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I said I had no goals for the year but I thought of one today (1/9/22). Since around 1999 or so I've been putting all my duplicates into big Avon boxes. I have no idea how many cards they hold, and I'm not even sure how many boxes there are...I am guesstimating 80,000 cards. 

I've decided I want to know exactly what's in them, especially as I've now gone through and pulled the cards I want to replace, which I did last year. 

So what I'm going to do is enter each box into a separate collection on here. Each box will get its own number (which will be random, based on whatever order they get typed in) and I will sort each box by set. Eventually, the cards that are in high enough quality will make their way to my tradelist here, or perhaps some sent to COMC. I won't be ready to do that until after I finish scanning everything, but this is something I would really like to know...and I also want to know what I have in my duplicates boxes. Really hope the one box I gave away didn't have any LeBron rookie card duplicates, lol. 

If there are multiple copies of cards in the box, I'll be able to add them to my tradelist sooner. 

Also, since my collection is by card number, there are quite probably variations and errors/corrections I had no idea existed. I already found a couple in the boxes I learned about on this site... including one that happened to literally be the top card in the box when I opened it for the first time since circa 2004. 

I don't know how long it will take...it might not get done this year if I get bored with it...but I plan to start it this week after I finish proofing my tradelist. I don't think that will take all that long though, as I started this afternoon and I'm already up to the 2001-02 NBA season. Right now my enthusiasm is high but actually doing the work may prove tedious and not as much fun as I think it will...only time will tell.

For 2022 I definitely would like to reach 50% completion for a few of my PCs. It could be done quickly if I spent some money on singles on COMC but I'd rather trade for them anyway. I'd also like to finish the 5 Topps sets that I've already collected over 90% of. 

Goals: I try not to set too many goals I cannot achieve, but at this stage in life, I am shooting for the stars!!!!

1. Retire from corporate America so I can spend more time on things I enjoy (TCDB, Golf, home projects)
2. Move to Lake Lure, NC and enjoy the quiet life
3. Sort and input all the cards I have in my hobby closet. Looks like 70,000+ cards
4. Start adding more value to this site (images, prices, sets, Forums, etc..) Love this stuff therefore give it more time

Happy 2022 all.

January 10 of the new year.  Let me be the first to say I've given up on my goals. I just can't stand staring at my phone for hours, clicking tiny boxes with my finger.  I reached 10,000 over the weekend (started around Thanksgiving), and I just cant take anymore.  New goals:

1. Sort my cards in the way I have planned in my head, without entering them here.

2.  Get a spiral notebook and when it looks like I have a near complete set, put the cards in order and write the cards I need, using TCDB as a reference.  The minor VARs in the checklists have just killed this site for me.

3.  Stay out of the forums, unless I can answer a question that maybe nobody else can.

We miss you on the forum David. Your wit and insights and just overall presense have been missed.

Ditto to that reply below!

What are those 5 sets? If you want some help completing them, everyone else needs to know what they are. 

2020 Goals Update - Two more sets complete towards collecting all UD flagship sets (& Updates)

• 2001-02 Upper Deck – Final Card: #231 Brian Sutherby YG, RC
• 2015-16 Upper Deck Update – Final Card: #505 Trevor Daley

I'm not a big goal setter in my collecting. I think in large part due to the fact that I don't know how much time I am going to get to spend on my hobby. I really need to organize. I have bought way too many large collection purchases in the last couple of years and I am flooded with cards. I think with a lot of the junk era stuff I am going to box that up and store it and I will get to it if/when I ever get to it. I am going to prioritize my focus on what I want to organize first so that I can properly go through things. I am still a set builder at heart. I want to complete sets and get them in pages and binders so I can have a card library. I need to determine if I am going to hang onto all of my duplicates or sell them for what ever small value I can get to clear the space. For instance, I wouldn't doubt my collection purchases put my 1987 Topps accumulation at 25,000+ cards. This then sets my priorities at organization and set completion. A next level priority might be how do I part with my high number of duplicate cards?

I never set hard goals for my hobby.  Instead I have decided to continue adding my PC into the database.  I wanted to do more of this last year but as it happens real life and real job get in the way of doing fun stuff.  As I continue to enter my collection I will add any scans for cards that do not have images.