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i want to forget it happened as fast as it can

Writing making you present in other areas ooooo👀

Writing about positive life experiences is very valuable to me. If I have a particularly good day or exciting moment, I like to write about the things that surrounded it / led up to it. It’s beautiful to look back on it and walk through memory lane to see what lit me up that day.

Cheers mate.

I like this! I got sober almost 1 year ago now, ive been writing everyday but it kinda feels meaningless. This is a new way of Journaling i will try. I'll write my legacy on paper for my son to read when hes older! Thank you. God bless

amazing video. raw, authentic, and really reaches the audience well

That’s not minimalism, that’s just peer pressure with minimalism as the excuse lol

Respectfully you’ve misunderstood. It’s an extension of the movement of ‘dopamine detoxing’ (a silly phrase as you can’t detox from a naturally occurring neurotransmitter). The goal isn’t to replace the dopamine highs and distractions of smart phones, but to reduce that urge and waste of time. Nor for most people was it meant to replace the phone entirely, clearly you can’t text or use apps, but to help keep you away from your phone unless you needed one of those phone specific functions. To call it BS was unnecessary.

What type of journals do you use?

Zebra Sarasa, very good pen, price isn't to bad. I used 1 for a year the lost it and got another, 2 years on

Great video, earned a sub. I was gifted a brass fountain pen on my birthday and Ive been using it ever since. It completely changed writing for me. Don't be afraid to care. If something is important to you, if you make it important to you, then be proud that you care

I've been writing with mine for over a year now and I decided a couple of months ago to upgrade by getting a Titanium Damascus little bolt to replace the stock bolt. Totally worth it!

Have you ever ventured into the world of fountain pens? They've become an obsession for me.

I got a zippo and rarely use other lighters. I keep bics for a reason but the zippo is reliable, refillable, and pings. Similar to his pen it's just one of those things - especially when its a LIFETIME warrenty no question asked

Not enough talk about how dope these heavy tactical pens are for writing and for stricking

When I taught, I bought pens that were a little more expensive for me to use in school because the value stopped me from lending them out and not getting them back. Now, I just love a quality pen.

It’s mildly mind-blowing the difference a quality tool can make in any application. Even with this knowledge, I still find it hard to ignore the guilt that initially comes with the purchase. Thanks for this video. 💜

Good video. New subscriber here

Great video Collin! Great advice, I really appreciate it!

I love your take on gratitude. Great insight! Thank you.

I like you, man , you keep it real . Thank you 🙏

Happiness, functionality and purpose--yes! I feel for Fountain Pen Friend. I've been there and it's a hard lesson to learn on the journey to balanced minimalism. Great video. 🙌🏻

Depriving oneself of colour and emotions in the name of minimalism is just depressing, nothing more.

Hi. I really enjoyed this video. Few people actually talk about addictive decluttering.

The thought of geting rid of such valuable items, it's heathbreaking :/ BUT, I love fountain pens, I love writing. Practicing with them, prefecting my own technic is how I disconnect from a rough day, BUT, that IS MY thing, perhaps the original poster wasn´t even using them... so... idk, I really don't see the problem other that... the pens where like a memory from they loved ones... :/

I don't recall where I came across this (as I unfortunately cant provide well deserved credit), but I found a great litmus test to assign value to objects that is significantly more practical than Marie Kondo’s ephemeral question “Does this spark joy?”, in the form of the Poop test: “If this object had poop on it, would you wash it off or throw it away?”. Objects that have high sentimental value would not get thrown away, even if they serve little practical purpose. High pragmatic items wont get thrown away because the rationale is that you would either wash it off OR throw it away and immediately replace it. The person in the example probably wouldn’t throw out their family members fountain pens and simply replace them with different ones because of the emotional value of those specific pens, but it might help discard and de-clutter items that no longer meet that value threshold.

Lovely Video, I totally agree. I don’t know when or how some people decided we weren’t allowed to keep anything sentimental in minimalism. Like it’s a bad thing to have a heart or value things given to you from loved ones. It really does seem to be an all or nothing mindset in many people. I absolutely agree with the idea of balance and temperance. I know in Ancient philosophy to master temperance and not asceticism was supposed to be the best form of balanced discipline 😊

The virgin minimalist sells his grandpa's pen collection to the Chad maximalist.

Great video

Amazing video again, thank you so much ! I love every time you post :)

Achievement, accomplishment, success, all require action.

Kudos on keeping track of 3 journals. I've had a numerous amount of journals and realized how much I lack discipline when it comes to keeping up with my entries. You're absolutely right, practicing building great habits (whether its journaling or not) is a great way of achieving that feeling of fulfillment, we just have to work towards it :)

As someone more experienced in life (my way of saying older as I'm 58 at this writing.), life is about stacking experiences. That's what you mention in your fourth section. Document them, realize that those pursuits are what make you happy. Live your life, stack your experiences, document them and repeat similar things. Just my thoughts!

Amazing video, thank you

Another good use for your pocket notebook are stress relieving exercises like noting what you observe with each of your five senses as a quick mindfulness break. Venting a brief frustration in writing can also keep you from ruminating excessively over it.

Keep it up! I want you to do more of these!

Loved it!

Maybe it would make sense to think in terms of honesty and dishonesty rather than positive and negative. Better honest negativity than fake positivity, it seems to me. In this world, surely any reasonable person does know there's a lot of bad stuff. No use to ignore it or pretend it isn't there. A suggested step towards honesty: Beware of yielding to peer pressure.

I use digital media (laptop, smart phone, tablets for reading). But for notetaking, if I go to note something on my phone, I feel annoyance and a sense of engaging with a network -- even if it's "only" Google -- that I have no wish to be involved with; i. e., my privacy is invaded, if only to a small extent. But a small paper notebook gives pleasure, knowing there's no network there, no need for a battery for that matter, or a data connection. Pen and paper are personal and comfortable in a way no digital media can be.

At approx 4:00 "Keep reading!" is a splendid piece of advice, and points out a trap I've often fallen into. I tend to get sidetracked by note-taking, or simply by a brilliant passage that suggests another avenue -- you're spot-on correct in urging readers to note such, but keep progressing.

Been doing it for a while, my style and things I write down change and I love that its evolving with me. Reflecting more , having mind free and having a physocap space to just pen things is a new kind of freedom . If you are interested, I found some great value content at Park Notes , who talks about journal, commonplace book writting.

Keep writing - you are the reporter of your own life - make it epic 👍💯

We have completely different styles to journaling as well as different perspectives. Interestingly though your focus on your insights over events, is very helpful. I’ve been trying to focus more on the insights over the last year or so. I can’t help take this as inspiration to double down on that approach. By prioritizing and keeping those insights separate so I can focus on my conclusions. Instead of the events that caused them Thank you for the video. And sharing tour thoughts on jealous, hypocritical bullies. You used almost the same words to describe similar conclusions.😂

What a breath of fresh air! Thank you for your insight and keep up the great content!

We may have slightly different approaches, but I acknowledge yours and especially the overlaping views we are having. I also believe that it must be as raw and as real as in the moment as possible. And your approach is contemplative and meditative enough, if you ask me. And I'm in this almost 20 years now, with formal education in philosophy.

I started philosophy with the exact same meditations book I've found in London. It's my favourite book ever. Reminds me of my travel and it helped so much !

That's very smart. Thank you.

I started to read philosophy again thanks to you ! I've loved Marcus Aurelius' meditations and i am now reading letters for Lucilius by Seneca !

I have been journaling since I was 17 or at least that's how far the journals I currently have go back. I have journaled since I was in my early teens (although, I regret that I burned a couple of journals before the ones I have currently because a family member went snooping and I felt like a private space had been invaded). I have fallen off the wagon and gotten back on; I am currently 26 and I got married last summer. As of my wedding day, I have tried to write at least one page a day...I haven't always met that goal, but I have most days and one of my goals is to capture as best I can a day to day recollection of my marriage when it was new so I can look back when I've been married hopefully 20 years and potentially share insights and memories with my children

You are great ❤