Creative Refills S2E5: Using PLOTTER as a Tool with Brad Dowdy Draw Today, Shape Tomorrow. **Creative Refills by PLOTTER USA** is a podcast that talks about creativity, ring organizers, and how to enjoy a creative life balancing digital and analog tools. Hosted by Job and April from the PLOTTER USA team, they dive into conversations about PLOTTER, our creative tools, behind the scenes about the brand, and creative ideas to help you get started on a fresh page. The PLOTTER USA team is excited to welcome fans and new customers into the world of system techo and PLOTTER. In this second season, co-hosts Job and April explore topics around PLOTTER Leather Binders and different perspectives from PLOTTER users. You can tune into the conversation between the two hosts about their creative uses of PLOTTER and a little bit of behind-the-scenes with projects and new products as they come to life. — ## **Season 2 Episode 5: Using PLOTTER as a Tool with Brad Dowdy** Creative Refills by PLOTTER USA Podcast welcomes a special guest with almost two decades of stationery knowledge in his pocket – Brad Dowdy from The Pen Addict (www.penaddict.com). Brad started his journey in 2007 with a simple blog aiming to help other pen enthusiasts like him find the right pen. Today, he is also co-host of the Pen Addict Podcast by Relay FM, recording over 700 episodes since 2012. In this episode, April asked Brad to share his founding journey for this hobby and his creative work that he does until this day. Marching into the new year, Brad shares his three preferred writing instruments, which all has its humble beginnings. He also shares how he sets up his trusty PLOTTER Leather Binder in Narrow Size to help him stay organized and on top of his various projects behind the brand. We explored how Brad navigates the trends of stationery over the years and his aspirations for The Pen Addict for the future. PLOTTER Leather Binders PLOTTER Leather Binders in Narrow Size PLOTTER Accessory Refill

Please point me to the #plotter Mastadon fan club.

I can’t get enough of mine Bible size and mini Square Shiranami.

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I made a thing and it pleases me. Inside I'm keeping all my reference notes for my current WIP, plus brainstorming and plotting tools for the next project. #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #PLOTTERusa #RingPlanner #Journaling

I have been doing readings on stoicism and ikigai simultaneously. I immediately saw the connection on both styles of thoughts. How do we keep sane in periods of chaos ? #ikigai #stoicism #plotterusa #journaling #reading #books #japanesestationary #japanesephilosophy #moai

I’m with you on that sentiment but really you’re missing out on an amazing planning tool. I have the blue one and it’s a beauty to carry and work with. Nonetheless , they have the mini which is just as beautiful. And it fits in a back pocket. #plotterusa

Keeping up with my journaling while the world blows up !! Loving my Indigo bronze fine fountain pen from #TWSBI #Journal #colorverseinks #plotterusa #midori #sailorfp #kakimoripens

Seems like the motivation is to overtly align the brand with the kind of performative Christian religiosity that’s so prevalent in other pockets of the journaling/papercrafting world (I’m looking at you, scrapbookers). And capitalise on it. Which Jesus was famously all abou- wait… #plotterUSA

And it’s such a weird choice. What’s wrong with the several perfectly good (and quite varied) standard systems already widely in use? #plotterUSA

Plotter ringbound planners look genuinely lovely, but you will simply never catch me buying anything from a company who designates one of their offerings as “bible sized”. Doing that tells me exactly who that product is for and it ain’t a big gay atheist like me.
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