Or maybe I just have too many interests

As mentioned in my last journal, my wife and I are now homeowners for the first time. We've been filling our evenings with painting and cleaning before we really get things moving. Additionally we're both employed full-time, and are taking a few classes to keep up our professional development, and are trying to maintain our physical fitness (I completed my first half-marathon this month), and I've been doing some extracurricular activities related to the Army (German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge in Silver achieved yesterday). Oh, and I have a little comic-collecting addiction going on.

Fortunately, some goals are being met and obstacles are being overcome. But enough about all that, and on to the important things. There have been several discussions about reigning in our collections or deciding to sell off some pieces. For me, the problem has always been in limiting myself to only buying the things I truly want for myself. It's so easy to expand beyond the range of your collecting focus, usually enticed by a good price. But a few months or years later, you're holding on to a book for which you have no strong feelings and don't even remember why you bought (Marvel Two-in-One 54 in CGC 9.0, I'm looking at you). In my 25 years or so of actively collecting, I've found that there are a few themes that come and go, and a few that always come back around. I've picked up and dropped Amazing Spider-man and Uncanny X-Men three times so far, so I feel like those issues are something I should hold on to. Alternatively, I completely lost interest in the cosmic Marvels and have a pile of Warlock and the Infinity Watch I'd love to be rid of. Who can say what will strike a resonant chord within us? My favorite items all have a nostalgia value that makes me remember the way I originally felt when I first owned them, and it's hard to say what will evoke fond memories in the future.

One thing I know several of us feel a bond with... original art from the Dani Moonstar backup story in New Mutants Annual 4, "If Wishes Were Horses:"

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