This week is my teaching bullet journal setup week. My pen-to-paper time will be dominated by setting up headings, laying out columns and sections, and migrating reference information into my new teaching notebook: a 400 page dot grid Odyssey.

All three genres of information need to be direct and sans distraction. So this week’s palette includes three grey inks. Two EF line widths for columns and detailed reference information. And one B line width for facilitating scannable headings.

Two new pens enter this week’s rotation.

My Pilot Custom 74 steps up as this week’s daily driver. I’m excited to try this pen out. My first inking since All in the Nib customized the EF nib to suit my high writing angle and preference for pencil like feedback. I also introduced my Franklin-Christoph 03 in Ghost. This pen was last inked in March. A substantial stint in the pen trays.

So. Excited.

August heralds two major changes for the writing I take up. First, I have new writing options available as a result of my adventures at the DC Pen Show. Whee.

Second, the first week of August also begins three weeks of half-days prepping for the coming school year.

Small tweaks can have outsized impacts. It’s a law of nature in school policy. It also applies to stationery. Two small tweaks this week to keep this week’s writing fun.