Did you take the blue pill or the red pill?

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I have found a tiny pen that’s about the same height of the notebook and fits in my pocket at the same time. However, it doesn’t have a lid/cap, just a click button. No lid/cap makes me feel uneasy, because it could leak more easily.

Exactly! Also, I just feel like a loser, sometimes, to be walking around with a pen sticking out of my pocket (“Is that a pen in your pocket, or…”)

On the other hand, when I keep things in my back pack, I often find myself in situations where I am removed from notepad and an task arrives.

Oh, the difficult lives we live…

I agree with Rue that sometimes working on something seemingly small has a danger of opening a huge can of worms. I’ve had that happen a few times to me recently and it does trigger off a slump the more it happens. I also believe that there are some small tasks that won’t take long, but might go wrong. The worry that it might go wrong can sometimes create a slump, no matter how confident you usually are as a person.

As for the notepad and pen issue, the pen is the weakest link for me too. I’ve been spending weeks trying to work out how I can keep a pen and pad about my person at all times. After buying a wonderfully small and effective notepad that fits all my shirt and back pockets, I too needed to work on the pen situation.

I have found a tiny pen that’s about the same height of the notebook and fits in my pocket at the same time. However, it doesn’t have a lid/cap, just a click button. No lid/cap makes me feel uneasy, because it could leak more easily.

What do we do?

For me, I’m not sure that’s what’s going on (I’ve been doing a lot of self analysis here). I really feel as if somewhere deep down, my mind decided what it is I should be doing and any deviation is going to be fought…