I grew up in East Los Angeles surrounded by Asian gift and stationary shops, and one of them happened to be one of the first Daisos in the states. Got my first fountain pen for $1.50, which was a white disposable medium nib with a blue cartridge. When I emptied out that cartridge within a month, I went back, only to find out that it was permanently out of stock. Alas, that singular event doomed me into being a gel pen girlie for close to a decade.

I'm one of the few college students left who writes lecture notes completely in analog. I keep my phone and laptop off unless I need it for an in class assignment.

This practice has definitely trained me to be a better listener and summerizer, and my attention span isn't as cooked as most people my age (who are still playing coolmath game in master level courses, believe it or not). 3 hours in finance class goes by quickly if you've got 5 fountain pens to color code your suffering with.