I have no excuse for my inability to time manage. I have enough planners and notebooks to start my own stationery store and yet somehow, because everything I am required to do in a timely fashion is supposed to be done in the early hours of Monday and Wednesday, inevitably, my time gets mismanaged. Some of it is that I no longer have someone standing over me demanding that something be delivered at a specific time other than my own sense of guilt. Being one’s own keeper is both constantly working and a competition to determine what to prioritize.
The case this morning was that instead of finishing my intro for Link Love, I just kept working on my class curriculum since I was “in the zone.” The next time I looked up, it was 1:43pm. Oops.
So, here’s to being “in the zone” on the project you need to be working on today.
Pens:
- Review: Moonman T1 Fountain Pen (via Comfortable Shoes Studio)
- Review: Leonardo Cuspide Fountain Pen (via The Pencilcase Blog)
- The Sheaffer Balance Jr. (via Left Hook Pens)
- A fresh take on the pocket pen: Leonard Slattery A Se (via UK fountain pens)
Ink:
- Ink Institute Tamshui-xinyi Line (via Mountain of Ink)
- Ink Institute Inks (via Mountain of Ink)
- Brad Dowdy’s Ink List (via Cult Pens)
- Diamine German Exclusive – Penoblue (via Nick Stewart FOUNTAIN PEN INK ART)
- Monteverde ITF Purple Mist (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)
- Tono & Lims No. 1Why Don’t You Come With Me? (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)
- The Birmingham Pen Company: Seriously Addicted (via From the Pen Cup)
Pencils:
- Pencil Revolution is now also a ZINE! (via PENCIL REVOLUTION!)
Notebooks & Paper:
- Maggie Holmes versus the Happy Planner (Detailed Comparison including Pen Test) (via All About Planners)
- Nuuna dot grid notebook review including pen test (3.5mm dot grid) (via All About Planners)
- Pilot B7 Binder Notebook Review (via Notebook Stories)
- Rollo London Otto Notebook Review (via Notebook Stories)
- Pebble Stationery Co. Traveler’s Regular Sized Tomoe River Notebook (Light Blue Vegan Leatherette): A Review (via The Pen Addict)
- Roterfaden Taschenbegleiter Bestseller A5 Review (via The Pen Addict)
Art & Creativity:
- How to record art videos with your phone (via Parka Blogs)
- Essential Art Supplies and Tools for Beginners (via Parka Blogs)
- De Atramentis Artist Inks (via Jane Blundell Artist)
- Fall calls for the toned paper sketchbooks (via Apple-Pine)
- How New Photo Lights and Backdrops Are Helping Me Work (via Brown Paper Bag)
- What am I not using in my kit? (Foundations Lesson 1)(via Liz Steel)
- Prickly Pear Hats (via BabyCocktails)
- How to Read a Knitting Pattern (via Tin Can Knits)
Other Interesting Things:
- We love because we care (via Austin Kleon)
- 5 Fun Facts About Maine Coons, the Gentle Giants of the Cat World (via My Modern Met)
- Who Dat: A Suave Pigeon Struts Down the Sidewalk and Shows Off its Groove Thang in a New Music Video (via Colossal)
- The Ingenuity and Flair of Chinatown Seniors (via Hyperallergic)
- The West Wing: Reunion This Thursday! (via Modern Daily Knitting)
- Handwriting… (via Nero’s Notes)
- What are your collecting ‘guardrails’? (via UK fountain pens)
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