWM | Chatty - My Moxie Dreams
34. 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
• Follow Philofaxy on Reddit
• Follow Philofaxy on Threads
• Follow Philofaxy on BlueSky

Enjoy

       

Free For All Tuesday - No. 732

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 - Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 February

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

When? - Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 February 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 Skype. 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 Skype 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 Skype 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 Skype, please pop a comment in this post and I will try and help you get one line. Skype is free for computer to computer calls....

Hope to be chatting with you on Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 February 2025.