For the past several months I’ve been hyperfocused on my health and well-being. I’m working on my stress management, better sleep habits, choosing healthier foods, being more faithful in taking my vitamins and supplements, and adding more deliberate exercise to my day. I’ve also been working on some other health-related goals. Earlier this year I was diagnosed with anemia (low blood iron levels) resulting in extreme fatigue and brain fog. This past year has been an eye-opener for me when it comes to my health and overall wellness. What is Wellness? Wellness is the ACTIVE pursuit of activ ..read more

We’re not the same as we used to be The pandemic has had a profound effect on all of us. How often did we all say, “I just wish things would get back to normal.” But as we have emerged from the pandemic we’ve all had to discover that our idea of “normal” has had to change.  Raise your hand if you still have a hard time figuring out how time works nowadays! How often do you still catch yourself recalling an event and saying “it happened last year” only to realize that it was before the pandemic so it must have been at least 2.5 years ago? My brain is struggling with a time-space continuum ..read more

What happens when you innocently ask the Stationery Nerd Herd Facebook Group which video topic you should do…. and they overwhelmingly vote to see my entire fountain pen collection. Seriously?! I didn’t even realize how many pens I owned!! I put ALL my fountain pens on my video table and turned on the camera. No prep, no hedging, no holding back… you get the raw (and often frustrating) process of going through every single one of my fountain pens. I do my best to track down a link for every pen I show, but many are no longer available for sale…. or I don’t remember where I bought them and ca ..read more

You know you’re a stationery nerd when you have so many notebooks, journal covers, and size options that you just can’t make a decision about which combination to use next! Yep, that’s me for sure! Like most everyone else in the world, 2020 was a crazy year for me. I won’t bore you with the details, but let’s just say I worked a LOT of hours at the day job. You can get a peek at some of those details in the video I made about the bullet journaling system I use at work that I filmed during the height of the pandemic. My system has changed a bit since that video (and I’ll make a new one so ..read more

Like many people all over the world… I’m stuck working at home during the global pandemic. I’m so glad I have a solid analog system that works for my situation. I’ve had to adapt my bullet journal and planning system to accommodate a whole different kind of workflow. I am the sole in-house graphic designer serving many different departments and have found myself at the center of the response to serve the visual needs of the communications team. So it’s essential that I stay on top of the dozens of requests, tasks, and projects coming at me every day. Plus meetings! So many meetings! I use a c ..read more

Daily Habits vs. Daily Intentions The way I track habits in my bullet journal might be a bit different than what you normally see. I’ve tried all sorts of different habit trackers until I finally found what worked best for me. The monthly habit tracker charts would usually go ignored after the first couple of days of the month. I even tried a weekly habit tracker but that didn’t work for me either. I’m such a non-conformist type of nerd that it wasn’t until I tried tracking my habits on my daily bullet journal page did I finally find a system that worked well for me. But it’s not just a typi ..read more

I wrote a book and I can’t wait to share it with you. I love having my physical books to touch and hold and when my package arrived in the mail I fell in love! The size is perfect as a “sidekick” journal that can be carried along with an A5 blank journal. It’s 5″ x 8″ and it’s adorable! With 30 individual journaling prompts, this is a great introduction to daily journaling. 30 Days of Journaling Prompts: An introduction to daily journaling Let me take you on a little tour of what this book is all about and why you NEED it in your life. Daily journaling changed my life and I’d love to introduc ..read more

William Hannah is my new true love You’ve heard of all the big names in the discbound planner and notebook system, right? Happy Planner, Arc by Staples, Levenger Circa, Tul … and William Hannah. Wait. You haven’t heard of William Hannah? Oh no! Well, let me introduce you to my new best friend. Read on for a nerdy, in-depth review. But first, let me jump back in history for a moment. A mini timeline of Pam’s planners… Pre-2012 – we’ll cover that another day (it was a mess!) 2012 until 2015 – various leather traveler’s notebooks 2014 until 2016 – Arc discbound notebook by Staples 2016 to prese ..read more

Eclectic Scribbles 160gsm Mandala Notebook Review As I was searching for every notebook I could find that had 160gsm paper, someone mentioned the Eclectic Scribbles journal they were using. So of course, I went on a hunt to figure out what the heck an “Eclectic Scribbles” was and why I hadn’t ever heard of that brand. As it turns out, it’s not actually a notebook brand at all. It’s an artist and she just happens to have some journals in her shop that have this high-quality paper I was searching for. It was a tough choice to pick which of her three cover styles I loved the most, but I settled ..read more

The 160gsm Journal Comparison – Introduction The journaling community has lost its ever-loving mind over notebooks with 160gsm paper! First, it was 100gsm paper, then it was 120gsm paper… and now everyone is going nuts over 160gsm paper. There are only a couple of the well-known brands who carry a notebook or journal with dotted 160gsm paper and those companies have gotten a LOT of coverage in the blogosphere.  Archer & Olive and Scribbles That Matter are the two notebooks getting all the attention these days. Mostly A&O, right?! We’ve seen a dramatic increase in the evangelism o ..read more