Collecting

About lists - some people have lists of things they own-    

books, figurines, clothes ... there is no limit.

Dec.13, 2006 - What a Catch - Stuffed Animals (Star Bulletin - Honolulu, Hawaii)

Word DNA insight

COllection --> CO(e)llection (silent "e" / vowel) --> CO - election --> WE election
Look at our COllection (WE election) of artwork. Look at my COllection of clothes. Look at our COllection of stuffed animals.
eLECtion --> e LECtion --> I LIKE tion
(Refer to Word DNA section and the Off the Cuff blog sidebar)

 For some it is experiences -

victories, awards, golf courses played, places visited / travel ... there is no limit.

Collecting Things (42Explore) - Why do people collect things? (Campaign for Museums)

What are the most popular things people collect? (Yahoo Answers!) - American Collectors Film - blog

Funny thing is...the less pride you have, the less you want to collect.
When you have ZERO pride, you donīt want to collect at all.
You just want to BE!

In other words -- it is the  END of MATERIALISM  and the "MORE & MORE" syndrome

Metaphor - Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade: Let It Go

Material things Wayne used to collect in the past: coins, comic books, a variety of non-fiction books, baseball cards,
computer software, DVD movies, stickers, erasers (yes - erasers!), pewter figurines, travel souvenirs, images of naked girls (18+!),
and images / videos of these girls in real / simulated sexual performances - erotic if that sounds better to you.

Some of these habits were formed and abandoned at a very young age, or if more recent -- have become no longer of interest.
All this "stuff"  has been given away,  deleted, or been in long term storage - not seen in many, many years.

As of 2010 - he owns around 120 music CDs - now in digital MP3 format. The CDs will be given away - the MP3 files may soon face the digital shredder / trash bin.
He also has collected way too much information --- business records, financial statements, etc.. (albeit with periodic purge sessions)... that is slowly
being tossed out, and/or shredded as time allows. No need for tax records!

Animal Collecting

Medellin, Colombia - Santa Fe Zoo

If you want to learn about a different way to view animals (and ourselves), you may want to read a book titled - Quiet Freedom.