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i WIN~ NOW WHAT?

Cheryl Marchek AKA JM

Cheryl Marchek AKA JM

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I’m a little drunk this evening and just feel the need for a ramble as I work out my thoughts. Read it if you like~ give me your opinions if you like~ or just move on now….nothing to see here but some rambling self introspection.

Every day I read about another “selling collection” or someone getting out and I wonder why. Why? After so much work? Why are they getting out now? Were they not serious enough? Not ready to make the sacrifices until they “win”…………or………have they “won” and it lost it’s appeal?

It’s weird (I think~ maybe everyone is like this and I don’t know it?) But I can’t give up when the going gets tough. The tougher something gets the more determined I get to stick it out until “I win.”

This is why I don’t play video games~ at all. Any of them. I can’t. I get “Stuck” and can’t move on until I win. No matter how long it takes. So I just don’t touch video games any more.

Well~ I didn’t know that’s what I was doing with the snakes~ but I think maybe in hindsight that it was. It took me 6 years and 6 thousand dollars~ more money, more work, more sweat and tears than I would have been willing to give if I’d known the price in advance……….but I finally got the pied I’ve been working for all these years……..

I win

I WIN

I think I may be done. Now what? What’s the struggle for? What is all the work for? I already won. End Game.

I’m seriously considering selling most or all of my collection. I don’t want this many snakes. I never wanted this many snakes. This was all because I was losing~ I had to play until I reached my goal. I had to buy this snake, or keep that snake~ I had to build that rack to keep those snakes or I had to build a new rat rack to feed those snakes………..all because I couldn’t do it. At first I could keep the snakes alive~ then I couldn’t produce that White Whale~ the PIEBALD BALL PYTHON………..

Now I have her. I win.

I’ve got about 60~ maybe 70 other snakes now that hold no real “need” for me like they did before. I don’t think I need to get rid of them all……….I don’t think I’m ALL DONE……….but I win~ I think I have to get rid of a lot of these snakes. A lot of them.

NOW it’s easy. Now the challenge is gone. Now…………WHAT?

I win~ now what?
 
soooo.. create a morph???

hrm.. I AM one to sell out when times are rough when it comes to a hobby. Never sell my original pets. But would definitely sell the ones that I got specifically for breeding.


and you need to try some different games lol. Go Counter Strike.. BOOM HEAD SHOT..

lol

couldn't resist. sorry
 
hhmoore said:
BETCHA CAN'T DO IT AGAIN!!
How's that for incentive?
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And I think that may be the only reason I’m not inclined to get rid of them ALL~ just most of them. I win~ but I only just win. I didn’t produce that pied~ I had to send my hets to someone else to get her……So I win by proxy. I think maybe I have to win for real…………Hatch one myself……….

Then I’ll have to see how it feels then. Do I win and I’m done ~ kind of like I’m mostly done now………..or do I win and need to win again?

Ever been to Vegas? Or anywhere with slot machines? I can’t play those either~ unless you give me so many quarters and take away my ATM card. I have to play until I win. If I win big~ I have to keep playing and try to win big again. If I win small~ I can walk away. I don’t know why I’m like that~ but it’s who I am.

I WON on the pied with someone else playing my quarter. That’s a partial Win. It burns that I didn’t win MYSELF (this is all drunk rambling and y’all don’t get it do you? I wish I got it and could explain it better) I could quit now. I could and be content that I won. But~ I could keep playing and see if I win BIG next~ not just this little partial cheating win I got………..

But like the slot machine and the video game………..should I walk away while I’m ahead~ even just by a little. I still can walk away. In fact~ I think I have to walk away from a lot of my collection (sell it). It holds no real value to me anymore~ it holds monetary value~ but not REAL value. Not the obsessive interest it used to hold for me.
 
Well, if it doesn't matter as much to you anymore, and it just is an extra chore, I would say keep what you can to keep making what you WANT, and move the rest.

You have plenty on your plate now.. but you can't just quit cold turkey..
 
I think a lot of the getting out sales have to do with the economy. There are a lot of people that no longer have the "extra" space or money they used to have to maintain their collections as well there are a lot less people that have the extra money to buy right now - the combination makes it tough. In the past year I've taken in three breeder collections because people have lost their home or their ability to properly keep them. It's not just about giving up or loosing interest or the drive although I'm sure there are those out there in that category as well the people who bought in thinking they were going to get rich and then watched the bubble burst.
 
Your Unicorn...

The Piedbald has always been and still is my unicorn morph. Like you, I will not stop until i get/produce one. I bet it'll be the greatest feeling ever. What happens after that? who knows?...other morphs? all I know is that there's snakes in my collection that I would never let go, like my first snake (cali king) and my first BP (pastel female) and probably another 2 or 3 BPs. I quit/stop many hobbies before (sports, art) but there's always a time when the urge suddenly comes back. I looked back at my achievements/work and noticed how much better they could be and it stimulates my mind and i reach for a pencil and sketchbook. What I'm trying to say is don't sell all your animals because you never know u might want to do it again and/or better.
 
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