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The hierarchy

I don't think that I am very good at organizing my cards. I'm actually probably better at it than some people and worse than others. But when I evaluate my skills in this area, I keep coming up with the conclusion that I suck. Here is why: My organizing goes back to the days when I collected all by myself. There was no want list on my blog. There was no blog. There wasn't a network of collectors with whom to trade. I didn't know I could do that. There was no interaction at all. It was just me, by myself, surrounded by people who looked at my hobby strangely, organizing cards in a way that made sense ... to me. Although many things about my collecting habits have changed since I started this blog, my organizing has remained the same. It's a hierarchy system that rewards staying power and tradition. Alphabetical order is employed, periodically, but not nearly as often as it should. In fact, my organizing can be so random that it varies from year to year, and c...