The stumbles are the journey, a mnml digest
Five links. Ten sentences or fewer. On how often unintentional mistakes lead to serendipitous discoveries. Accepting that as much joy comes from what I stumble into as what I plan my way into.
Celebrating a new job with all the cool new blue pens and nibs
Three weeks of interviewing for a new job kept my currently inked pens a demure, professional color palette. It’s time to whip out some novel color and a new wild nib grind now that I’m newly contracted and into my first week of summer break.
Journaling is a non-comparative hobby
The energy for personal writing proved lacking. I know, rationally, that comparing quantities of journaling across weeks is unfair. For me: successful journaling is about starting again — whenever “again” happens to be.
Settling on a new journaling notebook, a mnml digest
Five links. Ten sentences or fewer. On which notebook should house my next journal. Do I go with a trusted paper or a new-to-me notebook manufacturer? Graph or dotted or lined or blank or reticle or … Good thing this week’s blogosphere is replete with paper reviews.

