I've been using Frankin Covey planners for several months now (compact, two pages per day, ring-bound) but saw a few things about Filofax and got curious. Like Franklin Covey, the Filofax line consists of binders in several sizes, with a wide variety of inserts: diary pages, notepaper, task lists, contact sheets, and even maps and calculators! And they come in colors! Purple, pink, raspberry...Like I don't spend enough of my surrounded by vividly-hued accessories. I mean come on, a bright pink day planner?! What's not to love?! Below is a picture of my new Metropol (personal-size) in raspberry. Slick! (Ignore the weird lens glare).
Like FC, there are several kinds of calendar pages for Filofax: monthly, weekly, daily, two days per page, etc. My planner came with a Week on Two Pages insert but I wound up getting the Two Pages Per Day as well. That's what I've been using in my Franklin Covey planner and it was too hard to switch to a weekly format. I need both calendar pages and task lists so the 2PPD format makes more sense.
The Metropol has two pen loops but so far, I've only been able to use the leftmost loop. A Pilot G2 gel pen just fits into it-- and none of my pens are skinny enough for the right pen loop. Maybe they could use a little bit of elastic built into them to allow for more give? Because I'm not sure I can go back to using those super-skinny gel pens I used in high school. They hurt my hands like math :-(
Right now, I have my planner set up with monthly and daily calendar pages, some notepages, a freaking mirror!, and little Post-It notes. Squee! What I love most about my new Filofax so far is that the paper is amazing! Even though I can't fit any of my fountain pens into the planner's pen loops, I can sure write with them on the Filofax pages! The paper is smooth, fountain pen-friendly, and a joy to write on. I've even thought about using the Filofax as a journal of sorts. I like that idea but the habit of keeping a "traditional" journal (in a bound book) is so ingrained in me that I'm having trouble breaking it. And most of the time, I just want to pick up and hold my Filofax. It just begs to be held, like any well-made, tangible item.
I wound up getting a purple Metropol too, to use as an address book. I haven't used a paper address book in years because I've been relying on my laptop and iPod. They're still the best tool for updating my contact list (in theory) but a well-used paper address book can provide as much as history as a filled journal or day planner.
And for God's sake, it's purple.
It's not like I purposely pick clothing or accessories that are purple, pink and pastel blues. It's just that those are my favorite colors so I tend to gravitate toward them when given a choice. So by the laws of probability (or something-- I didn't take physics so how the hell would I know?), I will usually leave the house with a turquoise bag, pink day planner, and purple nail polish. It just happens.
Also, "Filofax" is more fun to say than "Franklin Covey." Just putting that out there.
You must be using the cotton cream paper because the plain white paper is terrible with fountain pens. I switched from the Franklin Covey because, frankly, my Raspberry Finsbury is cuter.
ReplyDeleteMy note pages are the cream kind. I've noticed my fountain pens act up a bit on the colored, lined note pages-- pink, purple, etc. Sometimes, the ink kind of beads up just a teensy bit. But most of the time, I don't have a problem with it. I was using a Franklin Covey planner (Classic size and then the smaller Compact size, which about the same height as a Personal Filofax but wider). I definitely like the Filofax paper over the Franklin Covey paper; no question about it.
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