![]() I was close to feeling that I was wrong, that the product was great and I just had to get used to it. ![]() The love for Conid in the community is so rabid that I really had to stop and think before I realised that the pen wasn’t for me. Same thing happened with the Conid Minimalistica. When I didn’t get on with it the first time, I figured that the problem was me, and actually bought a second! It’s very difficult to take a step back and build our own opinion of a product, but it’s important to do so.įollowing on from the last point, this is what happened to me with the Pilot 823. When the enthusiastically reviewed ink arrives, we condition ourselves to feel positive about it ourselves. The risk of this is that we develop a herd mentality: we feel a peer pressure to agree with each other. I’ve bought (or avoided) plenty of pens and inks simply based on reviews by other bloggers. We’re a very chatty community, and it’s easy to feel like you have a complete and rounded opinion on a topic just from the sheer volume of information you read about a pen or ink on the internet. If I’d realised that earlier, I’d have saved myself a lot of money - money that I could have spent on Viscontis and Montblancs, which speak to me much more. I guess I should just admit that I’m not a Pilot guy. Pretty much every Pilot nib I’ve used has been (to me) a dry writer, and the pens generally feel clinical and not particularly comfortable - although I know that other people love them, and I appreciate the quality and consistency of what Pilot produces. If I’m honest with myself, the only one that I really got on with was the 912, with its FA nib, and the Fermo’s F in a close second. Oh, and a Prera that I bought for my partner. Over the years I’ve had a 912, a 91, another 91, a 92, a Myu, an 823 and another 823, a Vanishing Point, a Fermo, and now a vintage Vanishing Point. Probably the best example in my case was Pilot. That was a big ‘aha’ moment for me, although it sounds stupid. Smooth nibs or feedbacky? Wet or dry? Piston or C/C? Big or small? Designed to post or not? Generally, the same kinds of design decisions are made right across the portfolio, so if you don’t get on with one pen from a brand, you probably won’t get on with the rest, either. Some you’ll get along with, some you won’t.Ī manufacturer’s ethos could align with yours in all kinds of ways. If you’re just starting out in the hobby, or hell, even if you’re as deep as I am, here’s the advice I’d give. Over the past several years of spending far too much time and money on stationery, I’ve learned a thing or two - about mistakes I make over and over, about what I like and why, and what I would do differently given the chance to start again. Phone addiction: warning signs and treatment.(Enjoy the blog? Please consider donating – there’s a PayPal button at the top right of the site!) Changes of neurotransmitters in youth with internet and smartphone addiction: A comparison with healthy controls and changes after cognitive behavioral therapy. Seo HS, Jeong EK, Choi S, Kwon Y, Park HJ, Kim I. ![]() The invisible addiction: cell-phone activities and addiction among male and female college students. Altered brain activity and the effect of personality traits in excessive smartphone use during facial emotion processing. 2019 18:47-50.Ĭhun JW, Choi J, Kim JY, Cho H, Ahn KJ, Nam JH, Choi JS, Kim DJ. Cell phone addiction and psychological and physiological health in adolescents. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0163010Īmerican Psychiatric Association. Proposed diagnostic criteria for smartphone addiction. Lin YH, Chiang CL, Lin PH, Chang LR, Ko CH, Lee YH, Lin SH. De-Sola Gutiérrez J, Rodríguez de Fonseca F, Rubio G.
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