By
Erin Schwartz,
a Strategist writer covering décor, furniture, and garment care.
They previously worked as an editor at Garage magazine.
Sometime in my 20s, someone gifted me a set of multicolored Pilot Varsity fountain pens. I couldn’t figure out how to use them, so they sat in my desk drawer for years — until, on a whim, I pulled the red one out last month in my millionth attempt to start a regular journaling habit. I’ve been doing my morning pages religiously ever since, and I attribute it to the pen.
