The treacherous adventure of gifting stationery to your hobbyist friend or loved one
When I give a gift, I want to see wide, happy eyes. I want to see my loved one dive into the gift and find joy in it. However, my stationery joy lays in picking my stationery apart, separating out what works from what works less-than-well for me — in addition to digging writing itself. My picky, choosy, sticklerish obsession makes me a bad stationery gift-receiver. Oof.
The roles of fit and gravity in sitting down to write, a mnml digest
Five links. Ten sentences or fewer. On finding the right way to get work done. This week, I’m pondering fit and gravity in what a healthy productivity looks like for me.
Small tweaks, happy impact
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.
2022 state of the scholar, tray one
I like to take an inventory of my pen collection now and again. A check-in with myself as to which pens are working for me and which would be better housed with more eager owners.