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Does anyone use Filofaxes or planners here?

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JoolsHoneybee · 01/07/2022 14:41

I do have an iPhone but I just like pen and paper, is anyone the same?

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LittlePearl · 01/07/2022 14:47

Yep, love my Filofax and use it regularly.

StopDrivingIntoMyFence · 01/07/2022 14:49

I currently use three. I'm a Filofax addict. My favourite is Kingfisher Malden A5.

Snoopysimaginaryfriend · 01/07/2022 14:51

I use the moleskine pro planner weekly. It fits everything - home, work, kids and my husband’s shift pattern. I’d be lost without it!

steff13 · 01/07/2022 14:51

Yes. I use a Plum Paper planner.

halfpasteleven · 01/07/2022 15:00

I use an A4 size diary- 1 A4 page per day and I'd be lost without it. Love seeing everything written down clearly for each day, including appointments, training, matches, meal plans etc .

MassiveSalad22 · 01/07/2022 15:01

Yep! Love mine. I can’t process things on a digital calendar. Just doesn’t go in, I have to write it down. Same with studying.

SirenSays · 01/07/2022 15:05

Yes I love the Kikki K planners.

daisychicken · 01/07/2022 15:06

yep, I use the Filofax Clipbook with week to view diary and blank page to keep track of my to do list etc and then Google calendar when I'm out and about. I find it much easier to keep track when it's written down and it stops me panicking that I've forgotten something!

Rosesarere · 01/07/2022 15:07

I love my filofax, I use it for everything

Clarabellasingsthisbit · 01/07/2022 15:07

Wilkinson's make lovely hardback,spiral bound notebooks. I use one of those to keep notes ,lists and accounts for each day.It's a habit I started during Lockdown.I've filled quite a few of them since,but I do need to write things down and the act of doing that helps me to remember.

Clarabellasingsthisbit · 01/07/2022 15:09

it's a habit I started during Lockdown🙄

JoolsHoneybee · 01/07/2022 15:12

I’ve been through and sold so many planners but have ordered the moterm personal wide :) personal is too small!

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JoolsHoneybee · 01/07/2022 15:13

Clarabellasingsthisbit · 01/07/2022 15:09

it's a habit I started during Lockdown🙄

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BigFatLiar · 01/07/2022 15:16

Started using one years ago. Still going strong, so much history in the notes and addresses, change the diary section obviously (stored in a big box)

Blowthemandown · 01/07/2022 15:17

I used to have one but became too dependent on it so got rid. Now I use an erasable reusable spiral notepad/organiser plus my Outlook calendar for things like bin days birthdays and holidays!

IcedOatLatte · 01/07/2022 15:21

I dont know how you want the vote to work but I use a paper diary and i guess loads of people do as they are in all the shops every year. I hada filofax years ago, can't remember why I moved to an anual diary.

weegiemum · 01/07/2022 15:25

I use the boxclever life book diary. Week to view, place for what everyone is up to, meal plan space, shopping list pages, I love it, am on my 4th year of using it.

FlamingoDust · 01/07/2022 16:19

I use the boxclever press family planner-it's fab!

UsernameIsCopied · 01/07/2022 16:24

I have 2. I find physically writing appointments down helps me to remember them. And crossing stuff off is so much more satisfying!

Fairislefandango · 01/07/2022 16:26

Yes! I use a bullet journal - so I buy A5 notebooks (usually Leuchtturm 1917 ones) and use them as a calendar and diary (designing the layouts as I want them) and also for lists, notes and plans of all kinds. I start a new one every September (academic year, as I'm a teacher). I think I'm on my 8th or 9th now.

bluechameleon · 01/07/2022 16:28

I use an A5 page per day diary. I do use the calendar on my phone for personal stuff, but for work I much prefer an actual diary. I write my to do lists in there, and if something doesn't get done on the day I planned I write it in on another upcoming day.

covilha · 01/07/2022 16:33

Thanks OP, I am loving the ideas in this thread. I use a calendar fwiw

dancingbroccoli · 01/07/2022 16:36

I love my planner, I'd be lost without it. I really struggle with staying organised with phone planners/calendars
I have the a6 moterm which I think is very similar to the personal wide🤩

zingally · 01/07/2022 16:38

I don't have a filofax, but I do use a moleskeine notebook and follow the bullet journal method. It improved my organisation massively, and I'd never go back.

Bbq1 · 01/07/2022 16:51

I love a diary and have had one annually for years. I. Love getting the new one at Christmas. I make notes in it and obviously add dates and time of appointments/events. I also love a nice notebook.

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