My Stationery Obsession

Recently, BuzzFeed had listed 27 Telltale Signs You're A Stationery Addict in their website. Some of the tell-tale signs are you delight in pens that come in a rainbow of colours, making lists is your forte, you own more notebooks than space for all the thoughts in your head and as an adult, somehow you are still collecting stickers. Honestly, most of the tell-tale signs described myself. I am a stationery addict and I have a serious obsession on stationeries. 

Why did I said so?

The reason being is because I owned a number of stationery items. Sometimes, it is more than enough but I just cannot hold myself. When I go to the stationery department, I feel like a kid in a candy store. Everything looked nice. I had tried to decrease the amount of stationery that I owned by using them but it is still not working. 

The first collection of stationery items that I had collected and hoarded is washi tapes. Washi tape is a tape that is printed with fancy decorations and attractive colours. It comes with different sizes and lengths, Washi tapes are usually used to decorate or customize a thing so that it will be one of a kind. I have plenty of these tapes and I thought that it is reasonable for me to collect them as I used them all the time in my planner. 

A pile of washi tapes.

Aside from washi tapes, I also collect sticky notes. I used them to jot down important things. I am liking them a lot as they have vibrant colours and they also have beautiful designs. There are no endless creations for sticky notes. Usually, these sticky notes are very cheap and I can easily get them everywhere. 

How I use the washi tapes and sticky notes in my planner.

Moving on the next items which is pens, they are my favourite. Well actually, everything is my favourite. I owned many pens in many colours and types. Coloured pens, marker pens and calligraphy pens are some of the pens I collected. I like how pens with different colours could actually increase our interest in something, especially lecture notes. I used different colours in my lecture notes as they looked nice and they also helped me in remembering all the facts and numbers in the notes. 

I have a pile of stickers in my collection. They are so pretty and I just cannot resist in buying them. Moreover, they are also cheap. I used stickers in my planner as a decoration and I love how they turned out to be. My younger sister also has the same interest as I do and we often share and exchange stickers with each other. 

My growing stickers colletion.

I also collect other stationery items such as notebooks, stamps, watercolours and also brushes. By collecting and using the stationery items, I can express myself and even release some stress. Although some people might not understand this obsession and thought that it is a waste, I did not care as this is my happiness. And in order for you to feel that happiness too, I highly recommend you to try it!