Earlier this week I was out walking my dog and saw my neighbor from down the road. We got to talking, as we do, and she mentioned the weather this month is so different from this month last year. She said she writes the weather every day in her diary, and likes to compare year to year.
Well as you might imagine, my ears perked up at the mention of a diary so I couldn't resist interrogating her just a little bit about what she likes to write in her pages. She uses an A5 day per page diary and in addition to the weather she writes when the migrating birds arrive and depart, which flowers are coming up, what she planted or harvested in her garden, which mountain she hiked up that weekend (she is retired and 20 years older than I am but still hiking up mountains!), and any other daily notes.
I love hearing about people using their diary pages this way. Do you write daily notes like this in your diary pages, or in a designated section of your Filofax? What types of things do you like to record? And do you compare them year to year?
As always on Fridays, feel free to discuss anything ring-binder organizer related!
18 September 2020
17 September 2020
Moterm Update - Bigger rings in the Versa and additional pen loops
Following on from my recent purchase of a Moterm Versa organiser. I mentioned in my review that I had ordered some larger 30mm rings to see if they would work in the Moterm Versa, which as default comes with 25 mm rings.
The rings are very easy to install, it was just a case of waiting for them to arrive and making a quick swap.
It is very simple to change them, just get a medium size flat blade screwdriver and undo both slot headed nuts by turning them anti-clockwise. Take out the old rings. Line up the new rings on the bolts and reattach the slot headed nuts and tighten them up by turning clockwise in the conventional way.
This is what the underneath size of the rings look like, no surprises really. They come out as a complete unit, you can't take they apart any further without reverting to bending metal! They aren't the highest quality I've seen, but certainly not the lowest quality by a long way.
With the 30 mm rings installed, I wanted to see if the cover was wide enough to take the bigger rings without any overhang of the tabs on the outer edge of the organiser.
No over hang, with 30 mm rings, this is with my normal Filofax Personal size inserts and dividers with side tabs installed on the rings.
Yes it will be even more 'chunky' than before!! but they work, this adds to the flexibility of this particular organiser, especially as the rings can be quickly swapped out if required back to the smaller size.
See the Moterm AliExpress page for all of their ring mechanisms.
Moterm also recently announced some new accessories.
Some pen loops that slide on to the clasp of an organiser or notebook cover.
The photos below shows the outside in leather and on the inside are the two elasticated loops. The vertical loop being part of the leather outer part that goes on to the clasp. With a horizontal elastic loop to hold the pen.
That sounds complicated I know....
Here is one slid on to the clasp with a pen added.
They come in sets of three, small, medium and large, but when you order you can change your order if you wish.
I picked two large and one medium. The photo below shows the medium and large, they are available in the various Moterm leather colours, in my case black will also work with other brands of organiser with similar size clasps.
With the clasp snapped shut the pen loop sits neatly on the clasp with the pen located just outside the border of the organiser.
Adding two of the large pen loops to my Moterm Versa clasp works! I managed to add the medium one as well, but it is a very tight fit and you have to use the other extended clasp popper with three on the clasp, so I settled for two on the clasp.
With the pen loop on the flyleaf and the pen slot in the outer jacket spine that would give you four places for carrying pens of different sizes, would you need that many? I know I wouldn't need that many!
I think it is a neat way of adding another pen loop without taking up more space on the rings and it would work with other brands of organisers as well.
You will find full details on the Moterm AliExpress page.
The rings are very easy to install, it was just a case of waiting for them to arrive and making a quick swap.
It is very simple to change them, just get a medium size flat blade screwdriver and undo both slot headed nuts by turning them anti-clockwise. Take out the old rings. Line up the new rings on the bolts and reattach the slot headed nuts and tighten them up by turning clockwise in the conventional way.
This is what the underneath size of the rings look like, no surprises really. They come out as a complete unit, you can't take they apart any further without reverting to bending metal! They aren't the highest quality I've seen, but certainly not the lowest quality by a long way.
With the 30 mm rings installed, I wanted to see if the cover was wide enough to take the bigger rings without any overhang of the tabs on the outer edge of the organiser.
No over hang, with 30 mm rings, this is with my normal Filofax Personal size inserts and dividers with side tabs installed on the rings.
Yes it will be even more 'chunky' than before!! but they work, this adds to the flexibility of this particular organiser, especially as the rings can be quickly swapped out if required back to the smaller size.
See the Moterm AliExpress page for all of their ring mechanisms.
Moterm also recently announced some new accessories.
Some pen loops that slide on to the clasp of an organiser or notebook cover.
The photos below shows the outside in leather and on the inside are the two elasticated loops. The vertical loop being part of the leather outer part that goes on to the clasp. With a horizontal elastic loop to hold the pen.
That sounds complicated I know....
Here is one slid on to the clasp with a pen added.
They come in sets of three, small, medium and large, but when you order you can change your order if you wish.
I picked two large and one medium. The photo below shows the medium and large, they are available in the various Moterm leather colours, in my case black will also work with other brands of organiser with similar size clasps.
With the clasp snapped shut the pen loop sits neatly on the clasp with the pen located just outside the border of the organiser.
Adding two of the large pen loops to my Moterm Versa clasp works! I managed to add the medium one as well, but it is a very tight fit and you have to use the other extended clasp popper with three on the clasp, so I settled for two on the clasp.
With the pen loop on the flyleaf and the pen slot in the outer jacket spine that would give you four places for carrying pens of different sizes, would you need that many? I know I wouldn't need that many!
I think it is a neat way of adding another pen loop without taking up more space on the rings and it would work with other brands of organisers as well.
You will find full details on the Moterm AliExpress page.
16 September 2020
Video Web Finds - Wednesday 16 September 2020
So I hope you have had a good weekend.So 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.
- Pocket Rings - Print Pression - Monique Smith
- Moterm Personal Versa vs Gillio Medium Mia Cara - spellbound notes
- My Monthly Review Process: August 2020 - Brandy Michelle Plans
- Filofax Pocket Croc Planner Flip - Systematic Maddie
- A6 Gillio Compagna Set Up Sep 2020 - LanieB Plans
- Comparing Imperfect Moterm Planners: Litchi Pink vs Blue Croc - sjplans
- September Minimal Planner Setup // Moterm Pocket Versa // Moterm Taupe // Pocket Rings Planner - Alexis Lauren
- Personal Versa - Updated September flip - Lali's Life
- Aliexpress Moterm Unboxing and First Impressions | Filofax Ghillio Dupe | ScientificallyEngineered - ScientificallyEngineered
- Moterm Personal Planner Setup & Reflection | - Planner Lex
- Moterm Collection॥ Quick view A5 luxe rings planner - Mademoiselle LORENZO
- Moterm LUXE A7 Pocket Planner Unboxing and Comparison - sweet.smores.studio
- Autumn Setup - VDS Tabac using Personal Wide - B6 Ring Planner Flip-Through - Fall Minimal Planning - Sort Stuff Out
- Plan with Me | A5 Filofax | Cloth and Paper Weekly Inserts | September 14-20, 2020 #filofax - Michelle Miller
- How To Care For Your Planner | Planner tips | LV AGENDA 2020 - BMESSI
- Planner Flip Through | Personal Rings Planner | Every Day Carry Planner - Planning Annie
- Filofax Malden Planner Fall Flip | Personal Size | Fall 2020 - arlene rocha
- Projected 2021 "Financial Planner" [Part 4]....A5 Filofax...Setting up September! :) - Valentina Maria Mancera
- Plan With Me - Filofax Original A5 Shop Planner - desleyjane plans
- Filofax Union Jack Setup | Doctor Who Theme | Personal Rings | #filofax #doctorwho - Michelle Miller
- Unboxing Filofax Finsbury - El mundo de Evi
- Gillio Compagna || Personal size planner - Kerri Pouliot
- Gillio Medium Compagna Flip Through August 2020 - Ella Bella Plans
- Gillio Compagna Epoca Grey | Personal Rings Flip Through - CraftyPlannerMom
- Gillio Compagna Planner Setup Flip / September 2020 // Pink Planner Girl - Nicola PinkPlannerGirl
- 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.
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15 September 2020
Free For All Tuesday - No. 502
So 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 a question.
It is Tuesday after all so fire away with any questions and comments.
14 September 2020
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