Tuesday was a rain day. My first ever rain day. School was cancelled due to expectations of flooding and our governor’s request for non-emergency personnel to stay off the roads. I took the opportunity to build myself a reading day.

I lit a candle. Put on music. Laid my pens and notebooks out. The right setting made my writing and reading mellow, recuperative, and fun. It’s gotta be fun.

This weekend marks the one year anniversary of the mnmlscholar. I started this blog to share how I use analog and digital tools to find joy in the work I do. Or, as I predicted in my first post, “this blog is a record of my experiences with analog productivity in a digital world.”

This year has been a rewarding adventure. And a heck of a lot of fun. Thanks for taking this journey with me!

My ruler journey spans years. Here’s what I’ve been looking for: a ruler that will not damage soft-metal nibs, has a beveled edge that favors the ruler’s downward side, and with a printed 5 mm grid.

An extremely picky, choosy, sticklerish line of thought lays ahead.

The core organizational needs I have for an analog planner have changed considerably from my early days of analog planning. The way I plan to use my analog planner has followed suit.

So: I’m leaning in. Most of my social events and obligations are scheduled weeks out. The monthly view has become the default in my calendar app. I’m planning on monthly pages becoming next year’s planner hub.