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Hello everyone! I'm back to this wonderful place after some years. While the old gang is no longer around for our IRC chit chats, that doesn't mean pens went unused. Going back to college is helping me to burn through all the old stuff, with paper and blue ink at the front row, but that's not enough.

 

Before another big leap in life, I need to downsize as much as I can, nothing is safe or sacred in my hands :P Too many wax seals as well.

Have anybody ever tried curating their collection from low end stuff and scraps into a tiny, neat thing? How did it go?

 

Pay it forward programs can get expensive, as I'm not in America and shipping got nearly twice as expensive over the years. Same for selling, unless users here live in Spain.

 

TL;DR: I'm back, need ideas to use up half my collection: inks, A5 paper, wax seals

Always looking for new ways to downsize my collection.

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Thanks everyone! Hope this second stay's as nice as ever. Looking at you, Pakman, always greeting every newcomer, glad to see someone keeping up after all these years 😃

 

Always looking for new ways to downsize my collection.

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I don't know you from your previous stay, but wanted to say hello and welcome back anyway :)

 

What are you studying?

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On 4/13/2021 at 12:38 AM, mizgeorge said:

I don't know you from your previous stay, but wanted to say hello and welcome back anyway :)

 

What are you studying?

Literature + linguistics, so good books and good pens to match!

Always looking for new ways to downsize my collection.

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Hello and welcome (back) to you       :W2FPN:

 

ps. Down sizing does not work. The end.

 

 

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5 hours ago, Pen Nut said:

ps. Down sizing does not work. The end.

 

Hi to you too! I got to trade some material for washi tape, so it kinda evens out. So far two notebooks are getting repurposed, so yeah, snail pace but clutter is leaving reaaally slow.

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