Have you had a "Yeah I'm doing too much" moment?

I am in a too much moment now , I realised I have a full closet of craft fabric and yarn some of which are even 20years old and I moved 5 times from back then each time I bring those with me , they get more mingled they are in plastic bags from last move , some I might use most of them no, they are not going to be used , and I am this is too much , I like crafting for my dolls but this is hoarding. So I said to them this is my house and you are out of here.
I placed all my monster high on shelves and holly molly such a jibber jabber of visual experience , I know I like them but maybe I have to make that color throw up a bit more tame maybe put some of them on a shelf and besides them one big doll or 2bjd for visual balance , I will also thin this up but decided to go through a professional reseller as I want to get rid of a full box of them at least.
I experiensed another too much moment two months ago I got a vintage Lizzy Batz boy doll which is 80cm tall it was super cheap 15euros 2nd hand , shaped like a toddler but the body is same size to a real toddler not a smaller version of it like las reinas gotz or american girl the head might be bigger than mine .... I got the too much feeling when I shopped it in the old things store but my mom threatened me to come live with us and as I'm getting rid of the clutter I need another deterent ... this is perfect it's innocent , vintage , scary used vintage doll vibes all over it , let her see that and then complain for my bjd's if she come to stay with me I'll put it over her headbed. The good thing with this doll is that it is the last doll I buy , I found it the perfect one and perfect to zone family away of my teritory don't need others.
I am also in a too much moment with bjd's I organized things to sell and I'm fed up with those 2boxes of stuff that have to go in my bedroom , but I understood that I can't let any other job aside just to do that so I'm going to do it in my own time slowly a bit at the time. The key in decluttering is not bring more in .
Otherwise I am just very casual with my bjd dress them up pose them , put them pretty on shelf , with my las reinas I was a bit more weird as I used them to pose as toddlers playing with my sons figures and dollhouses we built together but it looked very cute and I didn't want to post a pic of those dollhouses with my son playing with them cause back then when he was little I didn't want my sons pic online.
I also used an old blanket and baby pillow to make a basignet photoshot for my dolls (the reinas) but it was only for the photos just before donating those.

 

There’s a 1:3 scale living room set up in my guest room.

The bewilderment on my parents’ faces when they arrived and saw the size of their accommodations told me I had gone too far.

 

I was thinking "naaah" but then I read the above post and remembered I used to have a 1:3 scale bedroom permanently set up in my living room. I was living my life around it.

My dining area also used to be completely taken over by sewing supplies and tubs of fabric for making doll clothes.

Eventually I just couldn't cope with it anymore and got rid of the doll bedroom and the fabric. I care too much about having a tidy flat now to let the dolls take over to that extent again!

 

I don't do anything else with my hair but washing and combing it but I got a straightener and a curling iron just to fix my dolls' wigs

 

This is what I am trying to not do this time around. I had that issue back in 2013 and I just ditched the hobby as a whole. All of my money, time and space went to my dolls. SO fingers crossed.

 

I'm saving up 1k in usd for faceup and body blush of two dolls (not including shipping to poland from usa and back). I feel like I've lost my mind

 

Mmm maybe the almost constant layaways for new dolls? Or the box of stands I bought on auction that might not actually work for my bjds.

 

Every time I walk into my doll room/office and see the sheer amount of what I have... I gotta work on moderation and really getting a balance in my collection. I love them all but if it's overwhelming for ME to see all my stuff laid out, I can't imagine what anyone else is thinking LOL

 

I bought a new sewing machine after the old didn't work properly JUST to sew form my ONE bjd and a couple of Barbies, and one MH doll XD And my one doll has way too many wigs XD

 

I go through phases where I'm obsessing over obtaining new bjds after moments of not even bothering with the ones I have for a while. I love all of my dolls but as much as I try to ignore the want when a new obsession crops up, I eventually give in and before I know it, I'm not just having one doll or head on layaway, it's multiple.
I went from being content with 3 for a long while until I looked up and now I've blew past the double digit line and despite waiting on current orders, I am STILL waiting for the next Harucasting preorder so I can get some of those because I have whole lives thought up out for some of the sculpts just by seeing them and now I have to have them

 

I stopped wearing my diamond necklace because Nebo looks better in it…

 

I once bought a bunch of wigs and eyes just to see which one looked best on one doll. Fortunately, over many years, I've used most of them on other dolls. But, I did feel I went too far.

 

I mean I personally don't think so, but some people might consider taking your doll to Vegas to be doing too much. I think it's fine. She's the best behaved one in our group and is never too tired for brunch the next day.

 

Was a 9km hike with a solid torso Volks girl too much? Maybe, but I got some great photos and taking her everywhere with me on a 3 week Japan trip was a great bonding experience and good exercise!
Bonus hike photo:

 

I have TOO MANY mod projects!

-Paladin (73CM muscle girl with articulated tail and wings)
-Vidania (Shrinking a 60cm resinsoul girl down to ~50 cm, extensive tattoos)
-Dia (redoing the elbow and Knee joints on an iplehouse old EID body)
-Ilya (Finished, but not shared on DoA, resin top surgery)
-Adonis (Finished but not posted on DoA, resin top surgery)
-Azerin (Incoming, can't be started yet. Chest mod to get a trans woman-like sculpt out of a "male" body)
-Ki: smooth headcap, make custom wig, paint and leaf horns.
-Zariel: Mod back to accept wings

Add to this my other projects
-Shrike armour: 13 or 14 sets of full armour and masks for a group of assassins. (Have to make a coat, gloves, scalemaille tunic, pants, and mask, that all must be identical, for 14 dolls on different bodies. Also wings for probably half of them. Also also weapons.)
-Lavinia sewing extravaganza: making a wardrobe for Lavinia because her body does not fit anything premade
-Team Auratus armour extravaganza: armour and white clothes for all the children of Auratus, which is 11 people
-DnD shelling adventures: need to get wings and horns for a bunch of my lords of Hell. and also tails for those who don't already have them. Also, and I cannot stress this enough, armour. They all need armour.
-Paradise Lost projects: Find or mod a body into looking inhuman for death, Suede and restring Sin's snake body.

So yes, I am in too deep with Dolls. I also have found myself basing my life around dolls. I make (barely) enough to cover my mortgage, but not enough to cover my mortgage, and buy dolls, so I'm looking for a second job. The biggest thing that motivated me to buy a house? Space for dolls. Having more room to display them, and work with them. DND? it's a source for characters for dolls. Writing? About characters I've made dolls of. Everything I do is secretly about dolls. I'm in too deep.

 

Too much sewing!!!

In my defense I should say that one of the reasons I got into these dolls in the first place was to freely explore my fascination with fashion. These days my decades-long forays into historic reenactment and cosplay are well behind me, and I prefer to dress for comfort myself. But the idea of dressing bjds in styles that had long fascinated me was like a siren’s song. I felt free to explore anything and everything, from historic, to fantasy, to retro, to Harajuku street fashion, to alternative styles. What I didn’t realize going in, however, was that I’d also fall in love with creating characters to wear all those different genres. The initial idea of a single doll wearing multiple styles fell to the wayside almost immediately. And having only a small handful of dolls fell away soon after. So much for good intentions.

After almost two decades in the hobby my collection size has reached 60…and yes, each one with a unique wardrobe all their own (I could probably count on one hand the dolls that manage to share anything.) That means 3-5 complete outfits each, nearly all of which have been made by me. Some days I feel like I’ve been chained to the sewing machine! I have dressers, trunks, and decorative boxes filled with their clothing. It’s a game to keep this all neatly tucked away, out of sight. My dolls are slave-drivers I swear!

So somedays I do feel like, yeah, I’m doing too much…but then I smile to myself and realize just how much I’m getting out of it. I’ve had so much fun exploring the styles, creating my characters, and researching everything in depth. In truth, what a wonderful and joyful ride it’s been! So I won’t be stopping anytime soon.

 

I think you are very much not alone in this! I know plenty of people (including myself) who have massive collections of plants or minerals and can recall every detail about every single one, on the spot. Collecting, exploring, experimenting, researching… that’s half the fun!
Also, if all or most of them are historically accurate in dress, that would be a very interesting museum idea.

 

I doubt I'll ever stop collecting BJDs (and off-topic dolls), but I realize I've overdone the prop collecting. Many of these things I wish I'd had during my early years of collecting (mid-2000s, early 2000-teens), when I made photostories. However it's hard to resist collecting items that are better than what I collected early on!

More recently I'm considering moving on my fabric stash. The past 10 years I kept telling myself I wanted to sew for the dolls; nothing fancy, just everyday basics. However, I have at best half a dozen completed garments. I'd like to be hopeful that I will sew, but I debate if it'd be less stressful to clear that out, and concentrate my energy on enjoying my commercially-bought doll wardrobes.