As I gain experience, I had realize a few things about what I really like. Aesthetically, I realized that I really like metal pens, specifically white metal like stainless steel and sterling silver. Ironically, I realized that I prefer lighter weight pens. Lamy 2000 is the only pen in my relatively small collection that is not metal but I find it a perfect weight. Anyway, to keep a long story short, I find myself using only a several pens. The rest of my collection that I rarely use (or if I use it at all), I find myself justifying their place in my collection - this one has a sentimental value, this one looks cool, etc.
I'd like to think of myself as a practical person. I'd like to limit my collection to a few pens that I use but there are so many beautiful, wonderful pens out there that I find it hard to hold myself in line. One part of me says, YOLO (as my son puts it), and get and enjoy the pens that I like. More austere, practical side of me says if I am not really going to use it, it's a waste.
How would you go about it? Examine the pens I use often and limit my collection to "quality" versions (if possible) of pens with characteristics that I want; or if I see a pen that I like, I should get it and enjoy it even if I end up not using it in the long run. It's a dilemma. I'd like to live simply but does that require eliminating little materialistic joys of life?
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