Do You Like Collecting Things??

I have never been a collector but a few years ago I decided I 'should' collect something. I decided on shot glasses and everywhere I went I bought one to represent the place. I decided this would give me a memory of all the places I visited. Well in no time all my friends heard of my hobby and started buying me shot glasses from all the places THEY visited. Needless to say, my collection grew enormously. It was ridiculous as I didn't even want shot glasses from places I had not visited. Finally I gave them all away to my friend who was starting a shot glass collection. .and she eventually gave most away.

buenavida hi I do not want to sell any of my collection as why 'do that after all the years its taken me to collect my beanie babies. I have room here at Gold Crest and they are my love, my beanie babies and they comfort me that I have not lost everything since the disaster that happened to us. As long as my son keeps comin to see me and i have collection where I can enjoy it I feel okay here at this tiresome retirement center. one day when my son gets a full time job, then I can move out of this place but for now its my home away from being homeless.To me a collection you love is not useless things at all.I had a rock collection but the moronic housekeeping staff have dumped it into one of my boxes in our closet as to them it meant nothing but crap.most are gem stones in the raw. I have not ever got the complacent feeling oh this is home as its not in any way home to me.

There are some things that I enjoy and I find myself having too many of them. Kerosene lamps, for one. I don't intentionally collect things, but I have a slight tendency to hoard silly things like rubber bands and string. As to yarn, my sister in law gave me two huge garbage bags of it a few years ago and I'm still working on it. It isn't the best quality but works fine for slippers and things like that. I keep buying it for other things, though, and I'm a sucker for a good yarn sale. So... I have quite a bit stashed. I'll use it all... one day.

we do a yard sell but not much really gets bought guees others dont need it eithr lolololol

I used to collect pewter dragons, I have a passion for dragons. Then came my divorce and the need to pay an attorney and very little money to be had. I sold most of my collection along with most of my music CDs, my concert movies, concert program booklets, artwork I'd collected, coins and my small collection of good jewelry. Then it was my beloved books, many first editions and collector editions and finally most of my guitars and gear. When it was all over my house was pretty bare! I was surprised how liberated I felt. Not at the divorce, that is still a heartache for me. But I was no longer held down my material things, I would no longer be heartbroken if the house burned down and all the stuff lost. I was free! I have my memories of those things, some of which were reminders of wonderful experiences or relationships, but none of the encumbrance. I no longer collect things. I have a few dragons left, one in each room of my house. I have a couple of prints for the walls and one original oil by a dear friend of mine. Other than that, there is nothing valuable in my house. I like being free of material goods. I have many things in my house like paperback books and such that I plan to get rid of in the next month. While I don't like a bare house, I like minimal decor that serves a purpose while lending beauty to my home. That's my goal, and no more collecting.

That's one good hobby,collecting things and selling after. I use to collect stamps too,and stopped when I can't hold those things in many folders. Now I am collecting coins from different countries and wish to have a good set of collection of old coins. Who knows it will give me good money in the future ... have a good day jaiho®

I'm a horrific hoarder. But it's paid off for me, as I have boxes full of mementos from my childhood and adolescence, letters, tape recordings, writings, makeshift journals, cards, and so on. It's helped me a lot with my writings. But some boxes are full of things I've hoarded for the sake of it. I hate to be parted from things. At one point my friends told me to do something about the stacked newspapers in my room. They were horrific. Every now and then I set about getting rid of things...but it's rare. So for the most part they just sit there in boxes or bags. It would take ages to truly downsize my hoardings. And for the most part i don't have the energy.

Hello Dear Buenavida! Yes, I have the habit of collecting ball pens and Historical one Rupee coins! I have got my name in the nation Record book published in India which is known as 'Limca book Of Records ' for having ,maximum number of Ball pens without any duplicates in it! I have about 2200 pens ! This takes a lot of space to store them! Having seen my name at the national level I was thinking to make to World level, but having seen the record which is seven lakhs I have dropped the idea of further collection as it requires lot of space, time and money too! So I have developed another collection hobby of mine that is coin collection! here also I felt this would be a big thing to do, so I have restricted myself to collecting One rupee coins! So I have started collecting various one rupee coins from all the countries who have their basic currency as Rupee. the countries are India, Pakistan, Srilanka, Seychelles, Nepal, Mauritius etc. where thy have this currency! Here in my collection I have got first one rupee coin ever introduced in India by the King Sher Shah Suri in 1542 (AH)! Before that there was no concept of rupee in the World! This is a silver coin of about 11 gms in weight! I have Historical one rupee coins from various Kingdoms of various times when India was under the rule of British. I have arranged them systematically in an album with all the relevant details and for this collection which is about 132 coins I have got entered my name in the 'Limca Book Of records' ! I am proud of my collection as this collection is having some precious and rare coins and is having all authentic details about them recorded systematically with the collection! This collection of mine won't require lot of space but it requires lot of investment and hard work to accomplish it! But then the happiness I derive to have a new One rupee in my collection is hard to explain in the words! Thanks ! I liked participating in the discussion as this was the topic of my interest!

I collect costume dolls from different countries. I have been collecting them since I was 18 years old. I have collected postcards and foreign coins too. I am running out of space for more costume dolls but I will still buy them I think. These are my special things and wouldn't ever get rid of them. I do send old books to the charity shop.

I do have a serious habit of not getting rid of things, and then once in a while I just throw everything (almost) out and some of my friends say "how could you?!" But if they don't want the stuff then why should I? I am too lazy to have a yard sale.

oh my god its weird you bring this up cause when I was a kid I used to love to collect things! I would collect so many things I was interested at the time. I would collect stamps, stickers, rocks, seashells, and many other things! I still have quite a few things around the house, but mainly in the garage lol. A lot of them have memories because I used to love them so much. I used to collect stuffed animals and that might be the biggest collection I've had, I sold the ones that didn't mean that much to me but kept the special one's. Now I just collect photos on the internet of things that inspire me or just of my favorite bands, actors and what not. I guess I still have it in me lol.

I used to collect stamps when I was still in grade school but stopped. I gave the stamps to my cousin who was also a collector. Then I collect angel figurines. From minute angels to angels about 5 inches. But I stopped and still keep them now. I don't have enough place to keep them. I also have problems getting rid of unnecessary items in my house.

hi:) I collect stamps and old coins right now, I also buy those if someone want to sell their collections to me, but only those I can afford, actually it's more of an investment because as it gets older it becomes more expensive.

yes i have had problems getting rid of things try selling them at yard sales or just go to a salvation army store and donating them

they are lot of things which we can collect such as stamp collections and other related collections always good.

When i was a child i collected napkins and pictures that were in bubble gums. But now i think is useless to collect something except if you have enough money so you collect vintage cars for example! But even then i think it's useless. Collecting things is a way to fill some emptiness in your life or you have so much time to fill so wonder what to do! It's better to find useful hobby!

I love to save pictures in the computer, if that counts like collecting but the most serious collecting I did was Agatha Christie's books, I have a lot. If I win the lottery I will have the whole collection in one type of book, like all the books look a like each other, that would be preatty cool and that means having the more than 100 books, as I want her work as Mary Wesmacott as well, she rocked on those romances too.

I am a minimalist. As much as possible, i would like the house to be free of things that are not being used or have things mostly needed. That way , i can easily clean the house and won't have a hard time looking for things.

yes i like collect about metal accecories. hem everybody has different problem, so you must make a decision, yeah put almost of them to the trash ^_^

I'm not exactly a hoarder, but I do enjoy collecting things sometimes, but maybe not like others! If I see something I like, I might try to find things similar to it and add it to my "collection." A few years ago, I would collect a lot of Disney pins. They were so cute, but expensive. Plus, there aren't really many uses for pins. My mom also enjoys collecting various McDonald toy collections. I think overtime, if you lose interest, you just eventually stop collecting various items. But of course, if you enjoy something so much that you begin to collect it, don't stop because it's making you happy! (: