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Thursday, October 10, 2024

I'm still here!

Hi everyone! I am still here. This blog has sat dormant, but my love of planners continues! 

I still contribute on Philofaxy so look for me there if you want to read my Filofax ramblings.

It's been almost 15 years since I started this blog! All those years ago, it was hard to find planner info and how-to-use inspiration. Now we are drowning in posts and videos on using planners, and I find it hard to find the real stuff: actual planner use, and not just performative planner aesthetics.

Nonetheless, I persist. I'm always on the lookout for new ways to use my planner, especially as my life changes and my planning needs change.

My current situation: Newly empty nest! Possibly traveling more than I have in many years? And job hunting.

Themes that still resonate with me:

Filofax or bound book? They are both useful in different ways. I'm still constantly exploring which format best fits different needs.

Planner layout: after many years of experimentation, I've discovered I have to use a weekly layout with timed vertical columns. It's just how my brain works. But will this continue to be the layout for me, now that my life runs less on a timed schedule?

Size vs portability: For about a year and a half I used a Kokuyo Jibun Techo weekly planner, and I enjoyed how portable it was while still having everything I needed in one book. But as I'm getting older, my eyes couldn't handle the tiny grid anymore and I moved into a different planner that's easier to read, but a little larger. How portable will I need my planner to be in this new phase of my life?

I don't know if I'll be posting on here any more, but I just wanted to give you the update!

Happy planning everyone!

5 comments:

  1. And Philofaxy is still tracking your blog for new posts !! ;)

    Tri-Note.... oddly only shown in German and Italian, but I did track down a French edition on Amazon... not to buy, just noticed my 2015 edition whilst sorting through the 'cupboard' the other day....

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    1. Glad I'm still on the Philofaxy radar! :D

      The Quo Vadis Trinote is still available in English in the US and UK. Interestingly, some of the US Quo Vadis planners are now available only in bilingual English and French versions, in line with their Canadian lineup.

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    2. Hi Laurie
      QV are most probably rationalising their range so that they don't get left with unsold planners at the end of the year.
      I'm still using the QV Daily 21 as my journal, I already have mine for 2025 already. It comes in 6 languages (as it always has), but the first two languages are French and English which I can cope with and I just ignore the others!

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    3. I've used the Daily 21 in the past and (as with all Quo Vadis products) the paper is so nice! You must have a good collection of them lined up on your shelf now!

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    4. Yes this is my 12th year of using the Daily21, I started back in 2013!
      The fountain pen I use varying but the paper is just perfect.
      I keep the journal in a VDS cover.

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