Dealing with collecting burnout. What should I do?

[Speeny]

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So, I've recently been looking at my main collection of DVD's and Blu-rays and have come to a conclusion where I need to get rid of a lot of stuff and only keep favourites. I collect Anime as well, but I've stripped that down significantly too in the past few months. I basically watched a couple of episodes of everything I still hadn't seen...if I liked it, keep. If not, get rid of.

I still enjoy collecting, but it's gotten to the point where I'd rather have a collection where I can look at it & say: "All of this stuff is great." Instead of just impulse purchases which I may never watch or enjoy.

To give you an idea of what I was once going for:

I enjoy collecting animated movies. Whether it be from Disney/Pixar, Dreamworks, Sony, Blue Sky, Illumination.

The thing is, I was going for a "complete" collection you could say. So think of the shelves displaying every mainline feature film these studios released.

How should I go about this? Should I watch everything and decide what to keep and get rid of? It would take a lot of time.

[Hitman Horton]

Originally Posted by Speeny

If this post needs to be moved to somewhere else, please go ahead and do so.

So, I've recently been looking at my main collection of DVD's and Blu-rays and have come to a conclusion where I need to get rid of a lot of stuff and only keep favourites. I collect Anime as well, but I've stripped that down significantly too in the past few months. I basically watched a couple of episodes of everything I still hadn't seen...if I liked it, keep. If not, get rid of.

I still enjoy collecting, but it's gotten to the point where I'd rather have a collection where I can look at it & say: "All of this stuff is great." Instead of just impulse purchases which I may never watch or enjoy.

To give you an idea of what I was once going for:

I enjoy collecting animated movies. Whether it be from Disney/Pixar, Dreamworks, Sony, Blue Sky, Illumination.

The thing is, I was going for a "complete" collection you could say. So think of the shelves displaying every mainline feature film these studios released.

How should I go about this? Should I watch everything and decide what to keep and get rid of? It would take a lot of time.

Realistically, only you can answer that question. Personally, I wouldn't sell something that I've never watched. I've blind bought many things but I always watch them and then decide if it's something I want to keep in my collection. In addition, I go through my collection once in a while and get rid of stuff that I don't think I'll ever watch again.

[newrett77]

Originally Posted by Speeny

If this post needs to be moved to somewhere else, please go ahead and do so.

So, I've recently been looking at my main collection of DVD's and Blu-rays and have come to a conclusion where I need to get rid of a lot of stuff and only keep favourites. I collect Anime as well, but I've stripped that down significantly too in the past few months. I basically watched a couple of episodes of everything I still hadn't seen...if I liked it, keep. If not, get rid of.

I still enjoy collecting, but it's gotten to the point where I'd rather have a collection where I can look at it & say: "All of this stuff is great." Instead of just impulse purchases which I may never watch or enjoy.

To give you an idea of what I was once going for:

I enjoy collecting animated movies. Whether it be from Disney/Pixar, Dreamworks, Sony, Blue Sky, Illumination.

The thing is, I was going for a "complete" collection you could say. So think of the shelves displaying every mainline feature film these studios released.

How should I go about this? Should I watch everything and decide what to keep and get rid of? It would take a lot of time.

in my humble opinion I would start with personal likes and dislikes, example was the film or show good, will I watch this again, etc. and then work from there. I had a experience where I had mostly action films in my collection, and a few campy horror films. I do not really remember wanting to watch the horror films again, so in order to decrease my collection I gave them to my brother in law who is a horror movie buff and would appreciate them more than me the action film fan. Best of Luck

[fiftyxp]

I love collecting never get tired

[sharky1999]

My collection has gotten to the point where I have decided to be really picky about what I buy and keep in my collection. I like to do Redbox for new releases that I want to see, but not necessarily own. $2 to see a movie beats paying $20+ on something I am not that die hard to own. Plus I occasionally get discounts and free rentals from time to time from Redbox and T-mobile.

At the very least I go through and see what I've upgraded to on blu-ray. I get rid of those DVDs by passing them on to a friend who wants them. Of course any double dips I've collected over the years go out as well. For example, I had some of the single releases that later get put in a box set like Aliens and the Chris Nolan Batman trilogy.

Then there are the Dollar Tree finds that I can watch once and toss. Stuff I would have never purchased if they weren't $1. I mean, that's cheaper than renting it, so I think it's worth it if I'm mildly interested in seeing it.