21 Jul 2016

how much stationery do you carry around every day?

Most of us will have a pencil case we carry with us to university, school, college, work, etc. Almost exactly a year ago, I showed you all what was in my pencil case at the time and today, I want to ask: what's in your pencil case on a daily basis?


Do you sway more towards colour or basic blues and blacks? I like to try and keep things simple and fountain pen or two, a Bic biro, a few coloured gel pens, a few Zebra Mildliners and a pencil and eraser sometimes. I like to also carry an ink cartridge but sometimes I don't if I know my fountain pens are filled adequately.

Do you also like to carry sticky notes and page flags? Page flags are a must as I often have a book with me in clinic so I like to bookmark important pages.

Basically, I'm just curious about what you all carry in terms of stationery. I'm always wary of my bag being heavy so I try and limit how much is in my pencil case. If you've done a blog post on this, let me know - I would love to have a look :)

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  1. I have currently a few (4 or 5?) Fountain pens, a Pilot Coleto, 3 mechanical pencils with 0.2mm, 0.4mm, or 0.5mm, and a blackwing pencil that has a eraser so I don't have to carry one. I rotate my pens/pencils, but most of the time I rotate the "ink color" in my fountain pens. I carry a Midori Passport Travelers notebook that has a zip pocket insert to put my flags, stickies and washi tapes.
    By the way, I don't need to use writing instruments at my work, but I'm trying to implement the use of my pens (e.g. use paper schedulers instead of the Google calender etc.)

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  2. In my Gillio Pocket Compagna I have a mechanical pencil and a 4 barrel Coleto with pink/blue/purple/black inks for colour coding, as well as some Post It notes. In one of my zip pouches I have my Pilot Kakuno fountain pen and one or two black biros (for writing prescriptions and med charts). I usually have a Clairefontaine A5 notebook in my bag for making notes as I read when I'm studying. Sometimes I also have a zip pouch of flashcards and a Le Sportsac two zip compartment pouch full of Staedtler Triplus Fineliners, Zebra Mildliners, a couple of Pilot Frixion pens, and a bunch of blank index cards, all for making flashcards. Mind you, if I wasn't studying for a Fellowship exam in less than 4 months time, it would be just the planner, fountain pen and biros.

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  3. I have two pouches I carry in my backpack--a thin one, which has my main essentials: pilot metropolitan, two muji gel pens (black and red), a highlighter, pencil and eraser. The larger pouch is filled with other muji colors, my pilot juice pens thst i only use when re-writing my notes. I find it easier to differentiate between the two since I don't need to dig around a lot to find my main tools.

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    1. I carry my pilot frixon pens, highlighters, sticky notes and stickers for my planner. I feel like I have so many stationary supplies in my bag. Because I use them for work and school, it's a must have. I'd say 50% of my bag contents are stationary supplies.

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