There comes a time when you have to let go of all the aspirations because you realize that there isn't enough time in life to be able to do everything that you ever wanted to do in your lifetime. It's not so much giving up...as it is the ability to focus on what is most important to you. I have made the toughest decision in my life. To pare down my model kit collection to the point where I have only a few kits that actually truly mean something to me. The rest, I will either sell or donate to the Royal Canadian Air Cadets. For my collection, I am hoping to be able to get enough to make a substantial dent in the cost of a Nikon AF-S 105mm VR Macro lens.
As much as I have enjoyed the collection of model kits that I have accumulated, there comes a time when you have to make a choice to pare down and really focus on what matters to you in life. And as difficult as it may seem, it appears that I need to do that, for the sake of organization as well as turning my mind to photography. Photography may be a more expensive hobby but for me, it also has the potential to earn some serious income. So instead of dragging around history that will never be used, I am going to take that and turn it into a lens that I can use.
Oh, I will be keeping some of my kits...that I cherish...and I hope to complete those before I die. And maybe I will work on them with my kids. What really means something is not the quantity of the things you own, but in the quality of the things you decide to keep. And for me, that is confining my purchases to camera equipment and only enough to do the photography that I really want to do.
So this blog is going to go on hiatus while I trim down my "stash".
