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	* But are they going into the meeting tomorrow? It's like, all right, what color M200 are we going to do for August? I was like, all right, purple. Yes. Everyone votes for purple. Cool. We're going to do purple. It's like, that's great. I love, I would love a new purple pen. But like, can we, can we do an, who's got some new ideas? And it's like, I feel like it's crickets or like, you know, that's again, the money thing. They were bought by a different company. They probably have different processes now and different expenditures. I'm just saying we're getting a lot of the same from the big companies and all the experimentation from the small companies, which to your point is historically how it's going to be, right?		* But are they going into the meeting tomorrow? It's like, all right, what color M200 are we going to do for August? I was like, all right, purple. Yes. Everyone votes for purple. Cool. We're going to do purple. It's like, that's great. I love, I would love a new purple pen. But like, can we, can we do an, who's got some new ideas? And it's like, I feel like it's crickets or like, you know, that's again, the money thing. They were bought by a different company. They probably have different processes now and different expenditures. I'm just saying we're getting a lot of the same from the big companies and all the experimentation from the small companies, which to your point is historically how it's going to be, right?
	* I don't know. I guess I'm, I guess I'm, I'm not floundering. Like I'm very content, but what am I looking for? And I don't know that I have an answer, but I'm really thinking a lot about it right now. Right. Really thinking about that a lot. Um, you know, Leonardo can keep pumping out great new colors and I'll look at every one of them and go, wow, that is awesome. And like, I'm good. Like I've gotten the ones that I like. And like, if I buy a new one, I'm just going to basically be trading it out for one of the old ones. You know, I'm not going to continue to add. Um, so I'm looking for a company to, to make me add something into my collection, not just replace something in my collection. And, and I don't know that I have any answers. I clearly don't have any answers. Um, but yeah, like, I don't know. I think we're in an interesting spot in like some of the discussions I've been having and especially the discussions in my head is I've really kind of enjoyed more of the accessory side of the stationery landscape. Like these days, the paper, the ink, the journaling, the accessories, the carrying, um, you know, the smaller stuff, the smaller stuff's really hitting it for me. Um, so it'll be interesting to watch. Um, I love this stuff and I like, I'm just trying to figure it out. And like, it's just a personal journey that I'm on is like, Oh yeah, I don't have to buy any fountain pens right now because nothing's really speaking to me. You know, I'm going to spend my money wisely. Right. That's another, that's another topic we didn't even, you know, approach, but like is, is overall this, like, you know, just the global market is tough right now. Now everyone's, everyone's getting squeezed and pinched and for a, uh, an, a non-essential hobby like this, like, you know, it doesn't matter. Right. Like people don't need to spend money here, but, uh, you know, it is, it is. I was gonna say for people like us that enjoy it, just like, you know, I like buying new fountain pens and, and, and being inspired and maybe, you know, one of these fountain pens that I buy in the future will be the one that makes me have these like crazy feelings when I pick them up and enjoy them like I do. So yeah, I don't know. It's just a, just a ramble. It's just a thought I'm having right now. And I guess I'm just, I'm a highly interested observer, uh, for, and I'm looking for change right now where before I'm a, I've been a highly interested observer of every single release that every single company has done. And now I want to see some change in those releases. And I don't know what that is and if they can execute on that, or are we just going to keep getting the same, which is also fine. Like, I don't hate that either, but I'm curious, like, I'm very curious right now where, where we're going to be in a few years, what we're going to see from the big names in the, in our space. I think one of the issues with that, the, the big name problem is like a lot of people that work at the larger companies, they're not incentivized maybe to come up with the new ideas. Like you don't want to be the person taking the risk. Yeah. But that's why it's good that this, this community, this business can support and does support small independent makers because they, not, not every business can, I feel like, or like every kind of niche or hobby, they can't all, they cannot all support people making the actual thing that the hobby is interested in. I think. And so I think that's good. I think we have that good. Yeah. We have, we do have a good, I just realized, and I didn't think of this beforehand. This is a whole hire me Lamy diatribe. I just went on.		* I don't know. I guess I'm, I guess I'm, I'm not floundering. Like I'm very content, but what am I looking for? And I don't know that I have an answer, but I'm really thinking a lot about it right now. Right. Really thinking about that a lot. Um, you know, Leonardo can keep pumping out great new colors and I'll look at every one of them and go, wow, that is awesome. And like, I'm good. Like I've gotten the ones that I like. And like, if I buy a new one, I'm just going to basically be trading it out for one of the old ones. You know, I'm not going to continue to add. Um, so I'm looking for a company to, to make me add something into my collection, not just replace something in my collection. And, and I don't know that I have any answers. I clearly don't have any answers. Um, but yeah, like, I don't know. I think we're in an interesting spot in like some of the discussions I've been having and especially the discussions in my head is I've really kind of enjoyed more of the accessory side of the stationery landscape. Like these days, the paper, the ink, the journaling, the accessories, the carrying, um, you know, the smaller stuff, the smaller stuff's really hitting it for me. Um, so it'll be interesting to watch. Um, I love this stuff and I like, I'm just trying to figure it out. And like, it's just a personal journey that I'm on is like, Oh yeah, I don't have to buy any fountain pens right now because nothing's really speaking to me. You know, I'm going to spend my money wisely. Right. That's another, that's another topic we didn't even, you know, approach, but like is, is overall this, like, you know, just the global market is tough right now. Now everyone's, everyone's getting squeezed and pinched and for a, uh, an, a non-essential hobby like this, like, you know, it doesn't matter. Right. Like people don't need to spend money here, but, uh, you know, it is, it is. I was gonna say for people like us that enjoy it, just like, you know, I like buying new fountain pens and, and, and being inspired and maybe, you know, one of these fountain pens that I buy in the future will be the one that makes me have these like crazy feelings when I pick them up and enjoy them like I do. So yeah, I don't know. It's just a, just a ramble. It's just a thought I'm having right now. And I guess I'm just, I'm a highly interested observer, uh, for, and I'm looking for change right now where before I'm a, I've been a highly interested observer of every single release that every single company has done. And now I want to see some change in those releases. And I don't know what that is and if they can execute on that, or are we just going to keep getting the same, which is also fine. Like, I don't hate that either, but I'm curious, like, I'm very curious right now where, where we're going to be in a few years, what we're going to see from the big names in the, in our space. I think one of the issues with that, the, the big name problem is like a lot of people that work at the larger companies, they're not incentivized maybe to come up with the new ideas. Like you don't want to be the person taking the risk. Yeah. But that's why it's good that this, this community, this business can support and does support small independent makers because they, not, not every business can, I feel like, or like every kind of niche or hobby, they can't all, they cannot all support people making the actual thing that the hobby is interested in. I think. And so I think that's good. I think we have that good. Yeah. We have, we do have a good, I just realized, and I didn't think of this beforehand. This is a whole hire me Lamy diatribe. I just went on.
	* Again, unknowingly, unknowingly hire me Lamy and we'll make some purple vistas and everyone will be happy. Who wouldn't be happy with that? This episode is brought to you by Pen Chalet. They sell authentic, amazing roller balls, fountain pens, ballpoints, mechanical pencils, and more. They have your favorite brands and are an authorized dealer of them with fast and reliable customer service. Pen Chalet is running special discounts every couple of weeks that you're going to be able to go there and find new and incredible deals. And they're also adding new styles of product. Every single month, you're going to find new stuff, whether it's a new fountain pen or carrying cases, inks, refills, accessories, so much more. Pen Chalet sell internationally with great shipping rates. And if you're in the US and spend over $75, you'll get free shipping. Pen Chalet has low prices on high quality pens and offer a 100% satisfaction guarantee. So take yourself to ~~PennChalet~~.com slash ~~PennAddict~~ and you'll be able to get 10% off anything and you'll be able to see some special offers just because you listen to this show. What have we got, Brad?		* Again, unknowingly, unknowingly hire me Lamy and we'll make some purple vistas and everyone will be happy. Who wouldn't be happy with that? This episode is brought to you by Pen Chalet. They sell authentic, amazing roller balls, fountain pens, ballpoints, mechanical pencils, and more. They have your favorite brands and are an authorized dealer of them with fast and reliable customer service. Pen Chalet is running special discounts every couple of weeks that you're going to be able to go there and find new and incredible deals. And they're also adding new styles of product. Every single month, you're going to find new stuff, whether it's a new fountain pen or carrying cases, inks, refills, accessories, so much more. Pen Chalet sell internationally with great shipping rates. And if you're in the US and spend over $75, you'll get free shipping. Pen Chalet has low prices on high quality pens and offer a 100% satisfaction guarantee. So take yourself to PenChalet.com slash PenAddict and you'll be able to get 10% off anything and you'll be able to see some special offers just because you listen to this show. What have we got, Brad?
	* We have Brad not being prepared because he's still running this entire topic through his head. Okay. I am completely. So I'm going to ~~PennChalet~~.com. I'm typing ~~PennAddict~~. Yeah. Yeah. Slash ~~PennAddict~~. And I'm typing ~~PennAddict~~ into the code. And I'm typoing it as we speak. That's good. That's really good. Let's see what we got. That's some great stuff here, actually. This is, I'm a professional podcaster. This is ~~PennLux~~ pen. Okay. So they have been promoting this for a while. I have not used this pen or a ~~PennLux~~ model. I think Kimberly might have. These have been, these have been enjoyable to read about. I like the acrylics. I like the swirly acrylics. I like the large cigar type shapes that they use. So that is something that I'm interested in following up on and checking out. They also have one of the Heinz exclusive pens in here, which is one of the piston fill models. Um, it's basically looks like an old fashioned, which I'm kind of into. Um, that looks awesome. And with the piston fill mechanism, I think that's a pretty interesting, interesting pen. And for that price is pretty crazy good. Like if I saw, got to see that pen in person, like I would be very, very compelled at the price they're offering at. On top of that, Myke, they have inks from Colorverse and Ferris Wheel Press, like a lot of them. Um, so go check out all of this, uh, all this good stuff over at penchalet.com. The amount of ink they have along with the Ferris Wheel Press pens on our deals page is spectacular. So go check them out. P-E-N-C-H-A-L-E-T dot com slash penaddict is where you got to go to find those exclusive deals. Our thanks to our friends over at the penchalet for the continued support of this show. Yeah, I got myself all wrapped up, Myke, because we're about to talk about your topic and we both have problems without solutions. Yeah. So I was thinking about that instead of doing my job and clicking over to penchalet. I was like, oh, this is funny. Like here, let's complain and not offer any solutions. So what you got for us? It's really a complaint that you referenced journaling earlier and this is like a thing. It's just been really bugging me. Like my life is very different now to what it was three months ago with the baby. And I'm not in the studio as much. And when I'm here, I'm really trying to like cram as much as I can into the time that I'm here. And this has just resulted in me just being very bad at journaling since she arrived, which I'm really annoyed about because it's important to me. And I've been going through a lot and feeling a lot of stuff and it would be helpful for me to sit and write it down. But I'm just really struggling to keep a regular journal habit. It was like so easy for me to do it when my journal was on my desk at the office and I would just write something down in it. But now I keep it in my bag in case I want to write at home. But then I never write at home. And then what it means is it's not on my desk. So it's not as easy for me to grab anymore.		* We have Brad not being prepared because he's still running this entire topic through his head. Okay. I am completely. So I'm going to PenChalet.com. I'm typing PenAddict. Yeah. Yeah. Slash PenAddict. And I'm typing PenAddict into the code. And I'm typoing it as we speak. That's good. That's really good. Let's see what we got. That's some great stuff here, actually. This is, I'm a professional podcaster. This is PenLux pen. Okay. So they have been promoting this for a while. I have not used this pen or a PenLux model. I think Kimberly might have. These have been, these have been enjoyable to read about. I like the acrylics. I like the swirly acrylics. I like the large cigar type shapes that they use. So that is something that I'm interested in following up on and checking out. They also have one of the Heinz exclusive pens in here, which is one of the piston fill models. Um, it's basically looks like an old fashioned, which I'm kind of into. Um, that looks awesome. And with the piston fill mechanism, I think that's a pretty interesting, interesting pen. And for that price is pretty crazy good. Like if I saw, got to see that pen in person, like I would be very, very compelled at the price they're offering at. On top of that, Myke, they have inks from Colorverse and Ferris Wheel Press, like a lot of them. Um, so go check out all of this, uh, all this good stuff over at penchalet.com. The amount of ink they have along with the Ferris Wheel Press pens on our deals page is spectacular. So go check them out. P-E-N-C-H-A-L-E-T dot com slash penaddict is where you got to go to find those exclusive deals. Our thanks to our friends over at the penchalet for the continued support of this show. Yeah, I got myself all wrapped up, Myke, because we're about to talk about your topic and we both have problems without solutions. Yeah. So I was thinking about that instead of doing my job and clicking over to penchalet. I was like, oh, this is funny. Like here, let's complain and not offer any solutions. So what you got for us? It's really a complaint that you referenced journaling earlier and this is like a thing. It's just been really bugging me. Like my life is very different now to what it was three months ago with the baby. And I'm not in the studio as much. And when I'm here, I'm really trying to like cram as much as I can into the time that I'm here. And this has just resulted in me just being very bad at journaling since she arrived, which I'm really annoyed about because it's important to me. And I've been going through a lot and feeling a lot of stuff and it would be helpful for me to sit and write it down. But I'm just really struggling to keep a regular journal habit. It was like so easy for me to do it when my journal was on my desk at the office and I would just write something down in it. But now I keep it in my bag in case I want to write at home. But then I never write at home. And then what it means is it's not on my desk. So it's not as easy for me to grab anymore.
	* It's just complicated. I think I need to go easy on myself. Like I'm still trying to establish a pattern in my life. But I'm just a bit disappointed because I wanted to have a journal of this time to keep. And now I feel kind of like guilty about that because I'd always thought that I'd have this journal and I could share it with her when she grew up or something. But now I don't have that. And I feel kind of guilty about that.		* It's just complicated. I think I need to go easy on myself. Like I'm still trying to establish a pattern in my life. But I'm just a bit disappointed because I wanted to have a journal of this time to keep. And now I feel kind of like guilty about that because I'd always thought that I'd have this journal and I could share it with her when she grew up or something. But now I don't have that. And I feel kind of guilty about that.
	* But there's just so much happening. And I want to write some of it down. But also because there's so much happening, I don't have any time to write any of it down. Exactly.		* But there's just so much happening. And I want to write some of it down. But also because there's so much happening, I don't have any time to write any of it down. Exactly.

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	* But are they going into the meeting tomorrow? It's like, all right, what color M200 are we going to do for August? I was like, all right, purple. Yes. Everyone votes for purple. Cool. We're going to do purple. It's like, that's great. I love, I would love a new purple pen. But like, can we, can we do an, who's got some new ideas? And it's like, I feel like it's crickets or like, you know, that's again, the money thing. They were bought by a different company. They probably have different processes now and different expenditures. I'm just saying we're getting a lot of the same from the big companies and all the experimentation from the small companies, which to your point is historically how it's going to be, right?		* But are they going into the meeting tomorrow? It's like, all right, what color M200 are we going to do for August? I was like, all right, purple. Yes. Everyone votes for purple. Cool. We're going to do purple. It's like, that's great. I love, I would love a new purple pen. But like, can we, can we do an, who's got some new ideas? And it's like, I feel like it's crickets or like, you know, that's again, the money thing. They were bought by a different company. They probably have different processes now and different expenditures. I'm just saying we're getting a lot of the same from the big companies and all the experimentation from the small companies, which to your point is historically how it's going to be, right?
	* I don't know. I guess I'm, I guess I'm, I'm not floundering. Like I'm very content, but what am I looking for? And I don't know that I have an answer, but I'm really thinking a lot about it right now. Right. Really thinking about that a lot. Um, you know, Leonardo can keep pumping out great new colors and I'll look at every one of them and go, wow, that is awesome. And like, I'm good. Like I've gotten the ones that I like. And like, if I buy a new one, I'm just going to basically be trading it out for one of the old ones. You know, I'm not going to continue to add. Um, so I'm looking for a company to, to make me add something into my collection, not just replace something in my collection. And, and I don't know that I have any answers. I clearly don't have any answers. Um, but yeah, like, I don't know. I think we're in an interesting spot in like some of the discussions I've been having and especially the discussions in my head is I've really kind of enjoyed more of the accessory side of the stationery landscape. Like these days, the paper, the ink, the journaling, the accessories, the carrying, um, you know, the smaller stuff, the smaller stuff's really hitting it for me. Um, so it'll be interesting to watch. Um, I love this stuff and I like, I'm just trying to figure it out. And like, it's just a personal journey that I'm on is like, Oh yeah, I don't have to buy any fountain pens right now because nothing's really speaking to me. You know, I'm going to spend my money wisely. Right. That's another, that's another topic we didn't even, you know, approach, but like is, is overall this, like, you know, just the global market is tough right now. Now everyone's, everyone's getting squeezed and pinched and for a, uh, an, a non-essential hobby like this, like, you know, it doesn't matter. Right. Like people don't need to spend money here, but, uh, you know, it is, it is. I was gonna say for people like us that enjoy it, just like, you know, I like buying new fountain pens and, and, and being inspired and maybe, you know, one of these fountain pens that I buy in the future will be the one that makes me have these like crazy feelings when I pick them up and enjoy them like I do. So yeah, I don't know. It's just a, just a ramble. It's just a thought I'm having right now. And I guess I'm just, I'm a highly interested observer, uh, for, and I'm looking for change right now where before I'm a, I've been a highly interested observer of every single release that every single company has done. And now I want to see some change in those releases. And I don't know what that is and if they can execute on that, or are we just going to keep getting the same, which is also fine. Like, I don't hate that either, but I'm curious, like, I'm very curious right now where, where we're going to be in a few years, what we're going to see from the big names in the, in our space. I think one of the issues with that, the, the big name problem is like a lot of people that work at the larger companies, they're not incentivized maybe to come up with the new ideas. Like you don't want to be the person taking the risk. Yeah. But that's why it's good that this, this community, this business can support and does support small independent makers because they, not, not every business can, I feel like, or like every kind of niche or hobby, they can't all, they cannot all support people making the actual thing that the hobby is interested in. I think. And so I think that's good. I think we have that good. Yeah. We have, we do have a good, I just realized, and I didn't think of this beforehand. This is a whole hire me Lamy diatribe. I just went on.		* I don't know. I guess I'm, I guess I'm, I'm not floundering. Like I'm very content, but what am I looking for? And I don't know that I have an answer, but I'm really thinking a lot about it right now. Right. Really thinking about that a lot. Um, you know, Leonardo can keep pumping out great new colors and I'll look at every one of them and go, wow, that is awesome. And like, I'm good. Like I've gotten the ones that I like. And like, if I buy a new one, I'm just going to basically be trading it out for one of the old ones. You know, I'm not going to continue to add. Um, so I'm looking for a company to, to make me add something into my collection, not just replace something in my collection. And, and I don't know that I have any answers. I clearly don't have any answers. Um, but yeah, like, I don't know. I think we're in an interesting spot in like some of the discussions I've been having and especially the discussions in my head is I've really kind of enjoyed more of the accessory side of the stationery landscape. Like these days, the paper, the ink, the journaling, the accessories, the carrying, um, you know, the smaller stuff, the smaller stuff's really hitting it for me. Um, so it'll be interesting to watch. Um, I love this stuff and I like, I'm just trying to figure it out. And like, it's just a personal journey that I'm on is like, Oh yeah, I don't have to buy any fountain pens right now because nothing's really speaking to me. You know, I'm going to spend my money wisely. Right. That's another, that's another topic we didn't even, you know, approach, but like is, is overall this, like, you know, just the global market is tough right now. Now everyone's, everyone's getting squeezed and pinched and for a, uh, an, a non-essential hobby like this, like, you know, it doesn't matter. Right. Like people don't need to spend money here, but, uh, you know, it is, it is. I was gonna say for people like us that enjoy it, just like, you know, I like buying new fountain pens and, and, and being inspired and maybe, you know, one of these fountain pens that I buy in the future will be the one that makes me have these like crazy feelings when I pick them up and enjoy them like I do. So yeah, I don't know. It's just a, just a ramble. It's just a thought I'm having right now. And I guess I'm just, I'm a highly interested observer, uh, for, and I'm looking for change right now where before I'm a, I've been a highly interested observer of every single release that every single company has done. And now I want to see some change in those releases. And I don't know what that is and if they can execute on that, or are we just going to keep getting the same, which is also fine. Like, I don't hate that either, but I'm curious, like, I'm very curious right now where, where we're going to be in a few years, what we're going to see from the big names in the, in our space. I think one of the issues with that, the, the big name problem is like a lot of people that work at the larger companies, they're not incentivized maybe to come up with the new ideas. Like you don't want to be the person taking the risk. Yeah. But that's why it's good that this, this community, this business can support and does support small independent makers because they, not, not every business can, I feel like, or like every kind of niche or hobby, they can't all, they cannot all support people making the actual thing that the hobby is interested in. I think. And so I think that's good. I think we have that good. Yeah. We have, we do have a good, I just realized, and I didn't think of this beforehand. This is a whole hire me Lamy diatribe. I just went on.
	* Again, unknowingly, unknowingly hire me Lamy and we'll make some purple vistas and everyone will be happy. Who wouldn't be happy with that? This episode is brought to you by ~~Penn~~ Chalet. They sell authentic, amazing roller balls, fountain pens, ballpoints, mechanical pencils, and more. They have your favorite brands and are an authorized dealer of them with fast and reliable customer service. ~~Penn~~ Chalet is running special discounts every couple of weeks that you're going to be able to go there and find new and incredible deals. And they're also adding new styles of product. Every single month, you're going to find new stuff, whether it's a new fountain pen or carrying cases, inks, refills, accessories, so much more. ~~Penn~~ Chalet sell internationally with great shipping rates. And if you're in the US and spend over $75, you'll get free shipping. ~~Penn~~ Chalet has low prices on high quality pens and offer a 100% satisfaction guarantee. So take yourself to PennChalet.com slash PennAddict and you'll be able to get 10% off anything and you'll be able to see some special offers just because you listen to this show. What have we got, Brad?		* Again, unknowingly, unknowingly hire me Lamy and we'll make some purple vistas and everyone will be happy. Who wouldn't be happy with that? This episode is brought to you by Pen Chalet. They sell authentic, amazing roller balls, fountain pens, ballpoints, mechanical pencils, and more. They have your favorite brands and are an authorized dealer of them with fast and reliable customer service. Pen Chalet is running special discounts every couple of weeks that you're going to be able to go there and find new and incredible deals. And they're also adding new styles of product. Every single month, you're going to find new stuff, whether it's a new fountain pen or carrying cases, inks, refills, accessories, so much more. Pen Chalet sell internationally with great shipping rates. And if you're in the US and spend over $75, you'll get free shipping. Pen Chalet has low prices on high quality pens and offer a 100% satisfaction guarantee. So take yourself to PennChalet.com slash PennAddict and you'll be able to get 10% off anything and you'll be able to see some special offers just because you listen to this show. What have we got, Brad?
	* We have Brad not being prepared because he's still running this entire topic through his head. Okay. I am completely. So I'm going to PennChalet.com. I'm typing PennAddict. Yeah. Yeah. Slash PennAddict. And I'm typing PennAddict into the code. And I'm typoing it as we speak. That's good. That's really good. Let's see what we got. That's some great stuff here, actually. This is, I'm a professional podcaster. This is PennLux pen. Okay. So they have been promoting this for a while. I have not used this pen or a PennLux model. I think Kimberly might have. These have been, these have been enjoyable to read about. I like the acrylics. I like the swirly acrylics. I like the large cigar type shapes that they use. So that is something that I'm interested in following up on and checking out. They also have one of the Heinz exclusive pens in here, which is one of the piston fill models. Um, it's basically looks like an old fashioned, which I'm kind of into. Um, that looks awesome. And with the piston fill mechanism, I think that's a pretty interesting, interesting pen. And for that price is pretty crazy good. Like if I saw, got to see that pen in person, like I would be very, very compelled at the price they're offering at. On top of that, Myke, they have inks from Colorverse and Ferris Wheel Press, like a lot of them. Um, so go check out all of this, uh, all this good stuff over at penchalet.com. The amount of ink they have along with the Ferris Wheel Press pens on our deals page is spectacular. So go check them out. P-E-N-C-H-A-L-E-T dot com slash penaddict is where you got to go to find those exclusive deals. Our thanks to our friends over at the penchalet for the continued support of this show. Yeah, I got myself all wrapped up, Myke, because we're about to talk about your topic and we both have problems without solutions. Yeah. So I was thinking about that instead of doing my job and clicking over to penchalet. I was like, oh, this is funny. Like here, let's complain and not offer any solutions. So what you got for us? It's really a complaint that you referenced journaling earlier and this is like a thing. It's just been really bugging me. Like my life is very different now to what it was three months ago with the baby. And I'm not in the studio as much. And when I'm here, I'm really trying to like cram as much as I can into the time that I'm here. And this has just resulted in me just being very bad at journaling since she arrived, which I'm really annoyed about because it's important to me. And I've been going through a lot and feeling a lot of stuff and it would be helpful for me to sit and write it down. But I'm just really struggling to keep a regular journal habit. It was like so easy for me to do it when my journal was on my desk at the office and I would just write something down in it. But now I keep it in my bag in case I want to write at home. But then I never write at home. And then what it means is it's not on my desk. So it's not as easy for me to grab anymore.		* We have Brad not being prepared because he's still running this entire topic through his head. Okay. I am completely. So I'm going to PennChalet.com. I'm typing PennAddict. Yeah. Yeah. Slash PennAddict. And I'm typing PennAddict into the code. And I'm typoing it as we speak. That's good. That's really good. Let's see what we got. That's some great stuff here, actually. This is, I'm a professional podcaster. This is PennLux pen. Okay. So they have been promoting this for a while. I have not used this pen or a PennLux model. I think Kimberly might have. These have been, these have been enjoyable to read about. I like the acrylics. I like the swirly acrylics. I like the large cigar type shapes that they use. So that is something that I'm interested in following up on and checking out. They also have one of the Heinz exclusive pens in here, which is one of the piston fill models. Um, it's basically looks like an old fashioned, which I'm kind of into. Um, that looks awesome. And with the piston fill mechanism, I think that's a pretty interesting, interesting pen. And for that price is pretty crazy good. Like if I saw, got to see that pen in person, like I would be very, very compelled at the price they're offering at. On top of that, Myke, they have inks from Colorverse and Ferris Wheel Press, like a lot of them. Um, so go check out all of this, uh, all this good stuff over at penchalet.com. The amount of ink they have along with the Ferris Wheel Press pens on our deals page is spectacular. So go check them out. P-E-N-C-H-A-L-E-T dot com slash penaddict is where you got to go to find those exclusive deals. Our thanks to our friends over at the penchalet for the continued support of this show. Yeah, I got myself all wrapped up, Myke, because we're about to talk about your topic and we both have problems without solutions. Yeah. So I was thinking about that instead of doing my job and clicking over to penchalet. I was like, oh, this is funny. Like here, let's complain and not offer any solutions. So what you got for us? It's really a complaint that you referenced journaling earlier and this is like a thing. It's just been really bugging me. Like my life is very different now to what it was three months ago with the baby. And I'm not in the studio as much. And when I'm here, I'm really trying to like cram as much as I can into the time that I'm here. And this has just resulted in me just being very bad at journaling since she arrived, which I'm really annoyed about because it's important to me. And I've been going through a lot and feeling a lot of stuff and it would be helpful for me to sit and write it down. But I'm just really struggling to keep a regular journal habit. It was like so easy for me to do it when my journal was on my desk at the office and I would just write something down in it. But now I keep it in my bag in case I want to write at home. But then I never write at home. And then what it means is it's not on my desk. So it's not as easy for me to grab anymore.
	* It's just complicated. I think I need to go easy on myself. Like I'm still trying to establish a pattern in my life. But I'm just a bit disappointed because I wanted to have a journal of this time to keep. And now I feel kind of like guilty about that because I'd always thought that I'd have this journal and I could share it with her when she grew up or something. But now I don't have that. And I feel kind of guilty about that.		* It's just complicated. I think I need to go easy on myself. Like I'm still trying to establish a pattern in my life. But I'm just a bit disappointed because I wanted to have a journal of this time to keep. And now I feel kind of like guilty about that because I'd always thought that I'd have this journal and I could share it with her when she grew up or something. But now I don't have that. And I feel kind of guilty about that.
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	* Um, I could see that working. I could, that would be something interesting. Um,		* Um, I could see that working. I could, that would be something interesting. Um,
	* yeah, I'm just thinking of like the challenge would be, would I be happy with the matching? There's just, you can get some odd tones with gold inks. If you find the right one that leans more brown. Um, yeah, I think that would be kind of like perfect. Like a Bisu. Like I think like what you can't buy, but like that's what I, that's my golden choice. But yeah, it's, it's spectacular. It's not really fair. There's not a lot of colors like that one. Right. It's just a really unique, legible, um, legible gold. Yeah, that's a good call.		* yeah, I'm just thinking of like the challenge would be, would I be happy with the matching? There's just, you can get some odd tones with gold inks. If you find the right one that leans more brown. Um, yeah, I think that would be kind of like perfect. Like a Bisu. Like I think like what you can't buy, but like that's what I, that's my golden choice. But yeah, it's, it's spectacular. It's not really fair. There's not a lot of colors like that one. Right. It's just a really unique, legible, um, legible gold. Yeah, that's a good call.
	* If you would like to send in a question for us to answer in a future episode, just go to penaddictfeedback.com and you can send that in along with any, uh, follow up or feedback you have about today's episode. Uh, thank you to Brad. As always, you can find Brad online over at penaddict.com, spokedesign.com and twitch.tv slash penaddict. You can find me here on relay and you can also find my products at cortexbrand.com. Thanks to ~~Penn~~ Chalet and Squarespace for the support of this week's episode. But most of all, thank you for listening and we'll be back next week. Until then, say goodbye, Brad. Goodbye, Brad.		* If you would like to send in a question for us to answer in a future episode, just go to penaddictfeedback.com and you can send that in along with any, uh, follow up or feedback you have about today's episode. Uh, thank you to Brad. As always, you can find Brad online over at penaddict.com, spokedesign.com and twitch.tv slash penaddict. You can find me here on relay and you can also find my products at cortexbrand.com. Thanks to Pen Chalet and Squarespace for the support of this week's episode. But most of all, thank you for listening and we'll be back next week. Until then, say goodbye, Brad. Goodbye, Brad.

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			\| number = 668
			\| title = Sans Remorse
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			[[Myke Hurley]]
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	* From Relay, this is The Pen Addict, episode 668. Today's show is brought to you by Squarespace and Pen Chalet. My name is Myke Hurley and I'm joined by Brad Dowdy. Hi, Brad. Hello, Myke Hurley. How are you today? Oh, I'm good. I'm real good. Are you? I'm doing fine. So it's that time of year again. Today, Brad and I spent a couple of hours working on a Lego build. It is that time. It is member special time. A bunch of shows here over at Relay are publishing some extra specials for all Relay members over the next few weeks. So if you are a member supporting any show, you will get access to this. You will get part one on Friday. We decided to save our sanity and cut it off at a certain point today. And then next week, we're going to record the next part, which I hope is the final part, but we'll see how it goes when we get there.		* From Relay, this is The Pen Addict, episode 668. Today's show is brought to you by Squarespace and Pen Chalet. My name is Myke Hurley and I'm joined by Brad Dowdy. Hi, Brad. Hello, Myke Hurley. How are you today? Oh, I'm good. I'm real good. Are you? I'm doing fine. So it's that time of year again. Today, Brad and I spent a couple of hours working on a Lego build. It is that time. It is member special time. A bunch of shows here over at Relay are publishing some extra specials for all Relay members over the next few weeks. So if you are a member supporting any show, you will get access to this. You will get part one on Friday. We decided to save our sanity and cut it off at a certain point today. And then next week, we're going to record the next part, which I hope is the final part, but we'll see how it goes when we get there.
	* Yeah, it's been fine. It was fine today. It was fine because we cut it off. If we would have continued and we would have gotten into some tough territory, I think. It gets progressively more tense the longer we go. So we only had like one little hiccup today, which was on me. And then, but like those things like tend to pile up as you go and then you just get tired and then we don't love each other anymore, but we do. Oh, no, I'd never say that. I would never say that. No, it's all good. It's been fun so far. Yeah. So go to relay.fm.com. You can learn more and you can support any show. You can support this show and you'll get the first part of that on Friday. Yay.		* Yeah, it's been fine. It was fine today. It was fine because we cut it off. If we would have continued and we would have gotten into some tough territory, I think. It gets progressively more tense the longer we go. So we only had like one little hiccup today, which was on me. And then, but like those things like tend to pile up as you go and then you just get tired and then we don't love each other anymore, but we do. Oh, no, I'd never say that. I would never say that. No, it's all good. It's been fun so far. Yeah. So go to relay.fm.com. You can learn more and you can support any show. You can support this show and you'll get the first part of that on Friday. Yay.

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