Planner Peace. Do those words make you anxious or calm? Up until March, I had planner peace. I’ve stuck with my franken-bullet journal for 4 years now. It took me many years to figure out a system that worked for me. I have a stack of used A5 Breeze TRP68 notebooks from Taroko Stationery archived.…
The irony of becoming a published writer means that I have less time to read them. I’m not counting the 20+ times I have to read my own work during the drafting, revising, and publishing process. Even though I take long breaks between reading books, I’ll never give up reading. I’m format agnostic when I…
In January I shared my intentions and fears as I started a Midori 3-Year Diary. You offered some great suggestions on what I should write each day. I mashed up all your advice and wrote what stood out to me on each day. Before I wrote on the first page, I knew that I wanted…
I’ve always loved the idea of keeping a multi-year diary. I’ve envied people who keep 3 and 5-year diaries. I have this romanticized fantasy of flipping through them once they’re complete and revisiting all the great memories. Except for two things: I suck at daily challenges, and I hardly ever look back at my journals.…
I know it’s only mid-December, but I’ve probably re-inked my pens for the last time this year so it’s recap time! This is the first year I’ve put all my data into a spreadsheet to figure out what inks I used the most. But we’ll get to that later. My 2025 Ink Intentions In 2024,…
When my sister planned our family vacation in Portland, Oregon this summer, I knew I had to visit Oblation Papers & Press. It’s a beautiful, well-curated shop full of stationery, pens, inks, and vintage typewriters. It’s a writer’s dream shop! Of course I had to purchase some of their exclusive inks. After much deliberation, I…
12 Pen Person Questions List I’ve wanted to answer OliveOctopus’ #12PenPersonQuestions but haven’t had the time until now! As a newish contributor to The Well-Appointed Desk, I thought this could be the get-to-know Thien-Kim post. 1. If you consider the different ways you can engage with pens and stationery—as a user, a collector, a hobbyist,…
