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I finished my collection of the 50 state quarters today. It's very momentous.
It all started sometime in high school, when somehow I came across one of those big books with holes for all the quarters but none of the actual coins. I'd actually been collecting the quarters for a little while by then, because...well, I collect stuff. As time went on, it actually became a test of my self-control, since there was plenty of stuff I could use the change for; not spending it was a show of restraint.
I'm having a hard time remembering whether the like three dollars I had at the time was actually that much money, or it's just a really sad statement about how much self-control I have when it comes to spending money. Anyway, I kept it up, and now I've got $12.50 in collectible coins that might be worth, like, $50 in a hundred years or so. And a $2 bill that I picked up along the way.
Now I need to find something else pointless that requires virtually no effort to collect.
It all started sometime in high school, when somehow I came across one of those big books with holes for all the quarters but none of the actual coins. I'd actually been collecting the quarters for a little while by then, because...well, I collect stuff. As time went on, it actually became a test of my self-control, since there was plenty of stuff I could use the change for; not spending it was a show of restraint.
I'm having a hard time remembering whether the like three dollars I had at the time was actually that much money, or it's just a really sad statement about how much self-control I have when it comes to spending money. Anyway, I kept it up, and now I've got $12.50 in collectible coins that might be worth, like, $50 in a hundred years or so. And a $2 bill that I picked up along the way.
Now I need to find something else pointless that requires virtually no effort to collect.