My BEST and WORST Stationery Purchases of 2023
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- Опубліковано 7 сер 2024
- Hello friends, I had the idea to think about all the things I purchased in 2023 and share my BEST and my WORST purchases of the year. I've divided it up into different categories: Ephemera, Art Supplies, Fountain Pens and Inks, Pen Cases, Notebook Covers, and Planners. At the end, I'm chatting about some personal highs and lows too. Thank you so much for watching!
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Oh man, you're video really touched me because I have been having such an issue with my consumerism! I'm very much an agonizer about stationary and pens and all the pretty shinies but every time i get my order, i always have SOMETHING that gets tossed to the wayside. I promise myself that I'm going to use the new thing that I want to buy that i have the same thing of but in the end, it never happens!
In the new year, I really hope to keep myself accountable on spending on the supplies!
I have a suggestion for your back pain. I have 2 things that really help me. One is a Sissel Sitfit Plus, it’s filled with air and causes dynamic sitting instead of static sitting. So you’re basically in movement while sitting which helps build core strength. The same thing happens when sitting on a Pezzi-Ball or gymnastics ball (different sizes for different heights). Both are really useful sitting tools. I basically had a sitting job and at age 58, I have a few older herniated discs as well as joint wear (arthrosis) and building core strength as well as sitting dynamically has helped me the most. I wanted to share my experience because it could benefit you as well.
You are such a good human being, Simone... such an inspiration! Your videos are a place of peace and joy for me... Thank you so much for this year full of wonderful videos! I´m looking for a 2024 full of paper, inks, pens and your great great company in this comunity. Thank you again!! I am sure the pain is now going to leave your body in peace. Love U!!!
Thank you for your honesty and vulnerability in this video! I really hope your back pain will improve soon. So happy to hear that you love where you live now :)
Have followed you for years. I don't fountain pen but I still watch because you are awesome. Thanks for sharing.
Hey Simone! Dodolulu is amazing! The illustrations also look just like me - I love them. I‘d definitely get prime colors for your water color palette- you can mix any of your specialty color shades by using prime colors. But no worries - I made a lot of regret purchases in 2023 as well. Partly because if I start a new journey, I go overboard. Like say I want to start stamping - okay - I feel the need to buy everything associated with stamping - and then when it all arrives - I feel totally overwhelmed, put it all in a container and never use it. I know, that’s bad and I feel terrible about it! I‘m working on a new mindset, but it’s so hard! Thank you for sharing your „mistakes“! Have a great weekend!
Enjoyed this video and I think it's good for all of us to reflect on our purchases, even if we sometimes make the same mistakes. LOL. Live and learn a little more each time :) I do enjoy the talk of all the consumerism... it seems to be a bit crazy at times especially the pre-orders because they create a sense of urgency, like you won't have a chance if you don't order it now. In some cases it is true that stuff sells out, but often it is not... or you can probably survive using something else anyway. LOL. I fall into the trap all the time, so I don't have a solution HAHA! TFS your thoughts!
I love this video! And you! I have started cutting out my PET tape and putting it in a sticker release book as well. I use it so much more! Washi I still can't figure out how to incorporate. You may want to hang onto that folio palette as storage for swapping in and out pans in your smaller one as you fall in and out of love with colours or types of things you are painting. Thank you for encouraging me to start my channel! It is all your fault that I have more friends now!
You and your videos are marvelous! Don't stress - you are appreciated for your input about your experiences with your pens, notebooks, all of it. You really have more of us out here going through the exact emotions about purchases, wish lists, etc. Knowing your feedback helps the rest of us so much. Our passions are often emotion driven, so we fall in and out of Love with our "Pen Things", and we discover our old loved things again. THANK YOU!
Thank you for creating videos that provide a thoughtful review of your purchases. Like any hobby on UA-cam, often there is so much focus on the new and shiny that then creates a FOMO response in me. It is very refreshing to watch your videos because you have a more mature and responsible attitude to shopping which in turn helps me to not go overboard in my spending.
Also, thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and wisdom - I am so grateful for this community! 💖
Really glad to hear that you are having pain free days now. I'm sure its a day by day thing. Thank you for being here on YT and giving so much to this community. I have thoroughly enjoyed watching your videos this year and interacting with you :)
Lots of big things happened this year for you! Thank you so much for sharing your journey with us ❤
Thanks for sharing your best and worse choices for the year and sharing your personal news. Sending some healing energy your way!
Thank you so much for this video! I really appreciate your honesty. I was feeling left out on a hobby I had not discovered until this year. I have always kept a journal/planner but was never really consistent with it. After this year, I felt bombarded with so much information and temptation to fall into the trap. Well, I did end up purchasing a daily journal and a small planner for my pocketbook. I also purchased the traveler’s company sets, one standard size and one passport size. I didn’t go crazy purchasing all the accessories because I knew these two sets would only be used for my traveling trips.
I really hope I use my two journals/ planners this coming year. I would hate for that money to go to waste. 😢 Next year will be different. Thanks again! 💕
This was a great video! Thank you for sharing a your thoughts and your generosity. I hope that 2024 is a great year!
thanks again seemownay, I appreciate your candor
Thank you so much For another great video. Love your honesty. I have the same issue with planner confusion each year. But finally I think I’ve managed to control it 😅this year. The washi calendar is fab. She reminds me of myself too. Wishing you a 2024 where your back becomes longer and springier so you can be pain free and bounce around. The fact that you can be so true to yourself when in pain just shows what a wonderful person you are!
Enjoyed! Thanks. And, yes, no stress.
Thank you for taking the time to make and share this video.
Your channel has been popping up in my recommended and I’m so glad I clicked. I often play videos in the background while working and am looking forward to listening/watching more of your videos.
Thanks again❤
P.S. wrong! Wonderful video! (Response to your words at the very end 😊)
Really very nice >>>>> Thank you .
Loving this! Nice reflection of the year. I’ve enjoyed using the sticker release for current journals too. Much easier to see and keep in front of my eyes. I’m loving your watercolor kit. 🧐 may need to convert mine
Thanks for sharing the video.
Hi Simone! I came across this video and loved it. I loved the ending and so glad you kept it in 😄 That Dodlulu calendar washi looks so cool! Now I am searching for it. I appreciated the honesty of this video. Wishing you healing and recovery and a happy holiday season.
Love the video, esp the last few minutes. You're authenticity and candor is refreshing and youtube needs more like you! I love the fountain pen community! ❤
Great video Simone. I am so glad that you are happier where you live now....enjoy! Hugs!
Marvellous video as usual. Thank you for sharing and commenting. I'm looking forward to 2024 with you.
Fascinating video! It makes em want to do one... except that I've already forgotten so much of what I bought this year...
Good video. I actually love Lost by Wearingeul. The variance in color is beautiful. Happy holidays to your family and best of luck with your back😊.
I got the same exact pen body/nib from Schon! I really love it so far
Thank you SOOOOO MUCH for sharing with us!!! Yes, all the ink swatches are LOVELY and FUN to look at, not to mention the pens! After you turned around the camera and spoke to the camera about so many things! SOOO many people cat *relate* to you!
I'm sorry for all the bad things that you have experienced!!! Unfortunately, *THAT* is something I can relate to. Just this year...in February, I FINALLY started to dive down the rabbit hole! I had a cycling accident, almost 8 years ago. I was on a training ride for AIDS/ Lifecycle ride. 2 Miles from the end, no one SAW my accident, but the doctors figured either I hit a pothole (I don't think so - I used to ride motorcycles...and I was ALWAYS looking around!), or an animal ran out so I slammed on my brakes I went over the handlebars and hit my head. Don't worry, we are ALL required to where helmets! The helmet, which I had JUST purchase the week before, saved my LIFE!!! Thankfully, they are even SAFER now!!!
The doctor's ALL told me to WRITE!!! As I have a #TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury), so I talk *funny* , don't have great balance, and get *DISTRACTED* all the time!!! I MUST write everything down!!!
Thanks to YOUR videos, I have LEARNED so much!!! Thank you!!!
Your ending comment. Dying. You are my people!!!
Ah, not buying is such an art! And with every item bought that does not fit our lives, our needs we learn. Thanks for taking us on your journey of mastering this artform.
I’m glad you’re here. TFS 🤗
Finally made it all the way to the end. So interesting how different everyone’s useage is. I would say my best case purchases were my Rickshaw pen cases! Thanks for being such a big part of the community. ❤
Thank you so much for watching, Ramona!
Danke. Your Schon Ultem experience reminds me of my Platinum Preppy M nib, when I alternated between M & reverse XF in my writing at a whim. It is now my EDC, and many more Preppies (two Wah collections, and one of every nib size.) FP itch is real, and hard to resist, hence my personal FP show pen moratorium. Hope 2024 sees less regrets, and more joy.
Got myself the Olive TN Regular size, and still in the honeymoon phase, and works my olive ephemera, and military surplus style. Great planner acquisition in 2023. November is the best planner month, totally agreed.
Danke ! ❤
I love my monoc nib.. the pencil like feedback, the m line, and fine line in reverse writing. I’m so into it.
You. Are. AWESOME!!! 🤘🏼😸🧡🖋
lovely lady, cool video, i like your shelf design behind you, i am going to make one too. you might want to check out chondroitin glucosamine for back pain, that's what helps me, that and msm, methylsulphermethane, odorless sulphur. and i haven't done this yet, but, garlic fights a lot of viruses, so i'm going to try to eat garlic toast every day and see if it helps. i hope you have a lovely christmas
I have a full bottle of wearingeul lost as well and me too i hate it, it feels like you're writing with water.
Taisho Gentle green is also one of my favorites! Somehow it makes me happy when i use it!
I enjoyed watching this video. What is the name of that blue watercolor in the pocket pallet? The lightest blue color?
What is that lovely orange peeeenn!!!!
The section of the TWSBI pops off of the nib unit. There are little notches on the inside of the grip that line up with tabs on the nib collar, so that you can keep the colored section.
I am aware of that however, I don't enjoy the AL grip section, so usually I just keep the transparent section on the nib.
@@seemownay Darn. Thanks for replying to my extraneous advice, then. 😀
I loved this video! At minute 20, you mentioned your honorable mention worst pen with the weird shape. You have a purple and a frosty white. What is the brand of those?
I love your rosy cheeks! I love your accent.
I’m so happy I found your channel.
💝🖖🏻
Omg, I would buy the fountain pen rickshaw from you. Rachelle in Seattle
I'm not sure I am ready to let it go just yet.
I have the same nib drying out and cap coming loose problem with pretty much all my Franklin Christoph pens except model 46 😢 I stopped buying them even though their design appeals to me.
1. I would love to see some watercolor content, should it strike your fancy.
Thank you so much for addressing how awful it is to stamp on Tomoe River Paper. I’ve always tried and it always bleeds and oil based inks take foreverrrrrrrr to dry! I was hollering when you said it was a pain in the ass because it issssss! Great video! Subscribing as we speak. Found your channel this week and adore it!
Thank you so much! I usually just stamp on something else and then glue that in. I like how it adds texture to the page at the same time.