How will your collecting interests change after those you collect with, or who inspired you to collect, leave Pokémon?

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Everyone I collected with left years ago. My fellow kids from school left after the original Pokémon craze, so early EX era for us who were very young during the original craze. My younger siblings and IRL other friends left later. I never left, I never stopped collecting cards, follow the anime, play the games or follow the second anime after the original ended.I’m still active in the hobby. Just not active writing about it online. I’m more of lurker.

Overall my interests have not really changed, I have adapted and expanded as I have gotten more knowledge and new things have released.
I started collecting graded gards once I had a job and could afford to do so,
I collect mainly Japanese these days due to preferences. I collect both old and new.
I collect at my own slow pace to avoid burnouts.
I don’t do FOMO. I can usually get what I want, and the few rare times I end up priced out of affording something I just shrug it off and collect what I like I can afford.

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It’s a good question to think on. :thinking:
I was the one out of high school who kept collecting. All my friends thought I was absurd, or were happy to accept that I enjoyed something. Bamm! Now I’m here, and some of them are coming back. I like that TCG collecting does not require us to broadcast our passions. It’s not cars, shoes, hats, active-lifestyle… we can be as private or as public with this hobby as we like! :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

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I’m pretty solitary as far as my hobbies and collections go; the community at large could vanish, and I’d continue to collect PKMN cards and retro games.

I suppose I wouldn’t love the hit to value that would come with that, but it wouldn’t take away what it means to me.