Notebooks: A symbol for limitless potential?

The other day, I was at Staples looking for a large pad. Being particularly inspired by Demetri Martin and his large pad, I thought that I would do something similar for an upcoming speech for Toastmasters.

I was quickly sidetracked by all the stationary inside.

My thoughts immediately raced back to all my past Septembers, where as part of the ritual of starting school, I had to get new stationary. Stationary, for some reason, excites me and as I was walking down the aisles of Staples, I was trying to pinpoint what exactly it was about stationary that excites me.

At some point, it occurred to me that empty notebooks are amazing because they represent an infinite number of possibilities. Getting things done? Lists? Address book? Journal? Keeping track of what you've been doing? Drawings? Poems? Short stories? Anything is possible in the notebook.

I finally realized this because every time I do get a notebook, it takes me a huge amount of time and effort in order for me to break the clean blank slate of the first page. I smile now because I have a padfolio that I bought for myself to keep me organized yet the notepad inside has not been used despite there being several opportunities for me to do so.

Is it just me or does stationary excite you too? Why does it excite you?