The Burnout Cycle
No, this thread isn't about a cycle of Burnout racing games. Yes, it's about the issue of the mind and the impacts of when it is under much duress ie. burnout.
Burnout is a psychological term, in which you feel mentally incapable of carrying on for much further. It happens to all of us and in all facets of life. It happens at work, it happens at home, and for the relevance of this topic, it can happen whilst doing something you're passionate about such as collecting games!
There is only really 2 ways you can go as a collector when the dreaded "burnout" happens:
1. Give up, do a sellout.
2. Give up, take a break, and come back and live to fight another day.
Has it ever happened to you? How often do you take a break in a year? What made you come back and are you stronger for the experience?
Burnout is a psychological term, in which you feel mentally incapable of carrying on for much further. It happens to all of us and in all facets of life. It happens at work, it happens at home, and for the relevance of this topic, it can happen whilst doing something you're passionate about such as collecting games!
There is only really 2 ways you can go as a collector when the dreaded "burnout" happens:
1. Give up, do a sellout.
2. Give up, take a break, and come back and live to fight another day.
Has it ever happened to you? How often do you take a break in a year? What made you come back and are you stronger for the experience?
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Sold it all and was very happy with it considering I only gained money and didn't lose any as most of it was purchased cheap. A lot of NAers were able to benefit off it and I spread my collection out to others around here.
I bought a lot of stuff for my apartment, a couple basses and some other musical equipment which I am very happy having over video games. Games are fun and all but nothing touches music.
Oh and was able to give myself enough financial cushion to purchase a new car and when I think about it I learned how to manage my spendings/money in general a lot better rather than just blowing all of it.
It has all been a positive experience for me and don't regret anything I have done, I will always come to NA to talk about games, hot dogs and whatever the hell else, I have made too many friends here to not come back.
Should have a full set by 2062.
I'll dial it back for awhile when funds don't allow me to make purchases and during those times I'll kick back and enjoy the fruits of my labour for a time then I'll dial it back up and rinse and repeat. Hard part is ignoring all the deals that tend to crop up during my dial backs.
this is me. Yes seeing excellent deals and not having the money sucks
No, this thread isn't about a cycle of Burnout racing games.
No, this thread isn't about a cycle of Burnout racing games. Yes, it's about the issue of the mind and the impacts of when it is under much duress ie. burnout.
Burnout is a psychological term, in which you feel mentally incapable of carrying on for much further. It happens to all of us and in all facets of life. It happens at work, it happens at home, and for the relevance of this topic, it can happen whilst doing something you're passionate about such as collecting games!
There is only really 2 ways you can go as a collector when the dreaded "burnout" happens:
1. Give up, do a sellout.
2. Give up, take a break, and come back and live to fight another day.
Has it ever happened to you? How often do you take a break in a year? What made you come back and are you stronger for the experience?
Honestly #1 isn't much of an option because selling a collection of any size takes a pretty huge amount of work so if you are already burnt out from collecting / buying it's not much of a trade off. I would say your options are either take a break and return or take a break and then sell off.