As I grow older, I am beginning to realize that the reason why I collect stuffed animals is because they’re cute and fun to play with. I’ve always found them to be a beautiful and creative way to express my love for animals. As I get older and begin to see things from the point of view of a stuffed animal collector, I am beginning to understand what I really want to express through my collecting.
It’s the same reason we all buy a new car every year: We’re just as entertained by the new cars we drive. And a lot of our money is put into things we like. I just recently started to realize that I really like some stuff I used to only like when we were younger and just didn’t realize it.
For example, I think I’m starting to understand why a lot of people buy a new car every year. They’re trying to get into the “cool” car club. These are the cars that are so “cool” that we all go out and buy them. Of course, the cool cars aren’t really that cool, and so most of us don’t realize they’re cool.
If you’re like that, well then you might have picked up on a theme with this article. It seems that our society is obsessed with the stuff that we buy and that we take for granted. We constantly strive to be better at the things that we like, but we neglect to appreciate the things that we are actually good at. Stuff like cars, music, art, and food. Stuff we get to appreciate when we grow up.
In my opinion, for most of us, we’re spoiled rotten. We get to spend our entire life with these things that are so “cool”, they’re so incredibly valuable. And yet we’re constantly comparing ourselves to others who actually have something cool to say and who might have something to say about the things we’re getting to enjoy ourselves with.
You might say that we are spoiled because we have all of these cool things. But if being spoiled means that we are always comparing ourselves to others, then we might as well just give up.
What is actually spoiled, is the fact that we have all of these cool things. Or at least, what we used to have. But we don’t anymore, and we are spoiled to the point where we can’t help but compare ourselves to others. There have to be rules to this stuff, right? Because if there weren’t we wouldn’t be spoiled. But they just don’t exist. And because they don’t exist, we should all just stop comparing ourselves to each other.
The same thing can be said for the collector. We can all be better at being a collector than others. But there is a difference between a collector and a hoarder. A hoarder doesn’t go around collecting things in the hopes that they would get returned to the owner. In a hoarder’s mind things are like a part of themselves, and they don’t want anyone to know they have them.
But a collector is different. They are looking for a specific item that is worth something to them, and they are willing to go the extra mile to get it. A collector is someone who has their own space to fill, their own collection of things that they will want or need. A hoarder is someone who has a room full of stuff and will not give it up.
A stuffed animal collector is someone who collects stuffed animals. A stuffed animal collector might be someone who collects stuffed animals and likes to buy them. They might be someone who collects stuffed animals but does not like to throw them away. They might be someone who collects stuffed animals and wants to get rid of them. They might be someone who collects stuffed animals but has a weird relationship with them.