Well… are you?
After having a day off work and taking stock of what I have, I’ve realised just how large my collection has gotten and how I should be (and now am!) content with it. Buying/chasing more cards is always there, however reviewing and seeing what you have is so very important.
Are you happy with your collection right now?
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Dyl
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Some parts of my collection are complete, and I am perfectly content with those portions. But I still have a lot to accomplish before I would feel a sense of completeness.
My collection brings me joy and I am proud of it, but I won’t be nearing the end any time soon. I try to review my collection in its entirety at least once or twice per year to assess progress, set new priorities, and most importantly, appreciate what I have accumulated.
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I am content with my promo collection but with the rest of my collection I feel like there are too many holes at the moment. I still have a long collecting journey ahead of me and that’s exciting!
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I can stop buying cards right now for ever & be happy?
Yes
I do it?
Nop.
Some day I’ll do?
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I would like to think yes. I have an incomplete collection but I have not made any purchase since end of October last year in order to to fill those gaps. I made it a point to start appreciating with what I have by flipping my binders every week and learning about the cards.
The binder flipping and not buying cards for a while has made me realize that I am slowly and hopefully moving towards contentment and fulfillment with what I currently have without the need to complete the binder pages. A big part of that however, is, this whole ecosystem of E4 and the people I interact with. I think I am able to let go about the active thought of buying cards because I am active on this forum and the activities it has. I also started playing Pokemon Live and learning how to play the game.
Hopefully in the future, I can reach a state of contentment without relying on something else.
Cheers!
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For the most part, probably yes. However, sometimes I have difficulty accepting what I have and what I would like to have (I don’t envy anyone in any way). This also extends to setting goals for collecting. Sometimes it’s too hard for me to understand what I really need because I started my collection not so long ago.
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If I had answered yesterday I’d have said yes absolutely. But I think I have worked out what grades I am getting from my latest sub and it’s disappointing. I can’t seem to grade those last 2 cards I need as mint to complete the raichu english tcg.
More seriously though I am very happy. I enjoy upgrading 9’s to 10’s when a bargain appears, it’s been a fun mission.
If I stopped today i’ve done very well. I have not met many raichu collectors that grade their cards to see where my collection ranks but that’s maybe a good thing.
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Am i Happy with my collection? Absolutely! I dont care if its not the most unique or most valuable its mine and i enjoy every card. There are a ton of reasons but i am most definitely happy.
Am i content?
Never.
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If I had to stop collecting today, then yeah, I’m content with what I have and super grateful for being in the position to own certain cards that I only dreamed about pulling as a child.
I regularly pull out my binders and slab collection to flick through and admire the prescious cardboard. After all, what’s the point of a collection if you can’t appreciate what’s been collected?
Then again, there are always new, exciting cards being released and still chases from childhood that I’m yet to acquire…it never ends!
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Unfortunately no, but that’s normal, since I consider myself merely at the start of my collecting journey. My collection is just 20% of what I have in mind, with many sets left to be completed, and a lot of cards bought with some kind of compromise or restriction (<PSA6 quality).
I’m satisfied of what I managed to acquire with extremely limited resources though, and I’m really really grateful for the cards that I already own. When (or if) I’ll reach my goals I need to promise myself to not be a perfectionist, and appreciate what I accomplished. Can’t wait to finally look at my binders with this gratification,
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I love my collection and I’m proud of what I could get over the years. If I had to stop collecting forever, being content with my collection would be hard considering there are still many cards that I want in my collection that I consider long term goals.
If I had to stop buying or getting any new cards short term (less than 2 years), I’d be very content with what I have.
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Yes I’m content. I haven’t bought a card in 3 months. I’m enjoying E4, drawing for the E4 art contest and reorganizing my binders. Will find some new collection goals later this summer when the next spark of inspiration hits.
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garzog
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We here support the sickly-minded collecting person, not some “healthy” person who’s “content” with their collection.
Go on—get the hell out of here.
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not until every slot in my nat dex binders have a special art
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4 decks.
International Team Aqua, and 3 starter kalos collections.
I find those 4 and I will be content with my collection. I’ll settle for the team aqua deck but i wont be content with it and itll keep nagging me as I search ebay daily hoping someone puts up a listing for the starter collections. After those 4 I can still upgrade about 28 decks to sealed copies but thats just for completion, not for contentedness.
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Unfortunately my hunger can never be quenched
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I reached a point of ultimate satisfaction 2 years ago when I moved to another city and packed up my entire collection. When I saw the number of boxes labeled “Pokemon” and the pleasure I went through unpacking them, at that moment I was like “Yeah, it’s a pretty cool collection”. 
I also noticed I’m no longer jealous of other people’s collections and people started to be amazed by mine. 
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Yes. There’s a few cards still out there I’d like to have but they aren’t deal breakers.
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