That still sometimes happens when I have a lot going on. But, after I cleared a spot on my desk, I now make sure that new cards get the chance to sit there for a few days/weeks. I also built a display that sits in the office so that I can move cards over there after the desk gets a bit too thick (or if its gaming night and there's a chance the beer might get knocked over in the excitement). That way any new stuff gets a good look before it gets traded out for something fresh, or for something that had been in a box. This "process" alone has really changed my enjoyment over the last year.
Hey, until you've collected a fair number of blank walls don't knock that super cheap hobby option. 
Since I know few collectors in my town, I'd say it's had the opposite effect for me. I don't have to go to the local show just for myself anymore. Now I've got my other favorite traders wants to keep an eye out for.
This has to be one of the most relevant quotes to my collecting style. Nothing like trading some government paper for a piece of cardboard and feeling like Gollum clutching the One Ring. 
Wow, now that's taking things to the extreme in my book. 
But if it works for ya, excellent.
Excellent. I feel that is one of the things that has really gone missing from this hobby in recent years...the team fans, and team collectors.
Of course, calling my cards for trade and collection crap in person is likely to illicit a different result for the speaker than over the Internet. LOL.
That statement gets today's vote for best reason to be in this hobby.
Collectors and hobbies change, if that means an exit for some, then that's a good move for them. Especially when they loose those exciting collections back into the hobby market.
