Collecting As A Hobby Reading Passage
Collecting As A Hobby
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There are many forms of collecting that come with a technical name. An arctophile collects teddy bears, a philatelist collects postage stamps, and a deltiologist collects postcards. Gathering hundreds and thousands of postcards, chocolate wrapper and others, takes much time, energy and money that will end-up in using your productivity. Although there are millions of collectors throughout the world, Why do they do it?
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Many become collectors to get into the social life, attend meetings with other collectors, and exchange facts about the collection. This is similar to joining a club or gym, which gathers like-minded people and develops connections. Another motive for collecting the items is the desire to find special items or any specific reason for the collected item, like a rare recording of a famous singer.
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Some become collectors because they want to make money, those are meant as an instrumental reason for collecting, that means to an end. These collectors were looking for antiques which they could buy cheaply and sell for a profit. It has a psychological element too, buying cheap and selling it high gives them a triumph feel. Also, selling it online is more easy, that makes most of the people joining in.
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Some people may spend their whole lives hunting for rare or unique items. By seeing psychologically, it gives a purpose for one’s life or else it’s aimless. It also has a negative effect, if they only concentrate on what they are looking for instead of celebrating the success, they will end up feeling empty, which makes them lose focus on the goal.
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If you think about the collection of postage stamps, the main reason and the result of collecting is, it gives educational value. Collecting postage stamps will give a great opportunity to know about the different countries, plants, animals or famous people that are in the stamps.
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In the 19th century, many of them collected fossils, animals and plants across the globe. Those collections provided great knowledge about the natural world. Only with those collections did our understanding of them develop.
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A popular form of collecting, trainspotting was particularly made by boys and men in the past and even nowadays to some extent. It is something that involves exploring every locomotive of the particular type with the published data which is identified by each person, and checking off each engine after seeing it. These people exchange information through mobile phones these days, so they can plan accordingly to see a particular engine. As a by-product, they gain more knowledge about the railway operations or the technical aspects of each type of engine.
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Similarly, the doll collectors go beyond not only collecting, they develop an interest with the making of the dolls and the materials used in it. Back in the 16th century, in Europe the wooden dolls were standard, in later centuries it turned into wax and porcelain and now it became plastic. Also collectors are inspired in knowing how dolls reflect what children think or ought to like.
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Not all collectors will be interested in learning from their hobby, though, for a psychological reason, it gives a sense of control and helps deal with insecurity. For instance, stamp collectors arrange their stamps in albums neatly and organise it based on certain principles, such as countries in alphabetical order or grouping it based on the people, birds, and so on.
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It might be done consciously or not; the one reason why someone chooses to collect is to show their individualism. For instance, someone who decides to collect dog collars conveys that they themselves are interesting to know. Believe it or not, there is at least one dog collar museum that exists, as it started as a personal collection.
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It’s known that all hobbies give pleasure, but in collecting the common factor is passion. In collecting, people will get more personal satisfaction and also seek attention than performing any other hobbies, and here pleasure plays a mild role. For non-collectors it may look like an eccentric way of spending time, but really collecting involves a lot in it.
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