Stressed? Buy a Muji pen. Trust us.

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Essentials Week spotlights unexpected items that make our daily lives just a little bit better.

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I handle stress like any good American living in this late stage capitalist hell: with retail therapy. 

Except I don't really have the budget for a proper Gossip Girl-type blowout shopping spree, and the thought of dropping the equivalent of my rent on a pair of shoes makes me nauseous. Instead, I've found solace in buying a single pen from Muji whenever I'm on the verge of burning out. 

Muji, for those uninitiated in the bullet journaling cult, is a Japanese home goods store whose minimalist, virtually branding-free products are both cheap and high quality. Though the store sells everything from basic clothing to essential oil diffusers to kitchenware, its stationary section is the Mecca of office products.  Read more...

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