Web Finds - Saturday 18 November 2023

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 November 2023
2. Silent Sunday
3. Gillio Meet Up - November 2023
4. Free For All Tuesday - No. 667
5. Video Web Finds - Wednesday 15 November 2023
6. Making Filofax Personal Size Your Everyday Organiser
7. Free for All Friday No. 784 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. 2024 inserts are in! - This Bug's Life
2. Set up of my 2024 planner - part 3 - StickersSwissMade
3. Episode #233: The Value of Writing Things Down - Getting Things Done
4. Personalisation Station - Filofax UK - BLOG
5. The Grand Finale: An Ode to Paper Planners - Planner Fun
6. Whats in my bag – Van Der Spek La Grande tote - This Bug's Life
7. Pen loop on personal compact - Reddit Filofax
8. PLOTTER YOUR WAY: Using PLOTTER as a Journal - PLOTTER USA
9. The Ultimate Guide to a Functional Planner Setup: Your Roadmap to Organized and Productive Living - Strange & Charmed
10. GILLIO MEETUP 2023 - the replay 13 November 2023 - Gillio
11. Simple Tips for Goal Success Using Your Planner! - Planner Fun
12. Creating Your Holiday Game Plan - FranklinPlanner Talk
13. My first filofax! Finsbury Pocket "Coral" - Reddit Filofax
14. Link Love: Without Comment - The Well-Appointed Desk
15. Web Finds – 15 November 2023 - Travellers Notebook Times
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Free for All Friday No. 784 by Nan

 The early bird catches the...Filofax? 

I've spend most of this year using a Franklin-Covey 7-hole Classic size planner. While I thought many times about switching to a different size and brand, mostly to find a more lightweight, portable system, I never could because what I doing with the 7-hole was just working too darn well. 

Once I figured out a way to easily switch to Filofax A5, I found that I could wait no longer. I've started using the organizer I planned for 2024 in November 2023! And it's working even better than I could have predicted!

Can you relate?

As always on Friday, all discussion of ring-bound organizers, or anything else on your mind, is welcome.

Making Filofax Personal Size Your Everyday Organiser

A lot of people use Filofax Personal Size, most probably more than any other size in the range of sizes available. 

If you are not using Personal Size here are some things to consider that might get you to change your mind about using it or changing to it.  

• It has been available for the longest period of time of all sizes, so there are plenty of organiser designs and styles available. 
• Ring sizes from as small as 10/11mm to a whopping 30mm. The smaller sizes being slim enough to fit in to a jacket pocket or take up very little space in your handbag/purse
• A large range of inserts are available including pre-printed ones from a large range of suppliers. 
• Price range of organisers is vast, from a few £ € $ to hundreds, but you don't have to spend a lot of money to get an organiser that is perfectly functional. 
• Vintage organisers.... true vintage as well are available.

As with all sizes, you should test out the page size with just some sheets of paper (95x171mm) to see if your typical week in your own hand writing is going to work or not. Also this will help with what sort of diary insert you are going to need. 

The most common size of rings is between 23-26mm, in those sizes you will find a vast range of organisers to choose from both in clasp closure and zip closure. Mostly they will only have one pen loop, some have two pen loops. 

The larger 30mm ring organisers in Personal Size if you fill them up can become quite bulky. With the Gillio Mia Cara with 25mm or in the case of Moterm Versa 30mm rings you can have a two part organiser, with an outer 'jacket' and a separate inner organiser. These can carry a lot of supplementary paper work, but they are much bigger and heavier, but they both still use Personal Size pages. These are not the sort of organiser you can easily put in your pocket!

Gillio Mia Cara (Medium/Personal Size)

If you have been using an A5 or larger organiser, adapting to the smaller page size might take a while, but don't give up, give it some time, a week or two at least. 

One disadvantage for me is that Personal Size pages aren't in the same height/width proportions as the regular ISO sizes (A4, A5, A6 etc) this means that a Personal Size page has to be specifically designed for that size, not just simply scaled down from a larger size. Also printing Personal Size pages on that size paper can be tricky if your printer is a little fussy about the smaller size pages. 

Have you considered changing to or back to Personal Size? 

Video Web Finds - Wednesday 15 November 2023

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. Three English made vinyl binders | Filofax | Lefax | PMS - Flatability
2. Galen Leather Leather Balm - fountain PENdulum
3. What's in my planner bag - Planner Mumsy
4. Reference Binder | Original Filofax vs. VDS A5 Manager - Just Scribble
5. Gillio Meet Up Nov. 2023 | Vlog and Unboxing - keri_plans 
6. Gillio Meetup 2023 - livestream - Gillio Firenze
7. MUST have Planner Supplies from Amazon... that I use DAILY! - MomYePlans
8. Experimenting with personal rings (and loving it), a filofax flip | lindseyscribbles - lindseyscribbles
9. Flatability Podcast Episode 19 - news | updates | comments | opinions | philosophies - Flatability
10. Plan With Me! || Franklin Classic Trillian Binder || November 13th - 19th, 2023 - Sandra Dahl
11. Meal planning when you have no idea what to cook - Tonya Plans
12. Plan With Me! Week of November 13th in my Pink Vintage Aurora. - BuySellPlan
13. Battle of the Planners - Filofax Saffiano vs Malden Personal Compact Zip - RosiesPlanners
14. Flatability Coffee Break | organiser handling | tab orientation | YT Premium | Atoma change | paper - Flatability
15. This week s releases & restocks week of November 13th, 2023 - Gillio Firenze
16. Filofax Croc Cherry Planner Personalrings Unboxing - kti. plans
17. Was ist NEU bei den weekview Business Einlagen 2024 mit Filofax Lochung? - weekview
18. Planner Lineup for 2024 | Filofax and Hobonichi - Mariane Cresp
19. Plan With Me: November Week 2 Reset | 2023 Filofax Planner - Brittany Vasquez
20. Plan With Me | Gillio Medium Compagna | PaperTess Designs | Personal Ring Planner - Nessie Plans
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Free For All Tuesday - No. 667

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