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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Juan Blanco, post: 1581578, member: 41665&quot;]Any &#039;past-time&#039; should be &quot;fun&quot; (enjoyable) rather than a time-killer or a stressful burden. Look at &#039;the rich&#039; who are never happy, in fact, more neurotic than &#039;the poor&#039;. Shop, shop, shop! Feel bad about it, add chemical addiction, then rehab, etc. What&#039;s redeeming, without any critical self-examination?</p><p><br /></p><p>Hoarding (collecting) can easily express or turn into neurosis - it&#039;s a particularly tragic form of materialism. (I think of a really sad photo posted here on CT: a trailer-park denizen loading up his crappy old car with hundreds of coin rolls from several banks, burning hydrocarbons at $3.50/ga, desperately seeking that millionth silver dime ... all for his retirement fund???) </p><p><br /></p><p>What the OP alludes - IMO - to is a legitimate fear of gluttony, the inability to self-restrain, obsession. Or otherwise: a fear-of-absurdity, existentialism? That&#039;s when<i> the delusion </i>is revealed and one realizes the moral bankruptcy of frantically gathering &#039;stuff&#039; ... and with that: seeing for the first time the poverty of one&#039;s neglected moral state and a wasted life-time? That&#039;s the extreme - and it&#039;s here in spades. </p><p><br /></p><p>From a materialist and practical perspective, <i>the journey should be everything... </i>because we don&#039;t actually know what/where the destination is. </p><p>And I believe <i>sharing</i> (or endowment) can be the only redemption, if any is possible, for the moderate hording impulse. </p><p><br /></p><p>(My own interest/obsession is DATA, so I&#039;m happy say not a hoarder of stuff - a small and inactive collection of Silver coins notwithstanding. For this hobby I&#039;m on the outside, looking in.) </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]218721.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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