There is the potential for me to use 22 pens each morning.  All sorts of glorious colors.

I thought I had simplified things. I have been making trips to Goodwill and selling things on Instagram.   Chucking things we havne’t used in over a year.  I long for space and margin in our home.  It also helps to manage my sensitivity.  (Learn more about Highly Sensitive People here.)

Apparently, a reduction in my army of pens is not one of them.  I tried to use my Pigma Micron 01 pens for my Inkwell Press planner, and it just wasn’t happening.  My handwriting looked like I was shaky with caffeine.  The picture really doesn’t reflect reality, but when do pictures really capture the full truth? 

So I switched to my Papermate Flair Felt Tip pens, the very ones my grandma used.  Except she only used red and blue Flairs.  Occasionally you would find a green or black felt tip pen, but she didn’t leave those out for us to use. I’m blaming her for  my pen fetish.  She also is responsible for why I like various sizes of paper and SMALL books and cute containers.

I found the best price for a set of 6 Pigma Micron 01 pens on Amazon about the same time I purchased the ESV Journaling Bible.  While I am not on the same Bible reading plan as my accountability partners, I wanted to be using the same Bible and having a similar experience allowing Scripture to come out in pictures and expressive thoughts.   I’m reading John and a Psalm and Proverb a day, in addition to studying Greek and doing Beth Moore’s study called, Children of the Day.

While I’m at it, here is what the morning routine looks like these days:

• Wake up between 5:30 – 6 am.  I did succeed at rising at 5:05 on Monday! 
• Drink Ningxia Red.
• If there is time before 6 am, have some Brickhouse coffee and sit in front of my Happy lamp. (Read more about this glorious invention here.)
• PiYo workout with The Engineer.
• Breakfast – eggs and hot sauce
• Bible Study . . .

These are all of my tools:

• ESV Journaling Bible
• Children of the Day by Beth Moore
• Greek Alphabet Code Cracker
• Inkwell Press Planner (20% discount using this link) – love this planning book – it’s a calendar but it is also a place to set goals.  It’s my space.  And it comes with set up videos.  Which are glorious.  And I never want them to end.  I want a year of those short, sweet, and encouraging videos.  Seriously.
• Papermate Flair Medium Point Felt Tip Pens

So, that’s my morning life. 

Do we share any similarities?  What pens do you like to use?

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