For some people part of the 'New Year' ritual is to swap over their diary inserts. Taking out last years and inserting the next years.
That said a lot of people do this on a rolling basis, archiving past weeks/months and adding in future weeks/months. They always keep 6-12 months in their organiser at any one time, with a split of say 3 months past and 9 months future, but the length of time and the split between past and future is a personal choice of course.
It will also depend on the type of inserts you are using and the size of rings or the capacity of your organiser to hold the amount of paper you need.
What ever camp you are in, what do you do with your old inserts? Some people archive them, but I have heard of people that shred them.
Personally I archive mine in an old large ring A5 Finsbury, it can hold 3-4 years worth of week on two page inserts comfortably.
My archived inserts help me pin down dates in telephone records and dates to look for photographs etc.
Whilst keeping your past inserts doesn't take up much space, you can decide how long to keep them for.
I still have my 1987, 1988, 1989 inserts from when I first started using a Filofax, they make fascinating reading! I was using my Filofax more as a journal than a planner, but I didn't really know the difference back then!
What do you do with your old inserts?
