![]() It was easier to pick some of the pens to sell because they were impulse buys or my tastes/focus had changed. ![]() FOCUS on Selling or Rehoming items that I’m not using: Earlier this year, I shared a table with Inkdependence Mike at the Philly Pen Show. So far, I have added a couple of postcards that I got from friends and wrote in it a few times but I already feel more relieved that I can start whenever/wherever I want. At the Chicago show, I bought an A5 Plotter so that I didn’t have to worry about skipping pages because I could start anywhere I wanted and move the pages around. I have decided to use it for non-date-related journaling, commonplace book or something along those lines, but using it as a long-form journal didn’t work for me. I kept getting stuck over when to start, and how many pages I should skip since I kept missing days. Unfortunately, the undated A5 Hobonichi never really got off the ground. I have done pretty well with the TN, with entries for almost all dates except for a few pages and weekly summaries as well. FOCUS on Journaling, even if I can’t keep up: My plan for 2023 was to do my short form journaling in my Travelers Notebook with the Weekly insert for the short jots and an A5 Hobonichi for long form. Any incoming inks automatically get set aside for swatching so if the new ink pile gets too full, I have to get swatching! I often swatch inks while watching TV with the family so I plan to do more “swatching and watching” before I get tempted to add more to the ink stash. I know that a 1% increase doesn’t sound like much but I tend to add A LOT of inks to my collection at pen shows, and I also get some in for review as well, not to mention I’m a bit of an inkophile so an increase of over 1 percent is actually a lot of swatching! But I have also not bought a lot of inks too! Related to what I mentioned above, I have asked myself “do I need the ink right now” (sometimes yes, because it’s a limited release, but usually no), “have I been swatching”, etc. ![]() FOCUS on more ink swatching: Back in December, I was up to 61.38% swatched and I’m now up to a whopping 62.52%. I feel like I’ve been doing a much better job of that so far this year, and plan to keep this up for the remainder of the year, which will be difficult as DC and SF shows are coming up, as well as my birthday, planner season and the holidays. I still ask myself WHY I am interested in something and whether it’s because of FOMO or “squirrel syndrome”, where it’s just the latest new thing that grabs my attention. And in some cases, I did eventually buy something I was eyeing, but I spent more time eyeing it instead of jumping on it immediately (the Leonardo Momento Zero Aloha Blue comes to mind). It has allowed me to justify getting some hard-to-find pens (dare I say “grail”?) because I hadn’t spent as much on pens. But in general, I have definitely bought fewer pens so far this year than I have in the past. FOCUS in my purchases: As you’ve seen in my pen show recaps, I have definitely bought things at all of those shows and also at pen meetups and of course, online as well. I wanted 2023 to be a year of FOCUS, so let’s see how I’ve done so far. I don’t know how, but we are already at the start of summer! I decided it would be a good time to check in on my intentions for 2023 and see if I’ve made progress, if I need to spend some more time/energy or if I need to shift my attention elsewhere. She can be found on Instagram because there really are many, many hobbies!.) Hello Kitty pencil sharpener for Sanrio lovers □□ | Do you like Hello Kitty? □ original sound - □Funny Stationery□.( Kimberly (she/her) took the express train down the fountain pen/stationery rabbit hole and doesn't want to be rescued. ![]() TikTok video from □Funny Stationery□ "Any Hello Kitty lovers? □□#sanrio #sanriocore #sanriogirl #sanrioaesthetic #sanriotiktok #sanriofinds #sanriohaul #hellokitty #hellokittylover #hellokittycheck #cutestationerystuff #ShowOffLandOFrost #cutestationery #kawaiiaesthetic #kawaiigirl #cuteaesthetic #asmrunboxing #stationeryaddict #stationeryshop #unboxingasmr #asmr #viral #fyp #blowup #trend #xyzbca #genshinteleport #partywithvmas #messfreehero #retokfornature #unlimitedhpink". Any Hello Kitty lovers? □□ #sanrio #sanriocore #sanriogirl #sanrioaesthetic #sanriotiktok #sanriofinds #sanriohaul #hellokitty #hellokittylover #hellokittycheck #cutestationerystuff #ShowOffLandOFrost #cutestationery #kawaiiaesthetic #kawaiigirl #cuteaesthetic #asmrunboxing #stationeryaddict #stationeryshop #unboxingasmr #asmr #viral #fyp #blowup #trend #xyzbca #genshinteleport #partywithvmas #messfreehero #retokfornature #unlimitedhpinkġ.1K Likes, 27 Comments.
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