So we all love pens for the pieces of art they are, but they’re also tools. So, what do you write with your pens? Do you journal, do you take notes? Do you use fountain pens for everything or just certain activities?
Personally, I write a lot of snail mail letters to friends, and I also use mine to take notes. I’ve never done a journal before, but I’m thinking it may be useful in helping me unpack some things. Plus, Midori makes some very nice looking 3 and 5 year journals.
I mostly use my fountain pens for my Hobonichi planner, snail mail penpalling, and a little journaling now and then. I also prefer them for general use like making quick notes, but in that case I’ll write on and with whatever I can grab before the thought escapes.
Do you use any particular site to meet penpals? I’ve been thinking about it, maybe getting a PO box to make it more private - but I see a lot of stories of flaky pen pals that don’t write back.
The free penpal matching sites pretty much all suck. I signed up at ipfworld.com which was about $25 for a one-year membership. They give you 10-12 addresses, and give your address to 10-12 other members over the year.
Ive used /r/penpals before with good results, as well as swapbot. Would highly recommend a po box.
Hmm, interesting idea. Could this be a good community to start?
Perhaps! Though something like that would require a lot of moderation to make sure that users are trustworthy and not just farming addresses or PO boxes. Like, a verification system of some sort… I’m not sure where to even start with that! Does Lemmy even have flairs?
But it would be cool to have a place to discuss penpal-ing and other related stuff like wax seals or envelopes!
Quite a bit of long form private notes at work of interviews with patients. Nowadays, we’re expected to eventually get them onto electronic systems. But during the interview itself, it’s still fairly satisfying to be able to write with such speed for long periods.
Unfortunately, legibility is generally pretty poor. But the way I see it, I get to spend more time later on admiring the nice shades to figure out what I was trying to write at that time.
I picked up fountain pens and then realized I needed to write something. I started with bullet journaling and then moved into a loose weekly log with a daily journal. I also like doodling during meetings.
Mostly bullet journaling. But I want to write more with them - so hope to find a good way to do this in the future.
As much as I can although due to moving they are all currently all packed away.
Normally, I use them in Bullet Journal which is an organizational tool rather than a way to unpack my feelings. I’ve toyed with traditional journalling but I just don’t feel my life is interesting enough to write about. Otherwise, odd notes for work and home life and I have brought some books to learn and practice my penmanship. I also try to write the odd letter around the festive season to some of my older relatives that still appreciate real letters.
Notes and flashcards for actuarial exams. Makes me actually excited to study even the dry topics when I have a new pen and new ink. I’ve stuck to Muji notebooks since they’re so affordable and high quality.
Bujo, writing letters, keeping a monthly budget, to-do-list and notes at work, gratitude journal, maths puzzles. I especially value writing down things to do at work, it helps me keep things under control and it feels good when I can mark things as done and turn the actual physical page at the end of the day.
I like to draw, write notes during my ttrpg games, and sometimes I write letters to folks. I also use a fountain pen(my moonman a1) at work! and, I journal sometimes. I haven’t journaled as much as I wanted to recently but that’s okay! Ive been trying to take it as easy as I can recently.
I hope that journalling works for you!
Bullet journals for work and for life. Gospel reflections. Letters to friends. Shopping lists, crosswords, notes from phone calls, diagrams. About the only thing I don’t use it for are things requiring a pencil. Would you like to hear about the world of mechanical pencils? 😀