I would also recommend experimenting with something that doesn't matter if it doesn't work out so you can mess up without stressing over messing up your pony. 

As someone who sold all of her G2-G3-G4 MLPs and Funko Pops I have to say I started to feel like a hoarder after a while and found that collecting didn't "spark joy" anymore as soon as I have had the items for a couple of years.

I didn't stop entirely. I still have collections I appreciate. Like my G1s that I started in childhood. But culling the others felt right and it was like getting rid of clutter. I felt good afterwards and I think that's what counts.
If your collection starts feeling like a guilty hobby or even burden (financially, space, etc) just sell some stuff and see how you like it.

I'm with you.  I gave away the majority of my G3s and G4s because I didn't want to deal with the hassle of selling.  I kept a handful of each generation that I truly liked and let the rest go to new homes.  It was fun to give things away (I did the G3s as mystery boxes and the G4s went to people at work with kids who would play with them), provided me with extra space, and made other people happy in the process.  I don't regret getting rid of any of them.

Thanks, everyone. 

My mom raised us doing chores on Saturdays.  My brother doesn't care how crappy his surroundings are and he's flat out told me he doesn't care how filthy everything is because he doesn't believe germs exist.  My sister just isn't good at keeping up with the mess of her kids and dog so it gets to be a lot really fast and her husband is even more useless than my brother when it comes to helping with housework, so I get that she gets overwhelmed and her kids have a poor male role model. I also have 2 younger brothers, one of whom cleans in manic spurts--he's a stay at home dad so I don't know how his wife feels about this.  The other one is a germophobe and has OCD tendencies, so he and his wife live a minimalist lifestyle and he has to go to a therapist to deal with the fact that babies and children are not clean creatures.  He's doing much better now than he did with his first kid.  Of my siblings I have the healthiest relationship with cleaning and I have found a happy balance so I'm not constantly cleaning but I don't live in filth, either.  Basically, I deep clean once a week--dusting, vacuuming, bathrooms--so I can spend the rest of the week making new messes and doing what I want to do. Tiny messes and dishes are cleaned up as I go.  It's not that hard.

My mom told me later that she was mad because my dad had "sorted" the mail by going through it and leaving it spread out on the counter (even though I had already sorted it into neat piles) and that she knew that the dishes in the sink weren't mine but her tone said she still thought I should have done them.  She was mad the pee hadn't been cleaned up because she saw it as soon as she walked into the house because of the way the light from the window was shining on the dried mark.  Of course she knew where to look for her dog's pee.  He's her dog and this isn't the first time he's done this.  (I thought we were doing good because he hadn't marked in the spot I knew he marked.)  And she explained that my nephew wasn't helping because he broke up with his girlfriend and was depressed so she was giving him some grace about that.  And she's aware that my brother is a pig (she's had to clean every apartment that he's ever been kicked out of) because he won't do anything that doesn't directly benefit him and she's just mad because she shouldn't have to come home to that, since we're all adults--even though I am treated like an errant child when I'm not the live-in nanny and maid. 

And part of the reason they were so tired was because they only got a few hours of sleep the night before because my youngest brother's wife went into labor and had her baby at 4am, so the text about it woke them up.  They got to stop on their way home from my sister's and hold the baby so I don't see any reason for them to complain about it. 

I did get to explain to her that I had cleaned the kitchen less than 10 minutes before they got home and my brother had messed it up in that ten minutes and I explained all the work that I did, including bringing up the garbage can and taking out the garbage, which they had asked the boys to do.  She did acknowledge that she knew my brother had made the mess.

The problem is, she takes out her anger on me, instead of my brothers and dad.  My brother stirred the soup for dinner last night (I'm not even sure he opened the can or added water to it) and my mom thanked him for making it.  She did not thank me for cleaning up after everyone all weekend.  But she won't realize how much I actually do around the house until I can afford to move out.  So for now I will choose what I help with and keep looking for somewhere I can afford to move to. 

Cute!

I have honestly tried to watch Dragonball, One Piece, and Naruto.  I don't care for any of them, but my nephew adores them.  And I'm sure I like shows that other people don't get, either.  But it is annoying when Walmart decides that one or two series is all anybody could ever be interested in, so why bother stocking a variety?  Especially when what my Walmart stocks sits for years so they won't get anything new and if what they have sells, they only restock those titles so they still won't get anything new.  I can still get One Punch Man Season 1 at one of the Walmarts near me.  I'm pretty sure it's from the first batch they stocked.  One of the Walmarts near me (there are 3 within a reasonable distance) has a history of stocking more Anime than the other two, so it does have to do with the purchasing manager but even they aren't great at variety.  It's still a lot of Dragonball, One Piece, Naruto and Bleach.

I see so much variety that has been available on RightStuf and now Crunchyroll that I just don't believe it's because they think it won't sell.  They're just lazy about looking into what people might actually want. 

I see stuff like this and it just makes me want to reply to the negative commenters:

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It is literally no one else's business what anyone else collects and most people who look down on collectors are people who are so boring that they have no actual interests of their own and therefore feel justified in judging everyone else's. 

And I just want to throw it out there that being a collector of MLP, Disney, Pokemon, and other "kid" stuff has made me the favorite aunt of 14 niblings (nephew number 15 is due in the next 2 weeks).  Their parents usually ask me for information on whatever their kid's interest is because I know something about it. I handed out Pokemon cards for Halloween this year. Oh, and I turned 42 this last week so I'm definitely "too old" to be into any of that stuff. Pfft.  Whatever.  (I don't wanna grow up, I'm a Toys 'R Us kid...)

As an artist, I actually have what I call my "Subtle Nerd" line of art.  It's stuff that looks "normal," but has a nerdy bend to it if you know what to look for.  Like my blue and white Pineapple picture (Psych reference).  Or my pink "Welcome" sign that has an acorn instead of the letter 'o' (because Piglet eats "haycorns" and he's pink)--it also comes in grey (Totoro fans anyone?).  Anything can be nerdy or have to do with your collection if you know enough about a fandom.  I make 'subtle nerd' items specifically for people who have a hard time shutting down the naysayers in their lives because I think that people should have things that bring them joy.

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I think the above post was meant for another thread.

Is Nanowrimo not a goal I can work towards?

I think Nanowrimo is a good goal. I’ve been trying to motivate myself to get into it and write this year. I’m so far behind on my word count.

I'm not quite up to where I should be, either.  But I might be able to get caught up.  Every word you write is one more than you had.  You can do it!

I think the above post was meant for another thread.

Is Nanowrimo not a goal I can work towards?