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[alexseanchai]

Dead comm is dead. *pokes at it*

Hi, I'm Ellie, and I have problems with buying things on impulse. This may be related to my thousands of dollars in credit card debt. I have a full-time job which, after monthly expenses, gives me four hundred a month to pay down credit card debt with. Somehow the debt keeps not going down. Does anyone have suggestions for ways to convince myself I don't actually need any of the books and probably don't need any of the crafting supplies I buy?

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[bronze_ribbons]

I sometimes pretend I'm moving. Helps me both let go of things I no longer like/use but have sentimental attachment to, and (even harder) the things I haven't yet read/used but am unlikely to get to within the next couple of years.

It helps that I really, really hate moving. And in 2000 I did it twice, and then in 2008 I had to clean out my mom's house, which meant making hard choices about what I could realistically keep and still have room in my own pad for the other things that matter to me. :-/

[alexseanchai]

I'm used to moving. Air Force brat. And we have boxes in the basement that haven't been opened in fifteen years, which means...ten moves? But I take your point.