Ken Kash 1241378397|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Like many people, I'm stuck in this economy… I'm the only income supporting a family of 5, been furloughed a few days already but in the big picture I am lucky to even have a job. Large purchases have become much more selective and such is my conundrum.
I've pulled together a few hundred dollars with an itching desire or is that desires. The choices at my door are….
- Two elusive coins
- A new netbook so I can work on this site while on the go
- A new smaller digital camera (again for something on the go)
There's no easy answer here. The two coins while not super expensive they are a pain to find but will eventually become available for sale at a later time.
The netbook is a nice convenience but I can still maintain the site from my desktop computer.
The small digital camera would come in handy and I'd have enough money left over for a nice coin. But I do have a fantastic camera set-up at home so there is a fallback plan.
A few years ago the choices would have been easy…pay cash for one and put the other stuff on credit. Ah but how things have changed. Large purchases need to be strategic. To put my collecting needs before my families is irresponsible.
Unfortunately with this post I still have not made a decision. But, I have chosen to blog about my dilemma so that others can understand that a hobby is just a hobby and to let the expenses of such interfere with life is risky. Balance between personnel enjoyment and responsibilities is something we must all come to terms with when collecting. We all would love to have everything now (who wouldn't) but the most important thing to remember with collecting coins is that they will always be there tomorrow so the opportunity will come again.
