The quiet reason some adults keep a drawer of pens, notepads, and unopened stationery they never use may have less to do with clutter and more to do with the self who once believed the right tools would finally make the writing happen
The unused notebooks and unopened pens in a household drawer are rarely about disorganisation. They are the archaeological residue of an ideal self who once believed the right tools would finally make the writing happen, and the psychology of why they stay is quieter and more ten…