[cstoner]

> Now I tend to view fashionable office supplies as productivity fetish items. It's easy to geek out on that stuff, but does a better notebook make me more productive? Seems to make me less productive, if history is an indicator.

I agree with you 95%. This comment is really just wanting to explain that 5%.

I have found that a little extra money goes a long way, and that a lot of money doesn't ever go far enough.

My bullet journal "daily caries" are:

* Apica CD 5mm grid notebook - $14.00 (one per year)

* Pilot Metropolitan fountain pen - $17.00 (one time purchase)

* Disposable black refills for the fountain pen - $5.00 per 20 (maybe twice a year)

In the realm of fancy pens/notebooks these are pretty cheap, but I really enjoy them. I feel like they are at a very nice sweet spot where they're cheap enough that I could lose them, but not "too good to use".

Maybe I'm lying to myself, but I feel like I journal more often because of how much I like them. It's just nice to use nice things.