Starting A Collection

I would like to start with a personal note that may not be too exciting for you but thrills me. This is my first post on this blog but enough non-relevant stuff.
I would like to explore the realm of collecting. I am more interested in things that have more relation to each other than just happening to get put in the same shoe box to look at later.

We collect all kinds of things but above everything else we are collecting memories. This is true no matter what the thing happens to be. Coins are good example. I collect them not only for the reason I tell everybody ‘they are a good investment’ although that does not hurt. I also collect for all the not so concrete motivations. Coins cause me to remember my dad helping me get started collecting as a boy scout. They prompt me to remember where I got certain coins as change or who I was with when I got a different currency. Collecting could be a bit more lucrative if I would be more selective and less sentimental but it would loss much of it’s appeal.

If you can hold it in your hand you can collect it. Just a few things that come to mind are coins, autographs, photos, a child’s first (fill in the blank). In posts to come I look forward to exploring these and more. I may get wrapped up in the physical aspects of collecting but please do not allow yourself to loss sight of the fact that these ‘things’ are not only related to each other but also a certain person or time that for some reason is special to you.