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<p>[QUOTE="financeman, post: 930539, member: 23818"]If I could give you one word of advice. I too, am a "penny" collector and I jumped in to collecting with both feet and thought I was going to rule the cent world. I found myself very quickly getting overwhelmed with what I was trying to do and I had no direction in my cent collection.</p><p>My advice is to take your big goal and break it down into smaller subsets so it doesnt look so massive at the beginning. It also is very rewarding when you finish one of your subsets. You feel like you have accomplished part of your goal and you have. Then you move on to the next. </p><p>collecting is all about what you want to do. It doesnt matter what anyone else says. you collect what makes you happy. Just dont "bite off more than you can chew". As the old saying goes, "You can eat an elephant as long as you take one bite at a time and not try to swallow the whole thing".</p><p>Just my two "cents"<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="financeman, post: 930539, member: 23818"]If I could give you one word of advice. I too, am a "penny" collector and I jumped in to collecting with both feet and thought I was going to rule the cent world. I found myself very quickly getting overwhelmed with what I was trying to do and I had no direction in my cent collection. My advice is to take your big goal and break it down into smaller subsets so it doesnt look so massive at the beginning. It also is very rewarding when you finish one of your subsets. You feel like you have accomplished part of your goal and you have. Then you move on to the next. collecting is all about what you want to do. It doesnt matter what anyone else says. you collect what makes you happy. Just dont "bite off more than you can chew". As the old saying goes, "You can eat an elephant as long as you take one bite at a time and not try to swallow the whole thing". Just my two "cents";)[/QUOTE]
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