This is in praise of Bic pens. I don’t use expensive pens. I would only lose them. Bic pens are cheap. When one does not work, I simply throw it away. I just make sure the caps are on it when I put one in my pocket. I have ruined too many pants that way when they leaked. I store them all over my house. I don’t like being too far from a pen when the urge strikes to write so I keep my pens in strategic spots in my house. I get a little bit nervous when my supply of Bic pens dwindle. My wife, of course, thinks this is all ridiculous. And criticizes me when I feel compelled to replenish my supply in the nearest Office Max (or Wal Mart).
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You do not need special equipment to write (nor a degree) just a pen or pencil that writes and some paper.
You can write anywhere or on anything available. No special journal or special places. Anywhere. No excuses. All those specials conditions just get in the way.
I always carry two Bic pens on me (in case one peters out). They are cheap. No special or favorite pen. I write in blank books. They are plain notebooks.
I try to get different colored ones and always keep the most recent in the same place. But if my “muse” is telling me to write and I am not near my journal I grab the nearest paper within reach whatever it is wherever it is.
I am not bound by my journals. Again, you do not need special equipment to write. No special degrees. Just do it. Everything else is excuses.
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I can’t be fifteen seconds or more from a pen that writes. My wife likes click pens. The only trouble with them half the time or more they do not work (or are “unstable”, my words).
I spent fifteen minutes or more gathering all my pens in the house that I could find and sorting them. I pulled out the Bic pens, which are usually reliable. Then I put a collection of them in three different spots in the house.
One is now in my office, one in the living room and another near the computer. Now I know exactly where they are. I am no more than a few seconds from any of them in the house.
Of late, I was getting a bit frustrated finding a pen that works. This was driving me a little crazy–finding a pen that writes immediately.
Now I can sleep more soundly. I know exactly where all my Bic pens are. They usually do not disappoint me. And if they do, I just throw them away. They are cheap.
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I usually carry two pens on me and every corner of the house has jars of pens nearby particularity the living room. I actually get anxious when I am too far from a pen. I only buy Bic pens: they are cheap and usually work. When one starts to falter, I simply throw it away. I do not use expensive pens. I simply would lose them.
Two wives have made fun of me for I never want to be too far from a pen. I have actually had fights with one about going out and buying another package of Bic pens when I had to look a little too long for a pen–maybe ten seconds instead of five.
The other is a little more tolerant about that and kind of laughs at me. Maybe, that is why we are still married. I get nervous when I am out and I only have one pen on me. What if it runs out of ink or stops working? Obviously I write.
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