So when you look at your own coin collection what do you think? Most collectors and hoarders think that their collection is never big enough. They want to go and get more coins, more coins that will complete their collection. But, the truth is their collection will never be big enough or complete in their eyes.
Now if said collector was to hit the lottery and was able to retire and never worry about money again was to collect coins, what do you think they would do? Well, I'll tell you what, the first thing I would do is buy that million dollar coin I want. But then what about afterwards? I know I'm still going to go out and look for more million dollar coins.
By now you're probably thinking what is this jacka$$ rambling on about? Well let me explain, if we was to take a step back and look at our collection we would understand that our collection is never big enough. And that even if we were millionaires we would still never be satisfied with our collections. This is the sign of a true hoarder / collector or whatever you want to call it.
Here is my remedy. Take a week and don't look at any coins, cards, comics or anything you collect. Get away from the city, country, cardboard box or wherever you reside in. If you can't get away focus on something else. Taking time off or slowing down lets you enjoy coin collecting. It also lets you analyze your collection, what direction you want to go in. Or what coins you don't favor anymore and can let go of to fund your purchase in the right direction. Perhaps you want to start a new series of coins to collect? All these are things a collector need to think about.
They say the brain can analyze a hundred things within a minute, though at seven in the morning I feel completely opposite. But back to the point, sometimes its good to slow down and look at your collection. After all if you never look at it and only buy stuff, you're not really enjoying your collection.
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