Is it just about the hunt

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Posted By: E, Daniel

3 years in, I loved the hunt.
8 years in, I hate the hunt.
I want a sense of completion, i want to not feel compelled to check daily and nightly and be panicked by what I might have missed while on holiday.

The cards I need are specific in issue and condition, and I know that even missing one day of checks might lead to a miss that will take additional years to fill. Years! Makes the bile rise gag high.
I hate the monetary cost and the opportunity cost that needs to be constantly justified.
I hate not knowing when I can be finished, when the hunt can finally be shut down.

But boy, those cards, hanging there so beautifully on my walls. I love those. And I feel weirdly proud of myself for being their caretaker, and being able to snare them for myself. So rare (forgive me leon), so hard won.

But jeesh, I'll be happy when the last one gets slotted alongside the rest.

Then I can focus on my pin collection .


Daniel