My filofaxes – where are they now? (part 1)

Well, the quick answer for almost all of them is “In the bottom drawer of the bureau in here.”

But why? Why did I buy them in the first place and why aren’t they in use (and um, why aren’t I selling them??)

To my shame and horror, I have a ridiculous number of filofaxes. Truly ridiculous. In fact, so many, that this is going to have to be the first post in a series! This post will cover the A5 filofaxes. There will be a subsequent post on Personal and another on Pocket and Mini. I will only cover filofaxes bought in the last 5 years. I had ‘organisers’ – probably not filofax brand – in the eighties (who didn’t??) but they aren’t going to be covered here.

Let’s do the walk of shame together.

A5

Red domino

This was the first filofax I bought as an adult!

Why did I buy it?

I bought this to use as a work filofax after seeing a friend at work using one, and it did sterling service there for a while. I loved the big rings and the ability to put A4 paper in there, folded in half and to be able to print my own stuff easily. I then bought a jade Finchley (see below) for work and this moved to being my book-o-fax.

Where is it now?

Currently, it has some writing stuff in it – lists of agents approached/to approach; ideas for stories etc. and it has some stuff on time-management for creative people and a few other random things.

Ultraviolet domino (1)

Why did I buy it?

This filofax was always intended to be a ‘notes’ filofax. It has notes for a website I intended to set up for students (and which I still own the domain-name for, and may yet set up…). It also has stuff on life-coaching and business-coaching. In so many ways this is my ‘failure’ binder as it represents a lot of things I have contemplated doing, but haven’t. Much of this stuff has been shelved because I don’t have time to do everything I could and so am concentrating on doing things I yearn to do.

Where is it now?

I currently rarely look at it, but it is on a bookcase next to my desk.

Ultraviolet domino (2)

Why did I buy it?

It was bought as a writing filofax and it still is one. I blogged about it here.

Where is it now?

It is in good use and is in fact, sitting on the desk next to me as I type!

Red Finchley

Why did I buy it?

I bought it to have as my ‘home’ filofax (see here) but then I moved into using a personal size. Then it became my writing filofax. Ultimately it became my book-o-fax.

Where is it now?

On a bookcase next to my desk, still acting as a book-o-fax!

Jade Finchley

Why did I buy it?

I bought it as a work filofax (blogged about here), as I wanted a posher version than the domino. It stayed in use as a work filofax until about two months ago, when I bought a Mulberry A5, which is what is being used at work at the moment.

Where is it now?

In a box in the bottom drawer of my bureau. I can’t think of a use for it, but can’t quite bear to sell it either.

In the next post, I will do the walk of shame through the selection of personal sized filofaxes I have.

How many of you have more filofaxes than is sensible??