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Web Finds - Saturday 9 December 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 2 December 2023
2. Silent Sunday
3. Highlights for November 2023
4. Free For All Tuesday - No. 670
5. Video Web Finds - Wednesday 6 December 2023
6. Pens
7. Free For All Friday No 787 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. Super rare A5 organiser cut from 18th century Russian Reindeer Hides - This Bug's Life
2. I've got the Mini, and am thinking about getting the Day on a Page diary. - Filofax
3. PLOTTER Holiday Gift Guide - PLOTTER USA
4. Vlogmas of Productivity 2023 | Day One - Strange & Charmed
5. Introducing: Gillio Toscana - Gillio
6. Planning: Filofax (05) - almalauha – blog
7. Handmade Filofax Personal 30 mm rings (using tarpaulin)! - Filofax
8. The Gift of Time - FranklinPlanner Talk
9. Episode #236: The Art of Balancing Predefined Work - Getting Things Done
10. 7 Tips for creating rainbow themed spreads in your planner or bullet journal - All About Planners
11. Link Love: Inkvent is Upon Us! - The Well-Appointed Desk
12. Web Finds – 6 December 2023 - Travellers Notebook Times
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Free For All Friday No 787 by Laurie

I'm currently reading The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper. I'm really enjoying learning about the origins of the paper notebook, and different ways people have used them over the centuries. 

The majority of the book is dedicated to undated notebooks, but there is a chapter acknowledging dated diary products, their origin (Letts) and how they quickly grew in popularity. At the end of that chapter, there is a footnote about Filofax organisers. 

The footnote gives a very brief summary of the origin of Filofax organisers, and their popularity in the 80's and 90's as "a classic yuppie accessory." The short paragraph ends saying:

"Its core market of professionals, inevitably, transitioned to digital devices, but the Filofax has found a new audience among a generation of journal-keepers who treat it more like a scrapbook."

At first I took mild offense to what seemed to me minimising the role of Filofax among its current users. I can understand why he would write that, since many of the images on social media are of Filofax rings bursting with pages of photos, inspirational quotes, notes and memory-keeping.

But I think Filofax organisers are much more than any one thing, as they always have been. I think it is a testament to users' love of ring organisers for their flexibility and creative potential that Filofax survived the digital age and the downturn in the use of paper planners about 14 or so years ago. 

At that time there was talk about the dying out of paper planners. They have come back, maybe not entirely in the simple role of planning meetings and appointments, but certainly as a way for us to organise our lives however we see fit.

As always on Fridays, feel free to ask and/ or discuss anything ring-binder organiser related!

Pens

Last Sunday on the Skype Round-table/Virtual Meet Up call we had quite a serious discussion about pens and what each of us used. 

Reflecting on the discussion after the call finished it occurred to me that what writing instrument you use on a daily basis is quite a serious business when considering what to use. 

There are so many types these days, and at all price points from budget right through to luxury pens. 

What is your pen (or pencil) of choice to use in your organiser? 

Video Web Finds - Wednesday 6 December 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. Pocket VDS Rings - Moniki Plans
2. Good morning December 3rd Gillio Compagna Planner - Kerri Pouliot
3. A double planner flip through... pocket rings vs passport TN - MomYePlans
4. Looking back at the second half of 2023 and looking forward to 2024 - Thoughts Along Life's Highway
5. Filofax based "Routines" methodology | A series of easily understood repeatable instructions - Flatability
6. Planmas Day Two! December 2, 2023 || Franklin Covey || Powersheets || Janes Agenda - Sandra Dahl
7. My Planner Routine - PART 3 | Wellness Edition | The Planner Aisle - The Planner Aisle
8. Setting up for december in my plotter | personal rings | lindseyscribbles - lindseyscribbles
9. Filofax Pocket Ring Fun - Moniki Plans
10. Planner Flip Through | Caramel Moterm Personal Luxe 2.0 | FC Compact Inserts | December Flip | EDC - My Moxie Dreams
11. Plan With Me! Week of December 4th in my Pink Vintage Aurora | Personal Wide Inserts - BuySellPlan
12. A flip of my three most used planners. VDS and full grain Moterm - Planner fun and inspiration with Melissa
13. Planner Vlogmas | Day 3 - UNBOXING a Custom VDS Standard in Janet Leather Brown and Poussiere | VDS - MaineMamaPlans
14. Planmas Day Four || Dec. 4, 2023 || Daily Planning in My Vintage Aurora! - Sandra Dahl
15. Franklin Covey: This week’s planner layout -Samantha Gibson- Choose_Your_Planning
16. Flatability coffee break | making custom inserts for my Atoma pocket EDC planner - Flatability
17. December flip of my Vintage Aurora | Christmas themed - BuySellPlan
18. Discbound Planner - Ms Frugal
19. Planners I Will Use In 2024 | Filofax | Hobonichi | Budget by Paycheck - Brittany Vasquez
20. December 2023 A5 6-Ring Filofax Monthly Setup | Plan with Me - kristina summer
21. Filofax Wochendeko KW 48 - Heartsfailing
22. Planner Catch Up, Prep + Chit Chat | A6 LPP Ring Planner | Plan With Bee - Plan With Bee
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