How do cards affect your mood?

[Krakenfan]

I use cards as a stress reliever. If I am feeling stressed at work or with my kids, I go and buy some cards and it seems to relax me. It puts my mind at ease because I am thinking about something else. Or until I look at my bank statement and get all stressed again.

 

[OilersRule]

I have spent a fair bit The past few months on some rare items for my collection.
Although it makes me happy to finally get them, I hate waiting weeks to receive them.

To curb my boredom, This week I reorganized my collection and put in some storage shelving. Now I Just love looking through all my sorted boxes and binders shelf by shelf

 

[FrozenInferno]

The hobby has been a great distraction to get my mind off the crap in the world. These last six months have been among the best of my entire collecting ''career'' from a quality standpoint.

The market has been strong so I made the decision to sell a ton of nice-but-ultimately-replaceable stuff and use the money to buy some big fish that I always wanted but never would shell out the lump sums to buy. Grail after grail and some cards that I never thought I'd own. I picked up a Pelican case to lock them in and every time I open it to enjoy the cards I feel like a million bucks lol

The slow mail system sucks though. It both raises the anticipation but also the stress when some of these cards are wandering the country untracked for weeks at a time. Makes each mailday a relief.

 

[chakhae1]

Sports and sports cards have always been a big part of my life and two of the things that have always brought me joy. I have been lucky enough for a few of my cards to have taken off during the pandemic(Net Marvels, 2014 Prizm Soccer Base) and even though I rarely sell cards, knowing that they have reached ridiculous values is a good feeling.

 

[Sharks1917]

I still enjoy collecting, It takes my mind of this fallen world (Try to stay away from the news on TV). Yesterday I was like a kid at Christmas as I got 5 Bubble mailers with the cards I 'm trying to put the set together So it made my day. I have been opening ALOT of Premier Hockey(Cost half the price of the cup) and it's been pretty good.
I also collect my favorite Baseball team SF Giants, McCovey, Mays, Posey, Bumgarner, Lincecum etc..
I realize the mail is slow But I can live with it as long as my mailman stays safe. I'm still waiting on a card I won in April, But it will be here. Stay safe eveyone