Some people are avid collectors of different binders, and others love decoration or the tactile feel of the different Filofax designs. On the other hand, many users see their organiser as a planning tool to help them set goals and progress towards achieving them. This week has featured several time management posts. Do you use your organiser(s) primarily for planning with monthly, weekly AND

Thank you to everyone that took part in the recent poll. Here are the final results: I was quite pleased with the end results especially as it shows that over three quarters of the people that took part (298 people) look at the blog at least once a week, with more than half of them looking every couple of days. This mini survey is a great help to me because it helps me to decide how often to

So I hope you have had a good weekend. So now it is time to enjoy a great collection of blog posts and videos from around the internet. Here are a selection of the latest Filofax videos for your enjoyment. Planner Setup - A6 Gillio Compagna - designmademyday Planner Collection - March 2018 - Sierra Poulson GILLIO UNDYED SETUP W/ 30MM RINGS MAR 2018 - Rebecca Hodge Functional Planning - My

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This episode is part one of a series that breaks down how to apply the five principles of Getting Things Done by David Allen in your planner.

If you have ideas for future episodes, please send them to steve at philofaxy dot com

Show Notes (timings approximate)

00:00 - Introductions.

02:00 - How we work

04:00 - Paper bills

06:30 - Business cards

07:00 - Client

We are coming to the end of the first quarter of 2018, how are those New Years resolutions going? OK you can ignore the ones about personal weight loss for today, I want to talk about reducing the weight of your organiser, make it more manageable, less stuffed! Back in January you all printed or bought a new diary insert ... new goals and all that stuff and it's 'Oh I must go on a diet' 'I can't

Occasionally when I'm trying to explain to people via text there is some confusion about the different parts of a ring mechanism. I hope the following photograph helps explain the different parts. So from left to right: Tabs: You use these to open your rings, pressing down on both.... you do do this don't you?

How to do nothing.  Is there any harm in wanting to do nothing? Planning gaps in to your day for you to be able to relax and do something different. Lose yourself in a good book or a podcast even! If you have ideas for future episodes, please send them to steve at philofaxy dot com Show Notes (timings approximate) 00:00 - Introductions. 01:00 - Planning to do nothing. 02:00 - Time

This time next week I will be in London ready for two meet ups over that weekend. On the Saturday in London and on Sunday I will be travelling on the train down to Bath to meet a smaller group of readers. I'm quite looking forward to it as always, but I'm going to be busy preparing for my trip back to UK these next few days. As it is Friday you can of course discuss anything organiser related

It is that time of year again... Spring is just around the corner and I'm starting to see lots of people discussing and mentioning trying out Pocket size again. I sort of spotted this trend a few years ago, some years it is more obvious than others. Recently I have seen people saying they are buying pocket size organisers even though it is a size they don't generally use! One of my

Now I'm sure your eyes glazed over as soon as you saw the title of this post 'What more is there you can tell us about rings Steve?'..... 'Is this your specialist subject for Mastermind?'.... 'It's not 1st April already?'... Let me explain why I decided to write this post. Over the last few weeks I've received more than the usual number of messages associated with ring mechanisms. They are