I finally visited a real stationery store in Portland and left feeling overwhelmed

Went to Oblation Papers on Sunday thinking I'd just grab a new notebook. Three hours later I was staring at like 20 different pens trying to remember if I needed a 0.38 or 0.5 tip for my bujo. The lady working there asked if I wanted help picking a dot grid journal and I just froze. Is it just me or do those specialty shops make you feel like you're not doing bullet journaling right if you don't have the fancy stuff?

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hayden72014d ago

Nah, those shops just have more options, not rules.

amymiller14d ago

Doesn't a shop having "more options" mean there are still rules, just different ones? They still have to follow health codes, licensing laws, and all that stuff, it's not a free-for-all. More variety doesn't equal no rules, it just means they sell more things.

lewis.mila12d ago

Doesn't that misunderstand the argument though? More options can absolutely still mean fewer rules depending on what those options actually are.