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== Hobonichi ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' Yep. Most definitely. All right. So let me tell you about one that I thought of on my own, uh, that I'm excited about. So if you remember a few weeks ago, we had Lee from ArtSnacks on the show. No, I don't remember that. No, no, no recollection. Who is that chump, huh? I love Lee. Love you, Lee. Yeah. So they're, they're doing their, uh, lettering box, which is sold out now. Um, and I'm really hoping that this is something that I can get into and then I can use some of my tools to do some lettering stuff. It's just a little hobby. That'd be fun.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yes. That's an awesome, awesome thing.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So I would like, that's something I really, I really hope that this is something I'm able to try and give a go to. Um, and I'm going to, I'm going to really give it a good try when, when it comes in.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Cool. No, I think so too. And, um, you know, that's one of those, um, accountability things that you can do as well. Like we've talked about before with the, uh, the writing out the tweets where you actually, okay, today I'm going to practice this type of lettering style with this pen and you shoot it up on Instagram and that makes, keeps you, you know, there's that accountability thing. Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' That goes along with it. I really want to give that a go in that exact way. So when this stuff comes in, you know, taking pictures of it, Instagram and it, and that kind of stuff and, and, and kind of showing a progression that I hope I'll be able to, to do. Cause you know, I'm, I'm a creative person and I'm not an incredibly artistic person, but I have the desire and sensibility to want to do things like that.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. I'm very similar.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. That's great. That's perfect.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So there you go. Now I had a question for you. Yes. Go. Um, now one of the things that would obviously make sense for this is like daily journaling, daily diary, that kind of stuff you were using and had a Hobonichi. How is that going?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Pretty well. Oh, you were looking for some failure there.

'''Myke Hurley:''' No, I wasn't. I was hoping you said it was going well.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. So here's how I'm using my Hobonichi and here's what I find works for me. And this is a little bit on that. Well, I'll circle back to what Thomas said, um, because that's kind of what I'm saying. I'm finding out. So I don't worry if I miss a day in my Hobonichi. Um, that's step one. That's okay. Because the way I'm using it. Many days is as a reflection tool. So I find at the end of my work day, not at the end of the evening or not first thing in the morning, but when I'm done working for the day and, you know, I've gone through, you know, most of my priorities, most of my tasks, you know, I don't really have much to do at night. Um, you know, that's family time. But when I'm done with my work, what I'm considering my work day, I'll break out the Hobonichi and pick a day. If I miss a day, two or three days ago, I'll write what happened that day. I'm, my memory is good enough to be able to remember that. Like I'm just finishing writing out. I just finished yesterday writing like three or four pages worth of my LA pen show travels. Right. So I'm using it. I'm finding that's the good time of the day at the end of my work day to say, I've done, I've completed all these tasks. I wanted to get done today. I'm going to set aside 15 minutes and I'm going to write in my Hobonichi. Um, it could be on the current day. It could be a week ago. Um, a lot of times I'll skip the weekends in my Hobonichi. I may just pick up my pens and do a bunch of ink swabs in them, things like that. So, you know, I'm not a hundred percent using every day in the Hobonichi, but I'm using it a lot still. And a lot of it is for that previous day's reflection or a few days ago reflection or something, you know, something cool that happened with the family or something fun I found online. Or, you know, I went to a concert, um, last week, you know, my concert ticket is sitting there and it's, you know, taped into that day on the Hobonichi. So I, I'm finding that, uh, very useful, um, outside of the Hobonichi. I really don't have any, like, I I'm just as lost as everybody else, you know, running notebooks here with different content in them. I'm trying to, you know, square some of that, square some of those things away. Like I have, I'm using a field notes, uh, one of the dead prints right now. I just hit the, uh, I just hit staple day yesterday in the, in the carpool line I was talking about. So I've been using that pen a lot. Like I've been writing a bunch of baseball, it's about to be baseball season. So I write a bunch about baseball stuff. Um, so that's what I was writing yesterday. So that's how I'm using the field notes, but I don't really have any fixed writing other than what I do in my Hobonichi right now.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So it's like, I think to myself, do I want to get one? Um, but then it's like, it's part of the problem.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. And it does, it does have that, a little bit of that accountability thing, right? Because it's dated. Um, but I haven't been worried about the dates. You know, if I have things I need to write today, I do. And if I don't, I don't. And then I have those pages blank for if I want to just play around, like with a sketch or drawing or an ink swab or whatever, something like that. And that's been working out well for me. I've been happy with it so far.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So what is going in then? Are you able to give me an example? Like what goes in on every day?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Uh, sometimes nothing. Okay. But like this week I've had tons of things I needed to get done. So today, like Monday and Tuesday have been very task list listy. Um, last week was more scattershot with the LA pen show. And even just coming back on Monday, then my week was kind of aloof, if you will. Well, scheduling wise, but I took several days of the calendar and recap the LA pen show. Just the things that I experienced, you know, just stuff for me, you know, it's not stuff I'm publishing or, or writing elsewhere or anything like that. You know, it was more of diary entries. So I have everything from task list to diary entries to sketches to ink samples in there, things like that. It's totally random. It's like not every day is the same. And I've been good for that. It's, it's been really good for that. So it's, it's been, um, in the diary aspect of it has been, it has been the best use so far.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So you're making me want to buy one.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Do you think it would be useful to me?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It doesn't sound like it quite honestly. All right. I don't see if, I don't see a fit for you to be quite honest.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I appreciate that.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. I just, yeah, it doesn't seem like it.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Well, then I won't close this tab.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Well, you know, there's some really good suggestions in here. It's a lot more for me to think about and a lot more for me to do. And I need to work out how I'm going to implement a lot of this stuff in my life. Um, and keep the suggestions coming.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' We love to hear this stuff. It's, I've definitely learned things that you think might be obvious, but you know, it's just something you don't think about or you've forgotten over time. So let us know.

'''Myke Hurley:''' And please keep holding me to accountability for all of this as well.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yes.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Because I don't want to, I don't want to embarrass myself in front of you all.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' We would, we would prefer that you did.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I'm sure you would. If you'd like to find Brad's work online, head on over to penaddict.com. And he's over at knock.co for all of these lovely, lovely handmade goods. If you would like to find him on Twitter, he's at dowdyism, D-O-W-D-Y-I-S-M and penaddict on Instagram. If you'd like to find me online, I'm at imike, I-M-Y-K-E and all of the social networks that you would care to mention and discover. Thank you so much to Harry's for their support of this show. Please don't forget, if you're interested to back our Kickstarter, you have just a couple of days to go. We would really, really appreciate your support. And we are mainly saying this because we don't want you to feel like that you're missing out on the amazing video that we'll be putting together for the people that want to back it and get the video. Thank you so much, as always, for listening to this week's episode of the Panaddict Podcast. And we'll be back next time. Until then, say goodbye, Brad. Goodbye, Brad.

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