Stationery Freaks

Hoarding notebooks and when to use a new one - Stationery Freaks Podcast


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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:

  • 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:

  1. Vinted and Stationery
  2. Little red notebook mentioned in this cast on goal setting.
  3. The dichotomy of minimalism and stationery freakness.
  4. Maria Le Van notebooks and London stationery shops.
  5. The perfect mechanical pencil.

Find out more in the newsletter. 

Thanks for listening.
Rob & Helen


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