Editing The Pen Addict 221/transcript (section)

== Ink Collection ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So, you know, the ink's clearly a problem. I mean, I have too much. But that's okay. You know, I like trying different things. And I'm good with that. Then I did, like, the top shelf. I put up a bunch of the big notebooks that don't really have a great place to go. And then the third shelf, I got the little field notes retail display from my friend Kevin Penley that used to work for Knock. He was moving and wanted to get rid of it. And I said, yeah, I'll take it. And I figured I'd use it for my storage. It'll probably eventually go in my office. And that's where I keep, like, the one of each of all the colors. So, they're in that little display.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, I've got to say, I'm so jealous of that.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. So, that came out good on the shelf. And then I stacked all the extra field notes I have up to the side of it. And then, like, I took a bunch of pens and notebooks and other things off the shelf. So, I have three more shelves to get through. The pens are going to be okay. I've got, like, these, they actually call them dish pans or dish buckets. Not, like, dish pan, like, not like bed pan, but, like, you know, washing dishes. Like sink bucket things. Yeah. Yeah. Like, for drying dishes and things like that. So, I got them. They don't really fit perfectly in the shelf. But they're good enough for, like, all my gel pens, all my ballpoint pens, all my highlighters. All those things go in Ziplocs in those bags. So, when I get, all of a sudden, I have 10 of those on my desk. I can go in and drop them in the little bag that they need. Right? So, the problem is still going to be when I get done with this is the notebooks. Because, number one, there's so many of them. Number two, there are so many different sizes and configurations. They don't stack neatly. So, having to figure out what to do with that. You know, like, it's good. Like, the memo books stack well as long as they're wrapped. The A5 books are usually the right size and configuration to stack well. Everything else is kind of a crapshoot.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' You know, just random sizes. Some used, some not used. So, I just got to figure that out. I mean, and I'm going to ship a bunch of these off. You know, I've got some people. I'll probably send some to the school just because I don't need this many. And the biggest thing that you should focus on, which I'm trying to do when I get done with this, is to have room for growth. You know, you got to build in some extra space.

'''Myke Hurley:''' This is what I was talking about, right? Like, you can't just have it so like, oh, great, everything fits. No, that's a problem.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, if you max it out right out the gate, you are in big trouble. So, I ended up not getting finished. So, I'll probably get back to it this weekend, see if I can figure something out with the notebooks.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So, my final solution is going to be the IKEA Kallax stuff. I was taking a look through it. And what I really like is, obviously, because it's IKEA, it's kind of expandable in a way. Like, because it's basically like the empty squares. But you can buy doors and shelves, like drawers, to go inside of them. So, you can kind of like, customize it to what you need. So, like, I'm going to get a few. I'll get some boxes, throw some stuff in, get some shelves. Or, like drawers, I mean, and put some stuff in those. And then I should be able to, like, build and rearrange it, like, over time. Because you can kind of pull stuff out, put new stuff in. So, that's probably what I'm going to go with. Well, it is what I'm going to go with. But, obviously, I haven't worked out the exact amount of these things. But in my mega office, I'm basically going to put as many of these units in as possible. And then some of them will be empty. But that's fine, because that's the idea, right? Exactly.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, that's perfect.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So, there you go.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I didn't, a bunch of questions, you know, did I find anything, you know, I was not expecting to find. I really didn't. I found a bunch of old business cards from Jeff's previous business called Alter Manufacturing.

'''Myke Hurley:''' You also found that crazy JetPens hat that you put into the cigar story.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, that hat's pretty sweet. I love that thing. So, yeah, I moved that to my closet. And so, I can wear it from time to time. Jet Doe has the same hairdo that I do. So, I appreciate him. And that hat's pretty sweet. I can fit my hair right in it.