Wait, you actually SOAK colored pencils in warm water? @wyatt140, that sounds like it would make them fall apart! I've always been too scared to try anything like that with my art supplies. But you're right about using simple tools, it really does help you focus. Sometimes I get so caught up in having the perfect pen that I forget to just write. Your notebook idea is spot on, less stuff means more doing.

So when you say you're starting to turn away jobs, does that actually work to get the warehouses to change? Because @piper696 admitting they've done it makes me wonder if the delivery guys even know it causes a permanent problem. What's the point of rushing a delivery if it just gets refused and sent back?