Interest in fountain pens is brewing amongst my youngest class of students. The stationery ‘good word’ is spreading. Extrinsic motivation, used pointedly, can be a net win.

My educational happenings are accompanied by a duo of index tabs in my work bullet journal, one for each course I teach. The tabs ease access to the lesson plan outline each course is presently on. Thumb-friendly flipping directly to the exact lesson I am set to teach each day. As such, my tabs move daily.

Tracking is useful for me even when I am unable to maintain my trackers. Any practice that works even when I don’t actively use it is worth its weight in ink.

Consistency is a song. A procedural rhythm that’s catchy enough for me to repeatedly fall back into. Like the hook in a great beat or a sticky melody. I’ve struggled to find a writing rhythm since my July move.