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leejenoso i've decided to rid of my completionist ways and stop collecting jeno fully.
a quick recap: was not a photocard collector in my 7 years of kpop but then the pandemic hit and i needed something to feed off of after finishing animal crossing in october (started playing in may for context) and of course it had to be me spending a ridiculous amount of money.
"money can't buy you happiness" is a lie btw.
who ever said this originally cites dude trust me as a valid source, i just know it. i believe i spent about $100 on the literally first day i decided: yeah, i should collect cardstock with jeno's face on it! and the rest was history.
originally, i wanted to collect every single last one of his cards because i'm an insane person. i though oh, this will keep me busy for a long long time! and it did for the most part. i found satisfaction in crossing out this giant jeno template everytime i secured a pc. but inevitably after some time, it was starting to get unhealthy.
as you would expect, i was spending too much money on these cards and i would have this urge to fill up every order form i see lol i also store my pcs in an a4 binder and that fueled me into finishing every 9 pocket page because i didn't like seeing empty spots. i was frantic with every new album or merch drop because i was obsessing over getting every card there is to keep up with my collection. you can imagine how daunting and tiring and expensive this hobby is and honesty, it got to me.
i didn't want to quit collecting. first of all i've come so far in my 6 months and frankly i've grown attached to some of them. i ever started collecting other people (kyungsoo, yves, yuna, jaemin, hyuck, doyoung) because (again, i am an insane person), it was genuinely a fun hobby in the beginning.
so i decided to maybe try downsizing. i got an a5 binder and made layouts of my pcs in photoshop to get a feel of what to keep and what to let go. ngl i had so much fun arranging them via ~vibes~ i generally followed the release date of the cards, but then i would pair them up via themes or colors and it was just over all a good time. so yeah, i did end up making a separate pile of things i want to get rid of and it was big pile lol and honestly? it's better this way.
i need to learn not to get too stress out trying to get every pc of jeno out there. i need to learn how to say no, you don't need that. i need to learn that i don't need to get cards i didn't particularly like just for the sake of my collection. so i've made a rule to limit md cards to 1-2, depending if they pair with the album pcs too. i also put the pcs i removed from my binder for sale to at least give them new homes instead of rotting in my room.
so here's where i am at so far. i'll update if any new developments arises. there are still lingering thoughts of quitting entirely, but then i wouldn't know what to do with myself if i got rid of everything lol
retail therapy man. it gets ya.
a quick recap: was not a photocard collector in my 7 years of kpop but then the pandemic hit and i needed something to feed off of after finishing animal crossing in october (started playing in may for context) and of course it had to be me spending a ridiculous amount of money.
"money can't buy you happiness" is a lie btw.
who ever said this originally cites dude trust me as a valid source, i just know it. i believe i spent about $100 on the literally first day i decided: yeah, i should collect cardstock with jeno's face on it! and the rest was history.
originally, i wanted to collect every single last one of his cards because i'm an insane person. i though oh, this will keep me busy for a long long time! and it did for the most part. i found satisfaction in crossing out this giant jeno template everytime i secured a pc. but inevitably after some time, it was starting to get unhealthy.
as you would expect, i was spending too much money on these cards and i would have this urge to fill up every order form i see lol i also store my pcs in an a4 binder and that fueled me into finishing every 9 pocket page because i didn't like seeing empty spots. i was frantic with every new album or merch drop because i was obsessing over getting every card there is to keep up with my collection. you can imagine how daunting and tiring and expensive this hobby is and honesty, it got to me.
i didn't want to quit collecting. first of all i've come so far in my 6 months and frankly i've grown attached to some of them. i ever started collecting other people (kyungsoo, yves, yuna, jaemin, hyuck, doyoung) because (again, i am an insane person), it was genuinely a fun hobby in the beginning.
so i decided to maybe try downsizing. i got an a5 binder and made layouts of my pcs in photoshop to get a feel of what to keep and what to let go. ngl i had so much fun arranging them via ~vibes~ i generally followed the release date of the cards, but then i would pair them up via themes or colors and it was just over all a good time. so yeah, i did end up making a separate pile of things i want to get rid of and it was big pile lol and honestly? it's better this way.
i need to learn not to get too stress out trying to get every pc of jeno out there. i need to learn how to say no, you don't need that. i need to learn that i don't need to get cards i didn't particularly like just for the sake of my collection. so i've made a rule to limit md cards to 1-2, depending if they pair with the album pcs too. i also put the pcs i removed from my binder for sale to at least give them new homes instead of rotting in my room.
so here's where i am at so far. i'll update if any new developments arises. there are still lingering thoughts of quitting entirely, but then i wouldn't know what to do with myself if i got rid of everything lol
retail therapy man. it gets ya.
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Date: 2021-06-22 06:00 pm (UTC)if you ever do come to a place where you think you don't have any more use for your pcs and that they'd be better off in hands that really want them you can always sell your remaining ones too but i think it's very valid to be attached to the ones you like and would like to stick with! collecting can be fun and it's a legitimate hobby and if you can go on and have it be financially feasible there's absolutely nothing wrong with continuing to do so in a capacity that works for you!
i'm keeping my fingers crossed for you!