Posted By:
Al C.risafulliI've got to say I admire Jim for sticking to his goal for so long.
I have tried many times to set a goal, and focus, but rarely do I stick with it. For a while I was trying to build one set from each year the Yankees won the World Series - I got 8 or 9 sets in, with only 5 or 6 complete, but I got frustrated and bored and changed direction.
Now, I pretty much resign myself to the fact that this is just a hobby for me, and if I get bored it's okay to change direction. So long as whatever I'm doing at the time is making me happy, I'll keep doing it. If I stop enjoying it, I change gears.
I'm in the middle of changing gears right now, moving in the direction of what Tom is talking about - I'll still build smaller sets and stuff, but the core of my collection is going to focus on 50 key cards that I want to own. I'll keep replacing those 50 cards, upgrading them, swapping them out, until I have 50 cards that I can't possibly part with. Then we'll see what I do next.
-Al