A simple digital life

I miss my vinyl records. However, I have been thinking about space recently and how things have changed since the most popular medium of purchasing art has been sitting on your arse and sucking it out the ether through your laptop. I am torn between having that something to touch and admire in its physical form and the active ceremony of discovering it in a real shop with real people, and saving time and space by taking the easy digital option. I am also considering buying a boat to live on which is far smaller than my already small space that I can't fit my vinyl records in anyway. (They are stored in a studio in Manchester along with everything else exciting that I own). To be digital is also to be environmentally conscious and if you are educated in the issues that the world faces today and in the near future, it is to be a responsible global citizen. I love the idea of a simple life with little space consuming possessions that did not use much needed natural resources to produce, but I think there will always be a part of me that loves the clutter of vinyl, tapes, analogue hardware and artwork that filled my childhood and nothing will ever quite match its character. What do you think?