I have been going full tilt since I quit my job in 2024 trying to make this work-for-myself gig actually keep us afloat. This is not a plea of any sort. It’s just me admitting that I’m exhausted this week.
But honestly, everyone I talk to these days feels similarly. The world is chaotic and we wake up every morning not know what the next thing will be. Flat tire? Lost files? Sick relatives or pets? Frightening news cycles? Prices? AI taking jobs??!? It all has us living on edge.
So, knowing this weekend is a holiday weekend in the US, take some time for yourself. Sleep in. Nap in the middle of the day. Lay in the sun and read all afternoon. Order takeout. Leave the dishes in the sink. Watch your favorite movie. Dance to your favorite song. Lay down and close your eyes for five minutes.
Give yourself permission to rest and take it easy.
Recharging your battery will help your creativity, emotional health and your relationships. Be good to yourself this weekend. Even if you have to work, save some time for yourself. Your deserve it.
Pens:
- Visconti Mirage Mythos Persephone Fountain Pen Review (via The Pen Addict)
- Too many pens: Lamy Studio Orion (via Scribblemonboddo)
- Too many pens: Diplomat Excellence Violet Rain (via Scribblemonboddo)
- Meet Your Maker: Mark Storch, Fantastic Pens (via The Pen Addict)
Ink:
- Platinum Classic Lavender Black Ink Review (via The Pen Addict)
- Talking Stationery: Turquoise de Perse Fountain Pen Ink (via The Pen Addict)
- Obsessed with Show Inks: ChiPS 2026 (via Dime Novel Raven)
Pencils:
- The Best Colored Pencils (via JetPens Blog)
Notebooks & Paper:
- Visit to Traveler’s Factory Airport, Japan (via Inkcredible Colours)
- Guest post series – ‘Filohax’ No. 29 – Paul
(via Philofaxy)
Art & Creativity:
- More of the same: how creative rituals can help you break free from the idea echo chamber
- The Artist Who Treats Lamps, Glass, And Mixed Media As Narrative Objects (via Design You Trust)
- Inside Google (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
- Tugboat Printshop Marks 20 Years of Making Meticulously Crafted Woodblock Prints (via Colossal)
- People Drawing! (via Apple-Pine)
- I bought a CCD scanner. Now I can scan paintings better (via Drewscape)
- Birds Flock Amid Vibrant Blooms in Vasilisa Romanenko’s Acrylic Paintings (via Colossal)
- Night Sketching (via Liz Steel)
Other Interesting Things:
- Glimpse the Fantastical Animated World of ‘Wildwood’ (via Colossal)
- 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol.773) (via Messy Nessy Chic)
- Why a 53-year-old travel brand is going back to guerrilla print: Lonely Planet on its pocket-sized zine, Artifact (via It’s Nice That)
- Opinion | The Revolt Against the Girl Bosses Has Finally Come (via The New York Times)
- Software Developers Say AI Is Rotting Their Brains. (via Kottke.org)
- What’s in the Bag for Stationery Park? (via The Pen Addict)
- 7 Stationery Items I Didn’t Know I Needed Until I Got Them (via Inky Imaginings)
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