Are You Collecting or Accumulating?

It’s all about being intentional

Ancient Rome by Giovanni Paolo Panini, 1757 (public domain - Metropolitan Museum of Art)

“INTENTION, n. The mind’s sense of the prevalence of one set of influences over another set; an effect whose cause is the imminence, immediate or remote, of the performance of an involuntary act.” — Ambrose Bierce, 1906

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I think there are two types of people in the world: collectors, and people who have yet to discover they’re collectors.

Collecting comes from an inner passion. Something excites you, intrigues you, makes you want to get deeply involved.

Some people are born collectors, while others learn the nuances and benefits of being a collector by being exposed to those who collect.

For many collectors, the thrill isn’t the collection itself; it’s the process. The hunt. Learning deeply about a subject: stamps, coins, baseball cards, cars, books, or lately, NFTs