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Posted By: E, Daniel

Of course, it's always easier telling someone to have the agonizing patience to collect slowly when you already have a collection that largely satisfies - or have vanquished it and moved on to other things!

Me, I'm nearing the end of an 8 year journey that could take another 4 or 5 just to add the half dozen cards I've decided complete my version of a collection.
And perhaps, there lies the best suggestion I could give. And that is to try and get a grip on and define what you want your collection to finally look like, what it needs to represent to you, and what completion might feel like. That way, filling a spot in the collection can give a real feeling of achievement.

The only other thing that has helped me is having alternate collecting focuses.....pins are my go! They're much cheaper by large and you get to fashion other collection strategies and gain knowledge in new hobby areas.
It could be anything of course, but for me collecting sporting pins is a nice tie in to my vintage cardboard fetish .




All the best with your collecting.
Daniel