When I got my LT 5-year journal I didn’t really have a plan for it. Just bought it, because I wanted free shipping, and started to just write the first 2-3 sentences that came to my mind.

Recently I decided to turn it into a gratitude journal. Really like the change this far.

I started my LT 5 year journal on the 11th of April 2019.

As I’m in the process of lining up my planner for next year, I decided to also start a new 5 year journal and actually start it on January first.

I decided on one from Midori this time, it’s kind of a weird size, but I hope the cover of this one holds up better than the Leuchtturm1917

I’d love to see more flexibility in the subscriptions, but I guess it kind of applies to all the “consumable” products in general.

Getting pencils in 12 og 144 packs works well if you use one pencil all the time, and the same goes for 50ml bottles of ink.

But if you’re a geek and buy a bunch of shit because it is your hobby it would be better, or I would at least prefer, to get them in smaller packages. Unless you’re into the whole trading racket.

If pencils came in 6 or 4 packs I’d probably get that most of the time. And if there was a volume subscription like that I’d almost certainly get it.

And for inks I have started to get small bottles when available. You don’t need that many bottles of ink or boxes of pencils before you get into “more than I’ll use in my lifetime territory”.

I’ve added a new page listing all the pens, nibs, inks etc I have in my bag.

I was going through the gigantic pile of pens I have in my bag, and I thought it might be a interesting exercise to make a list of my two favorites. One fountain pen and one non-fountain pen.

• Fountain pen: Pilot Custom 823 with Fine nib
• Uniball Signo DX 0.28mm

As an gift to myself on hitting a weight loss milestone, or more like a milestone in getting back to where I was at the end of 2021 I decided to getting myself a Lamy 2000 with a EF nib. But after looking at some comparisons of the performance of it, I instead started looking at the 823 with a F nib. I would most likely have gotten one in EF if it was in stock.

The main reason is that this nib seemed to fit better with my current preferences than a EF 2k would.

First of all. This pen also came in the whole “gift” packaging I hate. And it included a bottle of Black Pilot Ink I’m not sure what to do about.

On to the pen itself.

I got the “brown-ish” color instead of the grey-ish color. Either one is fine though. But I’d much rather wanted it in a fun color. This brown or grey with gold is really pushing into grand dad pens for me.

The pen features a vacuum filling system. Easy enough to use once you get used to it. And with most vacuum fillers it has this added feature of unscrewing the plunger to let ink flow into the feed. Something that has the added benefit of being useful for air travel.

The nib on this pen feels amazing. Fine without being scratchy at all. It would not be a surprise if I end up with another one of these in EF.

A lined Rhodia Pad that have been my go to for writing for a while now.

I started using them instead of the Leuchtturm1917 because of cost. And then I just kind of continued because they’re cheaper and better for my use. I even started using the dot grid version of it instead of the regular dot pad.

It’s a top ring binder thingy.

What I love about that is that I can write on a page, flip it over and keep going without noticing it, and then tear out pages as I’m done with it

The lined one is what I use to draft almost anything long form I post

And the dot grid are mostly for brainstorming and work tasks.

When I look at notebooks and planners I see a lot of the same.

For notebooks we have grid, lined and blank; plus dot grid if we’re lucky. Side note: what the fuck Field Notes, get your act together.

Sometimes they do a funky notebook with a mix of the two.

For planners we usually get one page per day layouts, and monthly layouts. Some, but not enough do a weekly calendar layout. This is an area I’d love to see more experimentation.

I really think that there could be much more innovation and experimentation in page layouts that could lead to a lot of interesting and awesome products.

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