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I do not. I have a table with three good legs and one short leg, and a chair that spins. A recipe for disaster.

Once i transition from 5000-ct to 3200-ct boxes, my whole world will change. My collection will fit in a closet and I will have sufficient space to move around in my card room.

switzr1 I feel like you are my twin on this site.  What you describe is my dilema all the time.  Once I feel ready to get the job done, something from work or home happens and I have to stop.  Then when I come back, I can't remember what the hell I was doing.  I too am currently going through my collection again.  Just know you are not alone and the struggle is real!!

Thanks RC.  We shall overcome!

My problem seems to be I get a good head of steam in logging/sorting, I almost finish, then I get sidetracked with a school project, I get a bunch of new cards, then I have to start from the beginning.

I had 2 boxes of football cards intended for trade, half entered. My wife accidentally knocked them over and was in tears. Seeing her upset was worse than the cards. I deleted all the NFL trade cards I had. It didn't bother me. One, next year I'll add them again. Second, I had a couple of members that I offered trades with and it wasn't exactly a nice situation. Neither showed interest and never tried to make an effort to carry it through. So, no big deal. I'm going to work on 5000 ct boxes on down to organize, with better boxes!

I must be weird, too.  I hate organizing my filing cabinet.  I hate sorting mail.  But I will sort my cards all day long and love it.  That's the therapeutic part of the hobby to me.

I’ve been home on disability for almost a year now and at first I thought I’d be able to spend a lot of time on the collection and getting things organized and playing around on this site to stay busy. Unfortunately my situation prevents me from spending more than an hour or two in the computer and downstairs with the collection.  I’ve actually made things worse by Trading here and buying stuff on eBay.  I sit in my recliner and purchase things that haven’t made it down to their proper storage area. I could try to bring boxes up but I’m afraid I’d pull a cnagle and drop some cards lol.

I should clarify...I love looking at my cards. I just don't have any sort of organization to most of them, so entering them on the site is piecemeal at best, chaos at worst.  If all my 2016 Topps were together, for instance, it would be different.  But they are all over the place.  So it's often one card at a time.

I use shoeboxes for ALL my cards. Easy to move with one hand off of a shelf. I hang a tag on each box so I know what's in it. Works for me!