How often do you find yourself without a pen and having to then ask to borrow one?
You think you have a pen on you but you really don’t, or you’ve absentmindedly left it at your last meeting.
This used to bug me, however it doesn’t anymore, and hasn’t for the last 5 years.
So what did I do?
Simple I created two rules.
Rule #1: I am only allowed to write with a Blue Bic Pen.
Rule#2: I am only allowed one pen per quarter. When it runs out of ink, I break it in half, throw it out (so I don’t pick up a pen that doesn’t work).
I picked up a box of blue bic pens (and do so every couple of years now). In 5 years I’ve lost my pen twice (first time as I was quite sick and second time travelling).
Once you put the constraint that you only have one pen, if you loan a pen you expect it back, also if you pick up another kind of pen you realise immediately (hey this isn’t my pen) so put it down.
Also you actually keep a track of your one pen (ideally keeping on you most of the time).
That’s how I stopped losing Pens. Slightly irrelevant but a nice little life hack.
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I love using all sort of pens - different coloured inks, some that flow like old fashioned ink pens and others that use sticky ink, some that make fine and others fat lines. Iwould never restrict myself as I enjoy the variety of effects different pens have on my writing. I use them like perfume - to express how I feel and what I want to convey at any time. I love the different shapes and styles of the actual pens too... elegant, cheap, stylish, classic, modern, funky, metal, plastic, rubber, bulky or slim. Pens are like little blobs of personality. After all, iIt's not like everyday pens are very expensive items. I don't mind sharing mine around if someone needs it!
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