Sunday, September 4, 2016

State of the Blog

I only had two blog posts in August. That is a tie for the lowest amount of posts I've ever done in a month. There are a couple of reasons for this. The same reasons that we all experience from time to time; a lack of time and money.

In early April I was laid off and so while I had more time to blog, I didn't have the funds to purchase cards. I realize that you don't have to buy cards to have something to blog about, but it does help.

While I was unemployed I took advantage of my extra free time and did a thorough reorganization of my entire collection. I went through roughly 25,000 basketball cards and 80,000 baseball cards. Here is a brief breakdown of how I organized the baseball.
  • Hall of Famers sorted alphabetically
  • Diamondbacks sorted alphabetically
  • Paul Goldschmidt sorted by brand
  • Star Players sorted alphabetically
  • TTM an In-Person Autographs sorted alphabetically
  • Pulled out cards for future TTM requests
  • Started a new name collection (anybody with the name Daniel or Wilson)
  • Started Player Collections of Doc Gooden, Don Mattingly, and Dale Murphy
  • All other cards sorted by team
After almost 4 months of being out of work I found a great job and have been there for about a month and a half now I'm really enjoying it, but I had to take a significant pay cut and the hours are different and the commute it longer, so now I don't have a lot of time or money for the hobby.

But like I said before, I know you don't have to have a ton of money, or time for that matter, to keep a blog going strong. It just takes some effort and a desire to keep it going, and that I have.

7 comments:

  1. A job is better then being unemployed. And with some luck and hard work, they will see your dedication and start moving you up the ladder, both responsibility and pay wise.

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  2. Sorry to hear about the lay off, but glad you found another gig. 100k cards? That's a lot of sorting!

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  3. Yay for effort! And new jobs!

    It's true that lack of incoming cards makes things tougher, but it also produces creativity!

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  4. Let me know if you have a wantlist for the Mattingly and Gooden collections, and even the Daniel/Wilson collections. I could probably help with those.

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  5. Congrats on the job and glad to see a new post!

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  6. Congratulations! I'm glad you're enjoying your new job. Being happy at work is totally under-appreciated. I have several friends who make a lot more money than me, but they hate their jobs.

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