This is probably anecdotal, but I can recall a huge amount of my collection pretty much instantly when someone asks me which records I have by artist X, or whic

This is probably anecdotal, but I can recall a huge amount of my collection pretty much instantly when someone asks me which records I have by artist X, or which records did I buy in 2019. I used to be the same, but then with CDs. I could still remember where I bought a particular album and the emotions first listening to it. I probably had ~1000 CDs. Of some single artists I had 50+ CDs (e.g. Frank Zappa and John Zorn). Two years ago I put an ad on a local site that someone could pick them up for free, except for stuff that is not on Spotify et al., like most John Zorn. To be honest, I haven't regretted it for a single moment. It became annoying every time we had to move (takes a few boxes and they are very heavy). It takes up a lot of space, in our previous house I had already put half of the CDs in the basement. I wanted to rip the albums in FLAC format, but always gave up after 40-50 albums, since it was so much work. Now it's one less thing to care about. I have pretty much every album in my pocket through Spotify. It's much easier and especially more affordable to discover new music. And if I want to 'connect' to an artist, I can go to a concert, buy a t-shirt, of subscribe to their mailing list.