Ever had a "Collecting Moment of Zen"?

[markf31]

I've been back into the hobby for about 9 months now but recently over the past couple weeks I've discovered what I'm calling my Collecting Moment of Zen!

I think it’s so easy to get wrapped up in prices and values with this hobby, because for most of us we have a finite and unbreakable budget with which to pursue our hobby interests and enjoyments with. And when I was involved in the hobby back in the early-mid 90s as a young boy and teenager, the hobby as my friends and I all saw it, revolved around the classic Becket Monthly and I think that is where my supposed need to buy at or below “book value” came from. I made the decision when I started back up last Spring that this was going to be a hobby for me, not a business and not an investment but I wasn’t treating it like a hobby.

I've spent a lot of time over the past 9 months researching sold/hammer prices and the values of so many cards, autographs and other miscellaneous items that it really bogged me down from simply sitting back and enjoy the hobby. I became too concerned with trying to find cards at cheap prices, and items at a bargain, as opposed to simply finding things I enjoy at a “fair” price.

So I’ve found my Collecting Moment of Zen and it’s made the past couple weeks in this hobby even more enjoyable for me.