Not a collector
For some reason I have never been a collector.
I have friends who collect books, CDs, coffee mugs, bells, Ganeshas, stars and what not. My dad collects coins and stamps. I have never done any of that.
I like reading but I am not a collector. I sometimes give away books that I don’t like. Those that I have enjoyed reading have stayed with me and changed locales as I did. Is that collection?
I love watching movies. Irrespective of the language, genre, and duration I will sit thru it and even try my best to understand/enjoy. But, I never buy DVDs or CDs I get them from libraries and return when I am done. Am I being monetarily wise?
The only collection I ever had was of photographs. I have pictures right from nursery going days to walking round the kalyana mandapam…all neatly kept in albums. But recently I lost interest in that too. All those albums lie stacked in the store room of my house. This change in mood was not sudden but I remember one particular instance when I was flipping through albums and I felt something strange like "the moment has passed by and it will not come back to me…these pictures only make me feel sad” and that was it…I stopped collecting pictures too. I do upload pictures after every trip but it is only because family and friends ask for it. Sometimes I also do it fearing what if my children are interested and I don’t have it with me then! Anyway, the point is that I don’t go back to those albums and try to relive the moments. Is this normal?
I have friends who collect books, CDs, coffee mugs, bells, Ganeshas, stars and what not. My dad collects coins and stamps. I have never done any of that.
I like reading but I am not a collector. I sometimes give away books that I don’t like. Those that I have enjoyed reading have stayed with me and changed locales as I did. Is that collection?
I love watching movies. Irrespective of the language, genre, and duration I will sit thru it and even try my best to understand/enjoy. But, I never buy DVDs or CDs I get them from libraries and return when I am done. Am I being monetarily wise?
The only collection I ever had was of photographs. I have pictures right from nursery going days to walking round the kalyana mandapam…all neatly kept in albums. But recently I lost interest in that too. All those albums lie stacked in the store room of my house. This change in mood was not sudden but I remember one particular instance when I was flipping through albums and I felt something strange like "the moment has passed by and it will not come back to me…these pictures only make me feel sad” and that was it…I stopped collecting pictures too. I do upload pictures after every trip but it is only because family and friends ask for it. Sometimes I also do it fearing what if my children are interested and I don’t have it with me then! Anyway, the point is that I don’t go back to those albums and try to relive the moments. Is this normal?