LOL I had such goals for 2014. I was going to clean up all my miscellaneous sets, finish my Oldest boys Whitman 20th century type set I started, begin in earnest my youngest sons Whitman 20th century type set I was going to start as well as get him a mint set for his birth year, upgrade a few of my coins in my 7070 and pass them down to my boys sets, whittle a few of the 15 coins I still need to finish my 7070 set down, pick up a few more franklin's for the set I started, finish some of my world silver bullion coin collection (wanted to get the philharmonic and the kookaburra next), maybe pick up a few more modern commemorative dollars for a set I'd like to eventually start, finish my modern commemorative half set and after that look into what I wanted to do next. And until today I did nada of everything on that list. Hadn't purchased a coin since December. But today I did pick up 3 of the 4 coins that I need to finish my Oldest sons Whitman type set (barber half, peace dollar and a T1 buffalo nickel) and grabbed a MS63 upgrade on a Mercury dime for my 7070 so I can pass on the AU one that was currently in my set. Anyone else have this problem just get sidetracked (been focused on ironman racing this year and triathlons are an expensive hobby). LOL I guess I still have a chance to finish some of my goals for the rest of the year. Maybe I should make a list to make myself accountable. 1 coin to go on my Oldest boys set a t1 standing liberty quarter 9 Sacajawea coins to bring that set current to 2014 12 presidential dollars to bring that set current to 2014 (it might be 8 currently don't think Hover and FDR are out yet) 12 presidential dollars to finish the folder I had started for my oldest son (10 current again as no Hoover and FDR, not sure if I am going to continue with this just had a folder so started sticking the dollars in there as a what the heck kind of moment but I'd have to get a new folder as that one only went to 2011 and if I finish this set for him I need to start one for my youngest I may just abandon the project and I prefer albums) 8 National parks quarters to bring myself current (again I don't think they are all out yet like Everglades and Great Sand Dunes) 9 upgrades I'd like to do on my 7070 to pass onto my youngest sons Whitman set 15 coins to finish my 7070 Chronicle and start my youngest sons Whitman set (just bought the album from Ebay yesterday so now I need to figure out what I need and start working on it) Get a 2013 mint set for him. Decide if I also want to do the silver mint sets and if so get a 2009 silver mint set for my oldest as all I have is the regular mint set. More World silver bullion starting with the Philharmonic and Kookaburra. More modern commemorative dollars (currently have 6) 6 more modern commemorative halves to finish the set (basketball, baseball, swimming, 1996 soccer, bald eagle, US army). And then just work more on Franklins (wanting to do a MS63 or higher set purchased the first 3 already was just a good in between coin while I was buying other things). Dang I was hoping a good portion of that would have been gone by July.
It is but a lot of it is easy, I mean all the sac dollars, the presidential dollars and national park quarters can be all done for a decently priced coin. Others I just wanted to work on like my 7070, getting it down 2 or 3 coins (heck what I spent on Boise Ironman would have got me a liberty seated dollar). The rest just work on slowly. Mostly I wanted to clean that list up.
Best of luck accomplishing your tasks MadMartigan. We gonna be seein' ya in the sports pages anytime soon?
Give sloth a chance. It's much less stressful than that management by objectives stuff. Long live hair of the dog!
I'm curious how triathlons are an expensive hobby? Running is free, swimming is free, and once you have a bike riding it is free.
Running is free except you go through 3-4 pairs of shoes a year at $70/80 a pop, swimming is free except you gotta pay to go to the pool or get a gym membership with one, biking is free when you have the bike (my bike is probably worth more than my car though) except you got buy tubes and co2 every time you get a flat and if you ride a lot (I've already ridden 2500 miles this year) you gotta replace your tires and chain every 6 months which can run $150-200 plus tune ups and replacing brakes and any other small things you might need like nutrition so you can survive a 3-4 hour bike ride like gu or shot blocks or cliff bars or carborocket fuel drink. And like anything else you always want something new maybe a helmet or cycling jersey or new cycling shorts or new accessories for your bike or new bar tape or new cycling gloves or you find you need a light set for when it's dark during yet winter or you want a cycling computer. Then you start doing races and races are expensive (a half ironman runs $200-300 and a full ironman $600-700 just for the registration). It's a slippery slope for sure an expensive slippery slope. Just like coins maybe you started off buying a $1 buffalo nickel because it was cool looking next thing you know you just forked over $200 for a twenty cent piece or a standing liberty quarter or a trade dollar.
