Satisfied/not Satisfied?

Privateday7

I started buying/ hoarding/ collecting watches (mostly Omega vintage) in 2012. The next 3 years were furious pace of buying (I think the record was 3 watches in a week) and a little selling. This forum and my "new" watch collector/trader friends become potent enabler. In 2016 I slowed down (only 2 watches in a year). Then after that I stopped.
I switched my attention to pen collection for about 1 - 1.5 years. Then it also stopped.

The feeling was gone. The rush, the dopamine high when you got your "grail", pride when you show your catch, it was gone. I sold almost half of my collection with little remorse.

Will I catch the bug again? I dont know. Am I satisfied? Probably. Certainly you are not alone.