Having a job helps a lot. Wouldn't have gotten a great collection going without it. Trading extras on here for ones I didn't pull, and trading at league as well.
I sell my jewellery and things I don't use anymore. Plus I work part time in School Aged Care, so I can trade with them, plus, a few of the ladies in my Tertiary course have sons that collect cards, so I will organise a trade with then sometime soon.