I need to stop spending money/buying things... any tips? [View All]

[4_Legs_Good]

I think I'm a spend-a-holic. I love eBay and Amazon and any number of online shopping outlets, which are great relievers of boredom while I'm here at work.

Also, I have an obsessive/compulsive streak which means I get something planted in my mind that I simply must have and while I may put off buying it for any number of weeks, it's always there, and I *must* have it. I love to collect things and I can't stand the idea of something slipping through my fingers that I will regret not obtaining when I had the chance.

In my own defense, the stuff I'm into totally rocks, and not junk or anything, and I have this need to preserve stuff. A lot of times it's software that I need for a project I'm working on (hobby) or some new hobby I want to develop.

All that said a lot of times I can see stuff that I simply *had* to have 10 years ago, that I never really quite used.

Anyway, expenses are mounting and I still think I'm the $ hole in the bucket. Stupid credit cards in college got me into the mode that I can defecit spend and make up for it later... problem is I'm always defecit spending. I need to learn to save for purchases.

I sound like I'm 12 years old!

david