Lulls in collecting?

[ullmandds]

I think Barry's point is spot on...atleast for me. I always spend more on cards than I ever intended to in the first place. Then I'll look at my checking account and I wonder why I can never get ahead...or save as much as I want...because I surround myself with stuff!

I'm trying to get away from my "spending" mentality...because stuff isn't really that important to me in the grand scheme of things. Don't get me wrong...I love my cards...but I just put them in a shoebox! I'm changing my spending/saving to reflect what is important...people...and life experience!

just my 2 cents...

[donmuth]

My last lull in collecting occured after I graduated from college and moved to a new city and started my job. That lull lasted several years (until around Jan 2008).

Prior to that I had a severe lull when all the insert craze started in the 90s and I went off to college and didn't have much money for cards anyways.

I am now finding myself in another lull from a buying perspective at least. That is driven mainly by a lack of expendable income and that some of the cards I want are pricey (at least to me). So I have to save up for them. Other than limiting my buying though, I find that I am researching cards and checking out the B/S/T boards and ebay more than ever! I have promised myself not to get into another lull with my collecting. Only time will tell if I can keep that promise or not.

[oldjudge]

It's almost like that feeling you get after a big satisfying meal. The hobby has just digested some great material from REA and some other auction houses and now it is a little sleepy. It has seemed to me that the board is a little sleepy lately too which, I guess, is a reflection of this.

[barrysloate]

Maybe a good political thread will wake everybody up.