Change is inevitable, especially change in the lives of people. I am in the midst of several major changes, one of which may lead to a totally new career for me. It's already taking away a lot of the time I used to spend on my stamp collection. I find it equally rewarding, personally, and it's something that may be very rewarding financially in the future.
The disaster of September 11th will also cause great change, and is already making an impact in several areas. I'm sure part of the decisions Suite 101 is making concerning their future is in some way related to the current recession. One of the things I've learned in the last four months is how to recession-proof your life. It's a one-word speech: simplify!
One of the major problems many of us have, not only with stamp collecting, but with our daily lives, is that we live lives filled with clutter. I have several thousand loose stamps in my office I need to go through and sort, mount, catalog, but can't get to at the moment because of everything else I'm tied up doing. The majority of those stamps are duplicates of ones I've gotten from one source or another in the last few years. I have too many - I need to weed out the excess and get rid of it. I need to simplify!
I've been trading stamps with about 25 people for the last few years. Three or four of those traders haven't been able to find anything I need for my collection this last year. We need to settle accounts, and go our separate ways. We need to simplify our trading experience to those that are mutually beneficial.
I've recently begun negotiating with a major publisher for the rights to a novel I've written. There are hundreds of hours of rewriting, editing, and just plain work facing me. It leaves very little time to do the research to write these twice-a-month articles. I need to simplify.
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