Editing The Pen Addict 551/transcript (section)

== Essential stationery items and stockpiling ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' This comes from Eric who says, What are the stationary things you really cannot imagine not having? The items you have stockpiled to make sure you never go without. For me, it's Toroco Design Enigma Notebooks and Platinum Blue Pigment Ink. I think I'm set for a couple of years and damn glad considering the roller coaster that Tomorrow River Paper has been. Truth. Truth. Truth.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So I want to take this. This is a really good question and it's actually kind of difficult and it goes into how I think about products anyway. And for you and I, I want to eliminate pens from this list because the stationary things you can't imagine happening is the M90. And I say that because you have two of them. Yeah. Right. You have a main one and you have a backup one. Yep. And this is why. But I don't think that necessarily counts for this. Right. And like I have my, like my pilot Murex would be like the same thing for me. I have two of them even though they're like different styles. It's like, yeah, I'm good. Like Murex is not going anywhere. But if I'm thinking about it from something that I might even use more frequently, say a paper or an ink. Ink is what actually got me off of thinking about this. And this is going to relate to the next question that we have.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' But I used to hoard ink because I was worried that number one, I like it so much and two, it would go away and I couldn't get it anymore. And then guess what, Myke? There was 8,000 other inks that came out that I liked just as well. Like I didn't need to overdo the ink buying because there was always something reasonable. I will say there was one ink in the past few years that I did buy extra of, but only because I was using it so fast. Not that I was, you know, worried about it going away. If it goes away, it'll go away. And that's the, you know, the Platinum Mount Fuji Blue Black, which I like better than the regular Platinum Blue Black. The Mount Fuji Water Blue Black is one of my favorite inks of all time. And it's a very limited edition. This is the one that came out with the Curie DOS, if you recall, at the same time. So yeah, like I bought cartridges and two bottles of that. And I use the heck out of it. Like it goes in all my Nakayas. It just goes in everything. It's one of my favorites. Outside of that, like I really try not to overly buy something because I want the ability to explore something else coming down the line. And the last thing I need is five of a notebook when I'm going to buy 10 other notebooks as it is. Right? I don't need five of one sitting around. Same thing with inks. I don't need two or three bottles of a particular ink of a blue black when there's going to be new blue black ink coming out tomorrow. And I might enjoy more. So yeah, I can't think of anything that I can't imagine having that's not pen related. Like there's a couple of pens that I can't imagine not having. But outside of that, can you think of anything else?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Well, I mean, it's kind of cheating, but not like I made two products that. Yeah. Right? Like the Theme System Journal and the Psychic Notepad, they partly exist for this reason. These are things that I really want in my life. And so the way that I can make sure that that's the case is to make them. Right? Yeah. So they're always there. For ink, I have this feeling about ink, but I don't allow myself to stockpile it. Right. But it's something that I feel like I have a few inks. So like Mont Blanc, Lucky Orange is one. A lot of the Sailor Ink Studio inks. Like these are ones that I want to buy multiple bottles of them. But I think to myself, all right, it will probably still be available. Lucky Orange is not the case. But I am of the mind of like, I'll try something new. That's kind of how I always come to this of like, yes, I will run out of this. But rather than buying five bottles and keeping them forever and probably never getting through them, I'll try and get one at a time. But if I can't, I'm going to move on to something else.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. That's where I come at this from. Yeah. And that's where my situation is different. Like part of my job is trying all the things. So I try not to get like tied into one. I will say the one product I do miss that I can't get anymore is, and you mentioned it, stuff you make, is the Notco note cards. Like I still probably need to find a way to do something with that because that's one of, that's a product I actively miss because I don't have it anymore. That might be a list of one. That might be the only thing that I miss. So, yeah, there you go.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, that sucks.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Thanks, man. I don't want to, don't make me think about that possibility, right? This is not something I want to consider.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I need to re-add it to the list because I gave up when I couldn't get the, I tried, right? I've talked about this. I've tried to redo them and couldn't get the same paper. So now it's like I must have to start from scratch and it's a little bit more intimidating.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' All right. Next question is sort of related to this, but not exactly, but it's some of the same ideas. So hit me up here.