The past is littered with beginner mistakes and we need to turn these around and make something wonderful out of our collecting experience. Sure we all have war wounds. My dad heaved my new Fashion Queen Barbie doll in 1963 after I saved for months to buy her. In two weeks of almost obsessed chores and lawn mowing, I had another one. Hide it better the next time.
Life is filled with stress.
Your hobby should not be one of those things. I will examine 12 ways that you can make your hobby more enjoyable. Some things might surprise you, others might shock you, but at the end of this article you will have learned a great deal about how to be a Barbie doll collector. This is probably the most difficult lesson to learn. No, you can't have it all.