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I hit the T206 goal

I hit 100 trades

I hit fun fun fun

I still have 10,000 cards I am scanning dont think I will get it completed by the end of the year so #4 will not be reached either. but I have been giving it one heck of a shot though

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New to this thread I picked up 3 more of my 1909-1911 T206 card and my goal was 5 which means I only need 52 more to complete the base set ( there are 8 cards in this set that collectors do not count as the base set for they are super short printed) 

and for this site

1. hit 100 trades by 12-31-18 and I think I might hit that goal

2. try to finish uploading scans of my cards into the data base. I dont know how many I have done but I think somewhere in the 1,000 mark and I still have about 17,000 cards in my personal collection to go through and update scans where needed.

3, have fun fun fun 

4 doubt I will get to this one but upload my football cards I have for trade. Although I have been selling quite a few on e-bay and giving the buyers extra cards. of the player or the team, I use these funds to buy ny T206 cards what I dont sell I will be posting them here after my baseball scanning is complete

Goals completed so far:

NASCAR: Got to 1300 Jimmie Johnson cards & Got my 10th JJ 1/1 card (which was card #1300!)

MLB: I now have 3 Stan Musial vintage cards and only missing one of my Lou Brock vintage goal. I am also over 5600 total Cardinals cards now and have at least one card for every year from 1957-2018. Scans on TCDB are back to ZERO!

NFL: Over 2100 Panthers cards now, but still no AU of Newton or Kuechly. Only 1 card short of completing the 2011 Topps Rising Rookies base set now. Scans needed on TCDB is less than 500 now, so good progress there.

NBA: Still have a couple thousand cards to add on here, but some progress has been made. Plus I traded away several dozen that have been listed.

NHL: No progress so far. Need to finish NBA before I move on to NHL.

Final goal that wasn't listed before: Get over 50 Feedback for trades here. DONE!

My Card of the Day project where I get at least one new card every day of the year is still slogging along. It stopped being fun a while ago, and I know I'll never attempt this again. But I've come too far, and put in too much effort, to quit now. 

I currently have no goals or projects planned for 2019. I've been planning for this one since 2015, and usually I have several projects planned months before the new year begins. I've got nothing! 

One of my goals this year, although I never actually stated it, was to publish at least ten times each month on Cardboard History. So far so good. 

My actual card collecting goals are slowly coming along. I seem to add new ones and then I get bogged down. Certainly, tackling the FLEER STICKERS has been a big one so far in 2018.

The card collecting also gets slowed down by offers and trades, that I can't refuse....then very slow to complete. I actually have my own generic disclaimer that I'm adding to new offers and old trades, does save time and explains my situation..

Reorganizing is an ongoing process, as that gets closer and closer to completion. Once done, my offer/trade etc. issues will be working much faster, and more accurate. I still can't believe my "freebie" offers aren't moving that quickly....I mean 100-400 cards for the cost of s/h seems like a "no brainer" to me, I have so much surplus I want to get rid of and into a members's collection.

Aside from card collecting goals comes, 4 rooms of storage, labeling, site map, my website that needs a complete overhaul along with eBay, Sportslot and Kronozio. Then there is the databases, TCDB and my recently setup online DB. 

My next post will be regarding preferences in Web Browsers, Web Storage etc. "The organizing behind the organizing" lol. Thinking about also paying a family member to help. hahaha

Everybody have a nice weekend, ~BOB~

I never got to my 2017 goal.   Still way behind on my 2018 goal.   So my 2019 goal may be my 2017/2018 goals..

2017 goals were sky high as the fist 6 month was going great.  Trades/purchases of 25 to 50 cards at a time.

2018 goals was lower then the 2017  goals.   Bob talked about slowing down mine appears to have stopped.   A few trades here and a couple of purchased have been it.   If it was not for people here I would not gotten as far as I'm now. (Thanks)  Only big package was my 100 cards from COMC purchased last Black Friday and Spring cleaning sales.  The other goal of getting rid of my nephew's collection has not fair any better.  Real close to having them a year and only gotten rid of 10% if that.

Me and goals/plans since to never work out like I want them to.

I didn't start out the year with any goals , but I would really like to get all my stuff organized and listed on here before years end. I do have some goals in mind for 2019 when the new year rolls around. 

Ok, I'll bite again at the 3/4 mark. Here's a recap:

1. Complete the 2018 Topps base set - DONE

2. Complete (minus short prints) the 2018 Topps Gypsy Queen set - DONE

3. Add to my T207 Cubs team set (have three, need seven) - ADDED ONE; BIDDING ON ANOTHER

4. Get one T205 American League card - DONE

5. Add significantly to my 1969 and 1968 Topps sets - DONE, WILL FINISH '69 IN 2019, I THINK

6. Get some other random vintage cards, probably from the 1950s and 1960s, just for fun - DONE

7. Maybe add a few 1971 Topps coins - TONS; COULD FINISH THE SET THIS YEAR, DIDN'T EXPECT THAT

8. Get a T201 Mecca Double Folder of Mordecai Brown/Solly Hofman - DONE, AND DANG HAPPY ABOUT IT

9. Get any baseball card from the 19th century - NOPE; AND UNLIKELY, BUT THAT'S OK. 

I'd say that all of these goals are very likely, if not definite, except for the T201 and 19th century, which are long shots at best. But mostly, I hope to enjoy collecting as much as I did in 2017, which was a whole lot, at least in part due to this site. - DONE

I think I added the goal of staying in the top 200 baseball card collections, but didn't really care about it. Didn't manage that, but Admin expanded the list, so I remain in the top 250. 

Been a good year. The rest is all bonus....

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I have failed miserably on getting organized :( but ihave completed almost 300 trades this yr alone 

That is extremely impressive!  Well done, sir!