As a self-certified stationery lover, I can definitely recognise all of these in myself. If you love all things stationery, how many of these ring true for you?
Only True Stationery Lovers Can Relate to These
1- The Sacred Pen Test
You spend entirely too long scribbling loops and writing "hello" on display notepads, completely ignoring the security guards looking at you funny. A bad pen is simply not an option.
2- The "Page One" Tragedy
Messing up the first page of a notebook and immediately considering abandoning the entire notebook forever. Obvs you're not gonna chuck it out, it just lives on the bookshelf now, like a permanent reminder of the error of your ways.
3- The "Too Pretty to Use" Paralysis
You buy a gorgeous, pristine notebook, only to hoard it for years waiting for the "perfect" moment, task, or handwriting day that somehow never arrives. The pressure is real.
4- The Horror of Lending a Pen
Watching a colleague take your favourite pen and wondering if you should hover over them to make sure they don't press too hard and ruin the nib. I'm watching you, Carol...
5- The Notebook Sniff Test
That deeply satisfying, oddly addictive smell of a freshly cracked, brand-new diary or notebook. Go on, nobody's looking, give it a big sniff!
6- The Post-It Note Confidence Boost
Feeling absurdly productive after moving a single sticky note from “To Do” to “Done.”
7- Stationery Puns
Laughing way too hard at jokes about erasers never being wrong or paper clips being too attached.
8- The Pencil Case Black Hole
Owning a massive pencil case full of supplies but never being able to find that one specific pen you want.
9- The Printer Paper Judgment
Secretly being offended when someone hands you thin, low-quality paper that feels like disappointment. 80gsm? No, thanks, I'm a 120 kind of girl.
10- The Sticker Commitment Crisis
You own beautiful sticker sheets but can’t bring yourself to use a single one because “what if I need it for something better later?”
11- The Stationery Store Time Warp
Walking into a stationery shop “just to browse” and emerging 90 minutes later clutching yet another set of pastel highlighter pens you absolutely did not need.
12- The Tiny Notebook Collection
Somehow accumulating seventeen pocket notebooks while still insisting, “I actually need a smaller one.” Tiny notebooks are the real deal.
13- Washi Tape Economics
Buying rolls of decorative tape as if you’re opening a craft store despite only using approximately four inches per year.
14- The Matching Set Euphoria
The indescribable joy when your notebook, pen, sticky notes, and highlighters all match aesthetically. And if they can also match your outfit, well that's just gravy.
15- The Planner Fantasy Life
Purchasing a fancy life planner intended for your “organised new self” who wakes up at 6am, does yoga with the sunrise and meal preps every week. Actual usage: writing “buy milk.”
16- The Notebook Hierarchy
- Cheap notebook = random chaos thoughts
- Mid-tier notebook = work notes
- Fancy notebook = spiritually untouchable relic
Final Thoughts
If you're a true stationery lover, you probably can relate to at least a few of these, I know I definitely do! And if you are, like me, a self-certified stationery fan, you might want to check out our range of whimsical stationery here.
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