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I've been at a similar point with just about everything I've ever collected, including vinyl, and I totally get feeling like imperfections in your collection are holes in your soul. It drove me crazy. Not to mention the stress of trying to get everything you want in the first place, which is a whole other story. The thing that helped me was to just step away. Maybe for only a little while in some cases, maybe forever in others. But consider taking a break. It's all meant to be fun, but if it's causing you that much stress and worry, there's a problem. I dragged myself away from message boards and social media and news sites and the rest and just let whatever I was collecting go on without me for a while, and that let me cool down and get some perspective. It helped me go from feeling like my brain was on fire over every little thing to mild "Aw, darn"-grade disappointment. And I also asked myself why I was losing my mind over these things - like, was anyone considering me less of a person because some record cover had a minor corner bend, or something? (Answer: no, no they were not.)

Mountain Blast green vinyl available via Brooklyn Vegan's webstore.