While everyone sang the praises of Two Rivers and Unexposed over the last six months, I was left wanting more. Both Two Rivers and Unexposed ruined my sealed collection, and Ambition was a classy, but slightly uninspiring edition. I fell in love with Ambition, but then I fell out of love with it.

Naturally then, since many people appear to be joining in on the collective yawn for the Summer 2015 COLORS edition, I’m gleefully jumping for joy.

Workshop looks brilliantly perfect upon first glance. The theme speaks to a working man’s memo book, and the simpler kraft covers make this edition more prone to being used than ever before.

The inside paper is my favourite 70 lb. Finch, this time with a dot grid.

Count me excited. I ordered a second pack without even watching the video. Which, in hindsight, was a good thing — I would have bought an extra three or four packs had I watched the video right off the bat.

There’s “Us” and there’s “Them”. “They” have all the money in the world and “They” have no stress, whereas “We” work day-to-day with the hope that one day “We” might be able to retire. After all, professional athletes are playing a game for a living. Right?

This pay stub acts as a reminder that “They” are the same as “Us”. “They” pay the same taxes and “They” have the same deductions as the rest of “Us”. “They” go to work each day and “They” make career choices, just like the rest of “Us”. We’re all the same.

But holy smokes that’s a lot of tax.