Hoarding or Collecting?

Theres a difference, a big one.  A collection is something that a person has a desire for a specific item or types of items that all get gathered together. Thats what collecting is, to gather. Hoarding however is like clutter that somehow people have connections too. Clutter like old magazines and used paper plates. A collection is something fun while hoarding is somewhat of a problem.  I have a collection at my home. A few different ones actually. I collect them for the fun of knowing one day i will have a lot. I have many snow globes from all over America and sometimes elsewhere. I also have a collection of foreign money. I collect because they are fun to look at, and fun to have knowing they could be cool to pass down one day.  If i were a hoarder i would probably not even be able to get rid of some broken snow globes, so thankfully this is a safe collection. The artists we learned about were all very interesting but many had a lot o hoarding tendencies that made me cringe. So much junk is just no good no matter what. Im glad im just a collector.