Not gonna lie: I am picky about the pens I use. I have a favorite pen, as well as a second and third favorite. Please put them back if you borrow them, or better yet, don't borrow them because If you lose one I'll be sad. And irritated. Personally, I avoid those Bic-style cheap-ass plastic pens because there's no flow to the ink and I like my pens to glide across the page. You're welcome to borrow any of the Bic-style cheap-ass plastic pens you can find, though I'm thinking I purged them all ages ago. It's not complicated to figure out how many pens you need. Pens dry up you know, which is why it makes sense to pass on your extras so they can be used to glide words across a page rather than sitting all forlorn in a drawer slowly and sadly drying out and shrinking up, like a sea sponge. Q: So how many pens are "enough"?* A: 10 (Or the number you calculate below, whichever is higher.) 1. In how many rooms/places do you typically use pens? Here's my list: bedside table, study, kitchen., purse, backpack. We live in small condo and nothing is very far away but still, I like my pens where I use them. Ain't nobody got time to walk across the room. 2. Take your number and multiply by 2. That's how many pens are enough. 3. Gather up every last pen from every last hiding place in your home and car and purse and backpack. 4. Choose two pens for each location and place the rest in a bag to donate. 5. Choose a Pen Home. (Every item, every single last item in your house should have a home— somewhere it Belongs— because how can anyone puts things away if they don't know where they Belong?) Your pen home is your main storage for pens. From these pens, pull out one (1) pen for each of your locations. There. Done. Add the extra pens to your donate pile and ignore those free crappy pens that companies are constantly trying to get us to take home so they can brainwash us with their daggone tagline every time we pick up a pen. * Mary Poppins once said that "enough is as good as a feast" and I try to live by that motto. When I remember it, that is. It helps me not be so dang greedy with the chocolate. Well, sometimes it helps. Comments are closed.
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