Your collection might be valuable, but adding years to your life is even better.

While collectors might agree that finding the one elusive last card to complete a set might be "stressful", it beats the alternative.

Like not having a hobby at all.

For years, medical professionals have suggested hobbies as a way to relieve stress and improve overall mental health. Nothing has changed. In fact, many believe that having a collecting interest--or another pasttime-- are more important than ever.

Collecting baseball cards or other sports memorabilia may not improve your physical fitness that much, but it can do wonders for your mental outlook. After a tough day on the job, the ability to lose yourself in something you love is invaluable. Hobbyists are able to free themselves from the constraints of working for someone else and the pressure of expected success and concentrate on their own total enjoyment.

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Sports Collectors Daily
August 26, 2009




Hmm maybe I should start collecting cards.

Collecting = longer life? Awesome!

I agree, it is a positive way to relieve stress..............I just don't know if my checkbook would agree (I am sure it feels the stress sometimes)!

Justin

I don't want to live forever.

then tons of years should be coming my way. because i have been collecting stuff all my life. let me go check the mail i think my years are here i post if i get them.

I couldn't agree more. It would be nice to have endless funds to ease a lot more stress but the boxes I buy at my local shop I always save for a stressful day at work or at home. We should all have a way to block out the rest of the world for a few minutes. I just wish collecting was cheaper so we could all enjoy it more often.

I totally agree with this.

As a matter of fact, that is the main reason why I started collecting again after a couple years off, was because I needed something to take myself away from life for a little bit.

It helps, and I am a much happier person because of it.