Ever Felt Fed Up With Stamping?

I guess I'm one of the scariest people around!

k

I alway think it's best to mix things up a bit. Work some on this and than some on that. Step back when needed, take a walk, socialize, etc. Having written that, I have been known to work 16 hours straight on sorting stamps and covers, skipping meals and everything. Only sleep or a bad back will take me away from it at times.
Will

I agree. I don't want people to get the wrong idea. I also mix things up a bit --

work on stamps for 3 hours
wife comes in and shakes her head
work on stamps for 3 hours
wife comes in and gives me the look
work on stamps for 3 hours
wife comes in and says "something blah blah"
work on stamps for 3 hours
wife comes in and says good night
then I can work uninterrupted for the next 6 hours...

See, there is variety in my life.

k

rofl

Well chaps, thank you very much for your opinions and support. I think the best thing for me to do is to put the stamps away for a while until the desire returns and suddenly makes itself obvious. I am currently in the process of writing an introductory history of a specific period of interest and regardless how much I love history in general and this period in particular I simply cannot write for more than a couple of hours a day even though I still set aside five hours a day for writing as I have done for the last 5 or 6 months. This, as much as the stamping thing, I find, is troubling me, and I hope that both it and my lack of enthusiasm for stamps do eventually pass - the sooner, the better. Thanks again, guys.

Nah ! what else would I do ? drink ? gamble? being a stamp collector kind of defines who I am !!

I hope so Tony,
sounds like you may be a little burnt out.
When I get like that, I find grabbing a good book
and reading it cover to cover, stopping only to eat,
vegetate for a fortnight or so.
Do some cooking, grow a beard, do walk of 15km or so,
and catch the bus back.
you'll soon be back with us

i have not completed reading a book in years..i am too buzzed on stamps !!

I read books all the time!

The Scott catalog, Furman catalog, Facit catalog, Unitrade catalog, Yang's catalog, Mellone catalog, Datz catalog, VST catalog, Stanley Gibbons catalogs...

And I'm well rounded, as I like foreign language productions as well -- Michel Deutschland Spezial Katalog, NVPH Postzegels van Nederland & Overzeese Rijksdelen, KPC Korean, Ceres catalog...

But it's not just catalogs. I do read prose books as well -- Focus on Forgeries, Triangular Philatelics, An Introduction to Revenue Stamps, How to Detect Altered and Repaired Stamps...

I told you all I had variety in my life!

k

Tony, best wishes on finishing your book QUICKLY, and come back soon! There will be a void in the Forum until then.

You guys are too funny

If anything brings Tony back, it will be the humour.

Mick and Paddy are reading head stones at a nearby cemetery.
Mick says "Crikey! There's a bloke here who was 152!"
Paddy says "What's his name?"
Mick replies "Miles, from London!"

k,

i have the final solution to all your problems :)


LOL rod

I had the best time with a new friend. He was selling his bulk collection of Aust Dec, it was his life's work with a stamp count of well over a million stamps. I had the first opportunity to buy it and over 2 days I pulled out 400,000 stamps and left the rest being mostly definitives. It was an emotional time for the seller because of age and health, he is downsizing.

As we were chatting while I was sorting through this lot of stamps he said that he will never have anything more to do with stamping. After some talk he decided to keep a 100 of everything and then changed his mind on soaking stamps off paper and started again. Now I have handed over some recent kiloware and I will spend a day with him to listen and share while we soak and sort.

Now my new friend is so glad that he kept a 100 stamps of each and his lack of motivation that lasted for 6 years is gone. It has been a great time of sharing for both of us and it is nice to say that I have brought someone back to stamping. He now says that he would of made a big mistake selling all his stamps. Once a stamp collector always a stamp collector!

It is also very nice to have our computer back from intensive care!