Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
In this video, we continue our discussion about having a pen fast (also known as a period of time where I don't buy pens). I am an intermittent faster (5 years now - for health and weight management) and I'm using the tools I've learned from that to change my spending habits in the fountain pen hobby!
Every month I come on and talk about how it's going, highlight comments from our previous pen fast chat and then we continue our discussion in the comments. This month after I read the 3 comments and answer one viewer question - I also address 4 topics:
* Nickel and Dime Tendencies
* Triggers to Spend (3 = money incoming, an exciting new project and emotions - mostly worry - causing me to feel spendy.)
* insights I had this month
* feelings that came up during the month regarding my past and current hobby spending!
Thank you to everyone who is participating in this ongoing series! I really am so grateful I don't have to go thru this alone. This is a space where I feel we can be accountability partners and also just be honest about the process of changing habits which can be difficult but does not have to be lonely or boring.
The book I mentioned is:
Earn What You Deserve ~ How to Stop Underearning & Start Thriving
by Jerrold Mundis
(He also wrote a book I used to get out of debt MANY years ago: How to Get Out of Debt, Stay Out of Debt & Live Prosperously)
Here is the channel I mentioned, The Minimal Mom (Dawn is one of my favorite You Tubers!):
youtube.com/@TheMinimalMom
Thank you also to everyone who has contributed to this channel and to me ... I am very appreciative and consider this to be a viewer supported channel/community. Yes, I also rely on Google Ad $ but over the years so many generous viewers/pen friends have helped -- thank you!!!
My Instagram: instagram.com/snowball7470
My Pen Email: chris@inkswatch.com
In this video, we continue our discussion about having a pen fast (also known as a period of time where I don't buy pens). I am an intermittent faster (5 years now - for health and weight management) and I'm using the tools I've learned from that to change my spending habits in the fountain pen hobby!
Every month I come on and talk about how it's going, highlight comments from our previous pen fast chat and then we continue our discussion in the comments. This month after I read the 3 comments and answer one viewer question - I also address 4 topics:
* Nickel and Dime Tendencies
* Triggers to Spend (3 = money incoming, an exciting new project and emotions - mostly worry - causing me to feel spendy.)
* insights I had this month
* feelings that came up during the month regarding my past and current hobby spending!
Thank you to everyone who is participating in this ongoing series! I really am so grateful I don't have to go thru this alone. This is a space where I feel we can be accountability partners and also just be honest about the process of changing habits which can be difficult but does not have to be lonely or boring.
The book I mentioned is:
Earn What You Deserve ~ How to Stop Underearning & Start Thriving
by Jerrold Mundis
(He also wrote a book I used to get out of debt MANY years ago: How to Get Out of Debt, Stay Out of Debt & Live Prosperously)
Here is the channel I mentioned, The Minimal Mom (Dawn is one of my favorite You Tubers!):
youtube.com/@TheMinimalMom
Thank you also to everyone who has contributed to this channel and to me ... I am very appreciative and consider this to be a viewer supported channel/community. Yes, I also rely on Google Ad $ but over the years so many generous viewers/pen friends have helped -- thank you!!!
My Instagram: instagram.com/snowball7470
My Pen Email: chris@inkswatch.com
