Hoarding notebooks and when to use a new one - Stationery Freaks Podcast
In this episode we explore why we both have huge hoards of unused and partially used notebooks, and what makes us crack open a new notebook.
You can find videos, photos and a deeper dive into this topic in the newsletter.
In this episode:
You can find videos, photos and a deeper dive into this topic in the newsletter.
In this episode:
- Helen is still searching for her full collection of mechanical pencils.
- The Penac Protti goes down well at work, but Rob ends up with pencil all over him at work, and refuses to share his doodles with his work colleagues.
- Rob describes Helen’s notebook storage unit with remarkable accuracy.
- Helen defines her key purpose for using a new notebook.
- Rob goes down the emotional route for deciding on using a new notebook (Clarity, Excitement, Despair).
- Rob and Helen both commit to doing a video of their notebook stash
- Rob has 12 notebooks on the go, all originally started with a purpose, but they get morphed as he never has the right notebook, in the right place, at the right time.
- Helen’s least transient work is creative writing - hence her notebook has a clear purpose long term.
- Rob thinks pairing down to one notebook is the answer, but then the stack of spare notebooks taunt him
- Rob finds a fellow freak who loves pens and pencils but has no time for notebooks or paper.
- Helen realises she will never have enough projects for all of her notebooks
- Rob sees a business opportunity to sell his half-used notebooks
- Helen is off to London with her daughter and visiting a well-known stationery store.
We mention these other Stationery Freaks casts:
- Vinted and Stationery
- Little red notebook mentioned in this cast on goal setting.
- The dichotomy of minimalism and stationery freakness.
- Maria Le Van notebooks and London stationery shops.
- The perfect mechanical pencil.
Find out more in the newsletter.
Thanks for listening.
Rob & Helen
Thanks for listening.
Rob & Helen
