Habit trackers track, even when I’m not tracking
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.
The Inkvent Draft is a new family tradition
The Inkvent calendar facilitated a fun new tradition in my household: the Inkvent Draft. Here’s the rub: each person gets to keep seven colors, chosen NFL-style over six rotating rounds. The undrafted are gifted to folks at the next pen group meetup. Perks of having a family member as stationery obsessed as me.
Unwrapping a writing rhythm for 2024
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.
Pens of the tough love variety
Toying with taking up a new lens on pen types, JO and I considered use case as a sideways perspective into which kinds of pens populate our collections. And a novel perspective can unearth values and preferences and “what works for me” that I’ve only yet to subconsciously pull together. For the betterment of future, smarter, more personalized curating.