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ALL I WANT FOR XMAS IS A...

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W.K.F.

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A CURE PLAIN & SIMPLE!!!

Greetings Collectors,

Each year around this time (usually a little later, after Christmas) I reflect back on several things. Since time is something none of us have enough of and the clock is ticking away toward our ultimate demise, I always ask myself if I have spent my time wisely? I always put the kids and family above all the rest of my time consuming activities and try to invest as much time as humanly possible with the kids. My daughter is away attending NYU for her last year of what seems like a "career in education" but we are all looking forward to her return on the 22nd for about a 10 day stay. My two boys are at that age of 13 & 15 where "hanging" with dad is not at the top of their priority list. Non the less, I force myself on them every chance I get because I am feeling them slipping away. Not in a bad way but those of you with pre-teen and teenagers know what I'm talking about.

Anyway my hobbies are few and close friends even fewer because of the way I spend my time. Another thing that takes up thought around this time is how I can improve sales/contracts with my construction business which as most know is far from where it should be because of the present economic situation. I just try to do the best I can and feel that if I am at this point in the year and I have not borrowed any money to support the family and the business and no one is in the hospital or jail, I really feel thankful.

But having said all that, I just shared with a fellow collector here the major problem I have with myself at present. I just compiled a tally of the amount of money spent since Jan 1st 2010 and it really got me thinking. I'm not rich by any means, but what I would say, I'm somewhat comfortable. The total of funds expended in 2010 has scared me into a realization that I have really got to change. I mean in a big way. I'm one who has to have everything paid for before I get it. I never borrow any money that I can't pay back at the end of the month. I've been this way for a little over 10 years. My main issue at hand is that I believe something to be wrong with me when I drive an '89 Chevy Astro van (it's an antique and in great shape) and continue to strive toward amassing as much gold and silver that any spare money will allow. I don't know if I have been sub-concisely trying to figure out a way to take it all with me when I pass or what, but it has finally dawned on me that something is wrong with me. I am really going to try and get a handle on what I spend my free cash on. Up til now, 95% has been put into coins, precious metal & stocks. Some of you may think, "that's great"! wow, I wish I could do that. Believe me, what ails me is a curse, not a blessing. At least the way I have been doing it. It seems I would have woke up to this fact after it, among other things, cost me my marriage. My mindset has ALWAYS been, "I can always sell something if I really need to. But fortunately I have never needed to and that's the problem. Coins, precious metals, stocks and just collections in general consume me. I have joked about it before, but I'm finally coming to the conclusion that I really may have a serious problem.

With all seriousness I feel a change in direction is in order. This hoarding and acquiring does not make me feel the way it once did. I've never felt this uncomfortable about the whole thing in general and that's what's making me think I should step back and try to figure all this out before I buy another thing. It's already been a while since I bought a slabbed coin of any significance but this whole thing is actually like a drug. I've just swapped one addiction for another. As in, coins for precious metals. And always jumping back and forth between not only these two but other investment avenues as well. I don't want to die and have people say, Wow!, "did you hear about Kerry, all this time we just thought he was just OK. Did you hear what they found in a bunch of safe deposit boxes and in his closet and even under his bed?? I've read about people like that and I'm sure you all have too. I "do not" want to die in that condition. I really think I'm through with what some (including my three children) think as me depriving myself of what would make my life more pleasant. Maybe a new H-3 and a little renovating around my own house would be in order?? I mean, after all, I've been wanting that ride since they came out and I've been wanting that "game room" for the boys since they were 5 & 7. Of course I don't want to go too far the other way either as in a quote I heard once in a movie, which said: "Anyone who dies with more than $10,000 in the bank is a loser".

I'm not sure right now but I really think something has come over me and I feel a big change looming. How this will all play out, I don't know. I just know that the way I've been doing things "WILL NOT" continue. I may be making myself somewhat scarce around here as I try to make heads or tails about the whole thing. I'll still be reading the journals, but I will be posting quite a few less than in the past as there just won't be that much to say. I hope all of you have a great Christmas and a happy new year. Don't ever lose your love for numismatics. I know that the love will always be there for me no matter what happens with my buying habits, or the lack thereof. The book pictured is just one of many titles of the type propaganda that has clouded my thought process over many years.

The silver to gold ratio stands at 47.151 and continuing to fall. Happy Collecting and Merry Christmas to all!

WKF

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