Joy of Collecting

[xanderthegreat35]

Recently I've been going through a stage in my collecting career, thinking if this is really for me. I love collecting, but I feel like I need to focus on school and my life in general, I spend to much time collecting cards. I wanted to see what some people have done to get through this stage or how people minimized the impact collecting has in there lives.

I never expected to collect when I was older, I'm in High School and cannot see how I will live without them. I was thinking about narrowing down my collecting interests to something specific, but thats hard to do because there are just so many things to like about collecting. Maybe some people have taken a break before, I'm afraid to because I feel like I will miss something that I have been searching for at an auction or on ebay.

I know this is probably a boring read for many of you, but I just want to hear how collectors have continued to collect, and have survived through the struggles. Such as having to sell off your collection or losing interest among numerous of other reasons. Thanks for any input on this topic ahead of time.

Alex