Stationery🍕

I ordered a hole punch to make my own inserts in my Plotter.

It didn’t take too long before I took out the organiser inserts from my Plotter.

I’ve been cleaning and putting away a lot of pens as they run out of ink lately.

I have cut down a lot on how much bottled inks I have.

At the moment I have more pens inked up than I have had in a long time.

It’s been a while since I took a look over the pens I have inked up.

By the time this post is out I have had my Plotter for over two months, and it has been more or less the only notebook I have used since I got it.

For my daily plan and hit-list setup I found myself at a spot where I had a big pile of pages only used on one side; the one at the right.

At first I didn’t really do much setup.

I think I used it for a week before I figure out that you can press the metal thingy below the rings to open them.

This is how I initially set mine up.

When I first got it I just kind of unpacked everything.

So I decided to go with the narrow size, because it is close to what my large Travelers Notebook is, and it is the largest size that is more easily portable than the A5 version.

I guess I’ll be writing a lot of posts related to the Plotter binder I finally ordered over the new few weeks.

I finally ordered a Plotter.

I use the same pens and ink brands and notebooks month after month most of the time.

This is how I use my Hitlist as of April 2026 as I’ve just moved back to full size TN refills after using the smaller PP for a while.

After doing an experiment of just using the passport / pocket sized Travelers Notebooks for a while, I’m back to using the regular size or actually I’m using both.

I don’t need to but it is convenient.

This is really dumb.

Not sure if I have written about this before.

In light of the recent ridiculous price increases my some Japanese pen makers I’d like to say my perspective as a customer on price increases.

Funny thing.

I don’t think I’ve written about what I currently use in a while.

I ran out of my go to dotted refills for my regular sized travelers notebook a few weeks ago and decided to just use up some of my smaller notebooks before getting more of the large refills.

I think I’ve written about these before.

How I do my daily plans change a lot over a year, as I need to manage different ways my ADHD manifests in fucking up my plans.

Here are few things I’d like to have for my remarkable after using it for a few months.

My fountain pen cleaning routine have been all over the map.

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I haven’t really bought or reviewed that much this year.

Pilot Iroshizuku Kosumosu.

As I’m looking for what Plotter to get I’ve been torn between the Orange of the Shrink leather, but preferring the general aesthetic of the Liscio and Pueblo leathers.

The last time I bought Index Cards I looked at the price and thought “jeez these are expensive”, I don’t remember the exact price but I think it was something similar to and I swear it was more like -3 the last time I looked at the price.

The Remarkable Pro Move I have has a backlight, but I almost never “need” it.

I’m just comparing it to the device and notebook I have that is the most similar.

I finally picked one up after thinking about it basically since it came out.

I have an Apple Pencil (2nd generation) and a Apple Pencil Pro.

I move in and out of using gel ink pens a lot.

In general I’m a big fan of narrow notebooks (and devices like the iPad Mini and potentially the Remarkable Paper Pro Move; when I get around to testing out one).

My plan for this years planners is very similar to last years plan that never happened.

As I’ve been working out what plotter and refills etc to get I’m leaning more and more in the direction that I should have two larger ones.

I find it very useful to have my weekly plan always visible.

I’ve tried hard over the years to like digital pens.

Unlike Brad on a recent Pen Addict episode who have to force himself to finish notebooks, I had to learn myself that it is okay to not finish notebooks, and even just throw them in the bin if I really dislike them.

Unless something unexpected happens (again for the 20th time or something), I think I’ll be ordering a Plotter over the new few weeks / months.

I stopped using my Hobonichi Cousin last year about this time.

Every time I see some Instagram reel or ad for some custom Apple Pencil tip or screen cover to make it be more “pen and paper like” or whatever is the latest e-ink tablet fad with the same selling point I just: sigh.

I always end up in this place with pens, inks, notebooks etc.

I have a nice wood pen tray from Studio Neat.