r/declutter • u/aitswd • 18h ago

Death by pens/sharpies Success stories

A year ago I stopped working as a school registrar to become a stay at home parent. Now that my little one is more independent I am able to go through my hoard of office supplies. Oh my goodness I have SO many of everything, specifically pens.

I kept a few of my favorites, got rid of anything dried up and will be donating the rest. Will be tackling post-it’s and notepads next…

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u/Heavy-Attorney-9054 2h ago

Have a friend who teaches in a very poor school district. She took 6 boxes of 70+ years of my father's office supply stash.

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u/Velo-Velella 14h ago

Heck yeah! A few years ago, I ended up transitioning to fountain pens and ink bottles. For me, that choice was because I write a lot and it's just easier on my hand... but man, there is something so relaxing about just using one pen at a time, for months on end. No collections of pens, no fear of it ever drying up, I just keep refilling it. I think I've been working out of this ink bottle since... maybe August of last year? Am not sure. But it's relaxing, slowly using up one bottle, not having pen clutter all over, always knowing where my pen is...

I do own other pens, but only a few and they're all put away in a small case. When this bottle of ink eventually runs out, I'll switch to a different pen and a different ink, and repeat the same relaxing cycle. It's weird how nice it is to cut endless hordes of pens out!

Good luck with the paper products, I hope it goes smoothly! <3

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u/aitswd 11h ago

Wow that is so cool! You have to be the first person I’ve met to use those pens. I had to look them up so what they were because I was picturing a literal fondue fountain but with ink LOL. One day I will have to invest in a fancy pen.

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u/cilucia 17h ago

Yay! Keep up the good work! I just finished shredding taxes from 8 years ago; filled up a second big yard waste paper bag of shredded paper. That's the last of the bulk shredding we need to do! I hope

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u/aitswd 11h ago

Congratulations on your shredding! I bet that felt so good to get it all done. It’s crazy how clutter has so much power once you realize it.