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== Challenges and solutions for carrying pocket notebooks ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' And Phil writes in to say, I love the idea of carrying pocket notebooks with me everywhere, but I have a problem. I wear them out faster than I use them. So like they get destroyed basically. I'm assuming Phil's saying I ended up duct taping or stapling the covers back on. Am I unique in this? Do others just take that as a sign to use a new note, pocket notebook and retire the old one?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I love this question. We've actually had this one. We're a little bit late on some of these, uh, as TPAs. This one's, I've been wanting to answer this one for a while because I think it's an amazing question. You're not unique in this. And I think you duct tape and staple and do glue, thread, stitch, whatever you do until you use the last page of that book because the stories will only get better. The more destroyed the notebook is. I do not take it as a sign or nor do I think others take it as a sign to start using a new notebook and retire the old one. I say you get every last coffee stain, water destroyed duct tape, glue sticker, washied bit out of that because the story of that notebook is only going to get better. So enjoy your notebook destruction, own it, love it. And, uh, I think you'll be better off in the long run for it. Don't retire it. Use it, use it until you can no longer use it anymore.

'''Myke Hurley:''' What I would maybe add to this is maybe get a notebook cover.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, I'm just laughing. Cause I'm like, yeah, destroy it. And Myke's like, just put a cover on it. Like, yeah, no, I'm like, yeah, that's a pretty good idea. Put a cover on it.

'''Myke Hurley:''' But yes, I support the idea of using it, but maybe Phil is finding it frustrating that the notebooks are getting destroyed based on his lifestyle. And so like a lot of brands that make pocket notebooks, I think for this reason, create covers. Like there's, you know, field notes make a really nice leather one. Like I would consider using something like that. If, if this is a frustration, if you just want to check, if you stand out from the crowd, don't worry about it, live your life, like stand out from the crowd even more by like, as Brad said, like sticking duct tape over the thing. But if you find it frustrating, you get a pocket notebook cover.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Myke's totally right in this. There are most of the brands that do sell pocket notebooks will sell something that matches it. And if you can find something that you like, I'd say good for that too.

'''Myke Hurley:''' There was a Brad Dowdy at one point in his life who would have told you about the product that he made, makes to cover your notebook with, but that doesn't happen anymore. So now he's like, oh, just tape it, you know?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I do. Tape it up. Tape it up. I don't, I don't have any, uh, the NotCo fodder stack was our, our great. I found it. I found an old leather prototype of those the other day. Man. Pretty wild.

'''Myke Hurley:''' That was that the, that was the one that opened up, right?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Uh, no. So there was just like a top bound slide in, like almost, almost like a pocket protector style notebook cover.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Didn't you have one that you saw open?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Oh yeah. I've had, we've had several. We've had like the high tower, which is just a general, uh, open one. And then you have something like the seed, which is more like a journal based, uh, zip cover.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I remember the seed. Yeah. Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' But no, the high tower had like a slot, like a slide in spot. And then like you could hold three pins with it. It wasn't really good for like a back pocket thing or something like that. The fodder stack.

'''Myke Hurley:''' This is what I was thinking of though. The high tower, because the high tower used to remind me of like the wallets you have when you're a kid.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yes, exactly. They're, they're very much like the Velcro style nylon wallets. Exactly right.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Just great. Good design. I miss those days, man.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Good stuff, man. Good stuff. You never know what might be up my sleeves. You never know. You never know.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So if you'd like to send in some questions and some follow up for a future episode, please go to penaddictfeedback.com where you can do that. If you want to catch Brad online, go to penaddict.com. Maybe if you live in Antarctica, go to spokedesign.com. If you want to catch Brad streaming, he was over at twitch.tv slash penaddict. And he's at penaddict on social media. I'm at imyke, I-M-Y-K-E. And you can find the products that I make over at cortexbrand.com. Thank you to Squarespace and Factor for the support of this episode. But as always, thanks to Fountain Pen Memes and you. Until next time, say goodbye, Brad. Goodbye, Brad.

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