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Originally Posted by DrSatanis
Sounds like you're close to a major restructuring of the collection with a lot of life events happening at once.
While mine's not retirement (lucky you, mines divorce LOL). The major life change is really helping me trim the fat as it were.
I'm trying (poorly) to limit my purchases to pieces that finish projects, not just "oooo that's pretty I want!" If it doesn't make sense in the collection, it doesn't get purchased.
Same can be said for my other collections. I've shifted from "I want to have the biggest/best collection in the world" to "my son is going to have to deal with this when I die. Do I want this to be difficult for him or easy?"
My biggest shift has been trimming the fat, keeping only what makes sense for the collection. A lot of my stuff I've passed on to other collectors for dirt cheap (don't get me going) just to get it to a manageable level.
Spreadsheets have become my friend! Thanks Excel!
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I agree. I don't know Excel almost at all but I can put numbers in boxes.
I suggest take each card and put it in a spreadsheet. Then make a pile of your cards you have put on it. Then organize them one by one.
It's like the saying says, How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.
Edited to add, if you have no time, then hire someone to do it for you or find a friend to do it for free
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