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As I see we are showing what we have finished in 2018 & 2019    I though I would add the 2020 Goals post.  It may be to soon for some of us.  I also see some are using the new feature  "Goals"  I have not  used it but love to see others.  

For me it is too soon to really set any goals.  I really need to take a good look at what I want to focus on for the next few months.   There is One goal that is set.

1. Get rid of my nephew's collection one way or another.

I am specifically going into 2020 with NO goals. My 2018 goal burned me out badly, my passion didn't return until mid-November of 2019. So anything I accomplish, anything I do, will all just be a happy accident. 

I do hope to finish uploading each hockey player's album on Cardboard History Gallery, and hopefully the basketball players as well, but that's a slow yet steady procoess that I am working on constantly...not a goal per se. It's going to happen, the only question is when.  

I also expect to hit 5000 serially numbered cards next year,  I'm 105 cards away right now so that is pretty much a given. If I could get $50 on COMC I would probably have them on the way to me before 2020 even begins. 

While not really a goal, on January 1st I am going to start uploading my scans by season on the Cardboard History Gallery as well. I've been uploading them to my original website since I began scanning in 2009, but I want it all centrally on one website. That will take a few weeks to upload. 

My only non hobby goal is to stay out of the hospital.

My goals for 2019 plus the update from mid-year and end-year were:

My goals for 2019 were:

Though I am still hoping to reduce my OPC cards needed down by another 100, my 2019 goal will again to be to pare it down some more, hopefully to below 700 by the end of 2019. I have reduced the missing # by 129 but sit at 828 still well short of 700.  As with everyone, the smalled number needed, the more probable the cards missing are the more expensive ones (though I do have some like the Ryan RC and some Clementes)

End of Year Update: I am now at 688 needed! 

I also hope to complete the 1973, 1974 and 1976 Topps sets (about 70 cards needed). These now stand at 1973 - 16, 1974 - 10, 1976 - 13, Total - 39. So found almost half of what I needed.  Might get there yet.

End of Year Update: 1973 - 13; 1974 - 10; 1976 - 9. 

As for reducing my 400K pile of traders by 25%, no I didn`t achieve that but I did send out over 5,000 cards.  Unfortunately I added about 10,000 in a lot I bought.  Oh well. So far this year, I have reduced the pile by almost 3500 cards; doesn't really show.

End of Year Update: Almost 8500 cards sent out in trades and PIF (received almost 7,800 in trade). This was done over 160 trades (one still incomplete). No the pile does not show it but 

So for 2020, what goals to have.  Well in the same vein of Finestkind, first and foremost, I hope to never be on crutches again past the 15th of January, definitely by the end of the month.

As to card collecting,

1. Reduce the OPC want list to below 600.

2. Again, complete the 1973, 1974 & 1976 Topps sets.

3. Trade away 10,000 cards (already have one on the go that will involve 400+ cards though it has to wait till I can pull the cards, i.e. off crutches).

Other possibles, complete the Triple Play collection including inserts for all 3 years (1992-1994) (109 missing).

Complete all the Base Studio sets from 1991 to 1998. 431 cards missing so it is a long shot but through trades, I might get there.

The for sure that will happen, continue enjoying the hobby and this site.  I recommend this for everyone!

2020 goals complete about 100 sets whether they be base or inserts complete about 2-300 more trades continue to upload the collection i bought back in October hopefully upload ALL my football cards and keep going forward 

I've been using the Goals feature here on TCDB to track the progress on a few sets that I'd like to complete. It's helpful, and the percentage bar provides a nice visual motivator.

Hopefully I'll be able to move some of those goals to the "Completed" tab in 2020.

Here's to all of us reaching goals in the coming year. As the most interesting man in the world might say, Stay thirsty, my friends.

My 2020 "goals" are basically the same as the last 5 to 20 or so years. The biggest one in achievement would be to finally complete the 1965 Topps Baseball set. I am not yet at 50% (I am at 49.2% in the last few days I got one card in a recent COMC order so maybe I can raise it a 10th of a percent.) I am often stalled on it as I still need to find some of the big Yankee stars.

I also NEED to get organized, ORGANIZED. My collection has been a hoard for the 11 years I've been in my apartment.

Anyway I need to check out that "goals" feature...

Goals, ha, I laugh at goals! Actually, the only true goals I have are to finish the 70-73 Topps sets already. Each is at least 80% complete with 70 and 73 being the closest. Anyone got a NM Schmidt or 71 Clemente??? Ouside of that, I have been going through a large reorg of everything so hopefully I can put that to bed and start trading again. I'd say also to keep everything neat and organized, but as we all know, as soon as that happens....

I am straight-up copying the goals I posted in that other thread about finishing the 2019 goals. Quoted it and then added new info below the quote.

"I WILL set some 2020 goals though.

#1 - Get back to trading and buying cards.

#2 - Get ALL missing scans of my NFL cards added here.

#3 - Get the rest of my NBA cards added (and scanned if needed).

#4 - Hit 100 trades and feedback.

#5 - Get to 60K points on the site (just for the heck of it at this point - just passed 56K this month)."

I actually kinda got started on #1 about 12 hours ago. I was in Target for some Christmas shopping and burned some gift cards I got in July for my birthday (life kept knocking me from spending these before). I got a blaster of 2019 Topps Chrome Update baseball. They had ZERO Racing cards and the Chrome was more interesting than any other NFL or MLB blasters. Not only is that the first packs of cards I've bought the past half-year or so, but it's the first packs of Topps MLB cards I've bought in about a decade. It wasn't bad. I'm still looking at stuff on D&A to see what I'll spend my $60 of gift certificates on from my B-day too. Definitely more cards coming from that one too now that I added some Paypal money from selling some stuff.

I try not to set lofty goals knowing how much work I have. However......

#1. Continue the 5-year, 4-room Reorganiztional Plan. Trading partners hear all to frequenty, "I'm sorry, I can't find all the cards". The lack of "real" organization has led to trading partners being unhappy with my trading habits. It's no lie, so many cards, in so many places, makes trades difficult. So #1 leads to #2.

#2. Trading Practices, other than organizational issues, I need to refrain from accepting offers that are hard to complete. Slow trading is part of the trading process, but could get better if #1 gets better.

#3. Forums, I luv the forum, I luv to write, I luv to help others as much as possible. Refraining from posting and replying ...... just wouldn't do it, I just look forward to the forums that much. One thing I can do is to get my posts in the right forum, lol.

#4 The TCDB Site, I vow to continue adding to the site, scans, sets, cards, errors, variations wherever I can and whatever is allowed. I hope to get the FLEER STICKER sets fixed. I will use every option available onsite to inform our members of cards and sets listed onsite. I will take advantage of off-site but linked sources to reference all collections. I will continue doing anything that helps define the TCDB site and Off-site Sources. I will try and enlighten all members about storage, technology and anything that might interest members regarding their PC.

#5 ME, For all those that have any issues with me as a collector and/or person, I will self inspect and try to do better in 2020

~BOB~