Whoa, all new pencils to me - I did look at some of the recent superlative mechanicals but maybe I need to check these out soon.
Had only heard of the Blackwings that @Hunter mentioned because they were mentioned by fountain pen folks.
Exciting!
@Garrett.exe then we used to be near neighbors! There are dozens of us, dozens I tell you!!!
Wow. Honored to share this space with another St. Louisan, even if it was only for a time
they should let me do one
Thank you yes, I think I would have fun making an airmail.news guest list
honestly my primary career goals are:
Iām a little confused. Still here to see if anyone else is obsessed with A6 size notebooks. Grid paper ones especially. So perfect and satisfying for mapping video games. Somewhere I have photos of when I still hadnāt installed the solar panels on my van and I was playing Wizardry for Game Boy Color while mapping on such a notebook.
Definitely it was the Hobonichi Techo that got me there, I love my Onett techo cover but I now use it for generic notebook fillers like the abformentioned Buncobon note and some Field Notes. I love these limited edition construction utility ledgers I got from field notes back when I was building my RV conversion. Wish I could acquire more!
I have a few A6 notebooks: my hobonichi, the 5mm grid notebook that was a store exclusive this year, and an Itoya Oasis notebook. Itās a very portable size and it has its uses. Like I mentioned in the other thread I feel like my use cases are spread out a little too much and I feel scattered. A6 feels too camped for full-on journal writing to me, and maybe thatās my technique or maybe I should switch to a nice pen that glides, but for an agenda and jotting down ideas and stuff I like it, it rules.
Yes I am. Didnt mean to derail too much I thought those lists were funny.
My serious contribution:
I like Session B5 binders with the 26 hole configuration. Then I just put all different kinds of paper and inserts in there of varying sizes because they just about all fit within that setup. Have a block of A5 paper in there for writing text and then cellophane pages where I keep watercolor sketches, got B5 grid paper for pencil sketches, etc.
I bought a Hobonichi Techo (original? i think?) because of that last thread!
I thought āoh this will fix my lifeā and iāve managed to use it in some way every day since i bought it. So far just writing down five tasks in the checkboxes at the top, and writing down the appointments i have for the day on the side. Maybe some notes about the day (sleep quality, migraines, etc) on the side.
I do feel a need to like MAXIMIZE MY USE of this thing but I think so far just the ritual of it in the morning has been helpful.
Someone was detailing their task system in the other thread (like a circle of itās been on the list more than one day, triangle more than two) and I thought that was a great idea but I havenāt implemented anything like it yet.
The concept of āmorning pagesā came across my feeds a couple years ago and I swear by it. Canāt usually do it on weekdays but I try to on weekends as much as possible. Itās like taking a giant mental and emotional poopy for me in the best way possible.
Links to the origin book and such: What Are Morning Pages? (And 20 Easy Tips To Start)
itās important to keep yourself regular!
wow three pages though. but it sounds like itās just free flow, that probably goes by pretty quick
Iāve picked up my [mechanical] pencils this weekend due to this thread, and ordered some wooden pencils and plan to get some others to mess around with soon.
Iāve been meaning to learn/practice sketching and drawing more for the past couple of years. Picked up a book called āDrawing on the Right Side of the Brainā last year but never gave it a try until now.
I want the Mother 1 map grid paper notebooks, but I donāt have a job, let alone two jobs to be able to convince myself to pay such a high price for a simple grid paper notebook. le sigh.
To me, with the techo, it just makes it more consumeable that every page has to be a certain day. Instead, I have my generic gridpaper notebooks which have had blank pages in them for 6 years that havenāt gone stale yet. I can write any date on them if I wanted to. Only get a fully marked planner if you think writing the individual date on every page is a waste of time and ink and wrist.
I got techoād again this year.
I canāt count how many times I thought āthis is gonna be the year, this time youāre gonna be really good about writing everything down and checking your notes regularly, itāll be just like Shenmue in real lifeā - and then having the new planner collect dust.
The first one I bought was in 2014 or something like that, got a full size techo with an Onnett case. Used that case for the next few years, but now decided to go in a more minimal direction.
Iām a social worker and I have to whip up documentation for all the clients I meet, so it makes sense to have lots of room for notes every day. But in the end I just scribble one or two words in the monthly overview cause Iām lazy as heck and donāt really want to get it out to write something in the middle of a conversation. It sure looks pretty tho!
my secret is to never close mine hehehe I should get a lectern for it.
I am up to three different Hobonichi journals this year after spontaneously adding a second Weeks to my daily set of journals. My current set:
I have a bunch of stamps and Tsukineko stamp markers from 1101 but am looking to maybe add more things in the future. Also some washi tape fromā¦I think a Swedish seller, would have to double check.
When I started doing this with just one techo, I went days sometimes without writing anything at all in the journal; what made it click for me was finding things to do in it that were fun and nice to look at later. It took a loooooong time but itās reached ritual-ish levels now to do my journals in the quiet mornings.
Reporting back that after picking up pencils for the first time in a loooooong time, itās unlocked mental barriers in how I sit and write.
For years and years Iād feel paralyzed at the prospect of writing anything that wasnāt just an outflow of thoughts and feelings into a journal using inkā¦ wanting to use index cards or make lists or really anything that wasnāt garbage.
The freedom of knowing I could use an eraser means Iāve been outpouring much more than before, and in new and fresh ways, and itās been great. I donāt think I used pencils regularly through school except for Math class (since Grade 2 at leastā¦ I think Grade 3 was when pen and cursive was imposed on us where I grew upā¦ hard to remember for sure).
Feeling incredibly grateful for the forums, this thread, and all of you in here in this morning <3
