One way for me to get excited to write letters to encourage voter turnout was to buy new pens. I saw a pack of these aesthetically pleasing pens and thought "there is no way they will write well." I was wrong. Not a gel, but a ballpoint that glides across the paper with ease like a gel. A needlepoint for control, but ends up being a medium line. And barely smudges for you lefties. Linked some of my other school supplies favorites!