My goals are somewhat loose, as my time spent on Pokemon collecting ebbs and flows (mostly because I’m switching between a lot of things I want to do with my limited time), so I don’t pay too much attention to the pace at which I’m moving forward at. I think some reasonable things I’d like to do in 2024 are:
-Complete English + Japanese Hoppip/Skiploom/Jumpluff species collection. I’m pretty much done with Japanese (missing one card, as far as I’m aware), and have mostly non-holos and reverses to fill out for English, which, admittedly, can probably be knocked out pretty fast with some dedicated time on TCGPlayer.
-I’m at roughly 50% completion on my reverse holo Expedition set. With a lot of rares left to acquire, I hope to reach maybe 75% completion by end of 2024?
-I’d like to attempt trading at some point (whether online or in person). I sometimes pick up random cards on Ebay if I can find/win them for below market price with the intention of building up a trade binder. I don’t mind having them sit around, as I could always sell them, but I like the idea of trading much more (in addition to the other benefit of avoiding a ~18% value loss due to selling fees).
-Related to above: if I don’t start trading, I think starting to sell some of these cards to actualize some of the profit would be good. I have a hard time selling things because I’m somewhat a hoarder and because the time-spent-to-money-gained ratio is not worth it compared to some other things I could be doing. The plus side of selling, though, is that I kind of like the whole process of acquiring, listing, packaging, etc.