Cardboard Collecting Crossroads

[sanjosefuji]

Procrastination is like a credit card:
it's a lot fun until you get the bill.
-Christopher Parker

People purchase sports cards for different reasons. One of my friends buys cards to flip to his flea market customers. My other friend only buys cards to support his favorite team. I buy cards for a bunch of reasons.

I'm a team collector.

Set collector.

Player collector.

Rookie card collector.

Autographed card collector.

Vintage card collector.

And an insert card collector.

Collecting so many things can get a little overwhelming at times. I'm constantly thinking about which direction I want to go in terms of this hobby, because I can see the collecting crossroads quickly approaching. And when I finally reach it, I'll need to make some decisions on what I want to do.

Who and what will I continue to collect? What do I sell or trade off? When will this all occur?

As of right now, I don't have definite answers to any of those questions, but it's just another thing that currently sitting in the back of my mind. And honestly... it's kind of been something I've been avoiding for a few months now.

Kinda like these packages I owe many of you...

The good news is I've packaged these up and should have them shipped out by Wednesday or Thursday.


Unfortunately... I don't really have any plans on restocking my trade bait anytime soon. I literally have hundreds of autographs and memorabilia cards that need to be organized... but I have absolutely zero motivation to do it.

Two years ago... I looked forward to receiving and sending out care packages. But between a crazy work schedule and major procrastination on my part, it led to a huge list of people I owed.

And if you're one of those people... I owe you a huge apology. Most of the cards I'm shipping out were purchased over the summer and could have been sent in earlySeptember. But I was lazy. And the more time that passed... the more I felt guilty... and the more I avoided going into my office to build everyone's packages.

Finally... I got off of my fat butt and took care of business. Well... I took the first step at least. The next step is taking the packages to the post office, which I promise you I will do. After that... I have some decisions to make.


This hobby is very important to me and I have no plans on leaving it. With that being said... something is going to change. But at this moment in time... I'm not exactly sure what I'll do.


Once again guys... I hope each of you whom I owe packages to... will accept my sincere apology. Happy Monday and sayonara!

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