For me right now, it’s books followed shortly of watching things. And I mean watching things that isn’t YouTube. Recently, I’ve been donating totes of books, books I’ve spent a long time having thrifted for and waited to get without having to cave to spending online.
And those books just sat there for months and months without being picked up to be read. Even books I wanted! I used to have a 5-shelf bookcase filled with books, another 3 shelf filled with books, a structure compromising of a shoe shelf and TV-stand filled with books. Now after donating things, I am only down to a single three-shelf bookcase just packed up with what books I have decided to remain with me.
As for watching things, I’ve discarded over 120+ DVDs from my collection, I still have a hefty amount, like I have nearly 5 full disc books filled with discs of a wide variety of movies and shows to watch should I ever not be online or want time off from being online. All just continue to sit there unwatched as I just keep watching YouTube video after YouTube video.
I just think I am coming around to the acceptance that I just will not give myself time to these hobbies and that they’re probably dying out, I predict that if I don’t do anything in the next couple years should they all sit and gather more dust, I’ll just let them all go.
After a lifetime of reading comic books, and amassing a pretty large collection, i just… stopped. It wasn’t so much losing interest as I’d gotten what I needed from them. I just don’t need them anymore. Now I’m left with 50 some boxes of comics to get rid of…
Damn, 50 boxes is a LOT. I thought I had too many to get rid of… I think I have around 24 that I have to offload.
I do not envy you at all.
Yeah. And I was never a collector so much as an accumulator (preservationist, if we’re being generous). It’s all just stuff that I read.
Im not sure how much I miss it as I to am a recovering comic book collector. If you have anything from the powerline series (powerline, doctor zero, saint george, or critical mass) from way back and are near chicago and care to exchange let me know.
I had one or two of critical mass at some point. I had to look it up, but I remember some of those covers
At the very least, you could be sitting on some issues that collectors could pay a pretty penny for. I would be hesitant on giving your comics to those used games store that have just turned into these like ‘nerd-caves’ where they mark up nearly everything you give them.
If you know of any comic stores or so, those could be a route too.
I’m resolute on not selling to any sort of store. I’ll get 25¢ per comic at most. And then, yeah, they’ll sell at much more of a markup.