Collecting Burnout

Just always looking coins in change in circulation to find any curiosity coin or coins that I still dont have that keep me into it.

You'll always get burned out if you collect like wildfire. Collect in moderation and you needn't worry about losing interest.

I have experienced near burn-out a few times. The most recent being only a few months back. My solution, at that time, was to buy a Dansco 7070-Type Album, and begin working on it - still missing a dozen coins to complete it, but that shift in my attention seemed to fanned the embers enough that the numismatic fire is, once again, blazing.

Ralph

"Burn-out" is simply the Law of diminishing marginal returns. Or less joy is derived from each additional unit of the same thing than the same unit before it. I think Internet buying has speeded up the cycle.

How amazing is it that there is so much talk about burn-out and at the exact same time so much interest in 7070 albums? There's also Topical collecting.

If your experiancing burnout ,,then collecting has taken on a role other than relaxation .

Never let it be a job or something that produces pressure ,, keep it in the hobby mode ,, work on your coins when you need to relax, make it quiet time even if means only playing with your coins once a week ,, do whatever it takes to make the hobby the exact opposite of the daily work grind !!



Metalman

I got burned out on collecting coins about 4 years ago, which didn't stop me from picking things up here and there when they became available. My collection for the most part sat in my closet collecting dust, and there were a few times in the past year or two that I thought of getting rid of it. Unlike many coin collectors, I don't collect coins as an investment, and don't pay too much attention to their so called worth, or grade. After the coin bug waned I found a passion for the toys of ny youth, and started collecting pre 1970 diecast such as Matchbox, Dinky, Corgi, etc. and found a terrific on line forum, the Matchbox Collector Community Hall mboxcommunity.com where I eventually became a moderator. Coming together with like minded collectors from around the world really helps to keep the interesr alive, so one day two weeks ago it dawned on me that It might work with the coin collecting as well, so I went in search of an on line coin forum, and here I am. My interest is starting to pick up again so I would have to say "Mission Accomplished"

Definition: a hobby is an activity done regularly in one's leisure time for pleasure.

Too much of anything, even a good thing, will cause burnout. For me, variety and moderation are important. Finding that balance is easier said than done. When I engage too intensely in any activity, I get signals to back off.

I stopped buying coins around 4 months ago, then I bought 12 last week. The fire still burns.