Is the first step....

I counted up the number of comics added to my registry last year and it added up to 27 and given that generally the CGC comics I buy are several hundred dollars or more apiece that's a bit of money. I also bought a fair amount of raw comics to the point where my Ebay history was 3 pages long at one point for two months of history.

Moneywise I am able to handle the spending although there are perhaps better ways for me to allocate my funds. My concern is my motivation for my purchases regardless of whether or not I can afford it. Have I crossed the line from collecting to feeding an addiction? Do I purchase to build a set or to satisfy a compulsion to buy?

This year I intend to dramatically slow my purchasing. My goal is to keep myself between 8 and 12 additions to my collections. I have created the foundations for some very nice sets and from here forward I need to be tweaking not rampantly buying. I need to be very selective and not add any new sets to my registry. I am pleased to say that I have not made a CGC graded comic purchase since early December and my Ebay history is down to two items with a total cost of about $18 dollars.

On the upside my buying last year showed that I have a nice amount of disposable income. Now I need to start using that income in smarter ways while occasionally tweaking my sets. I will say that based on journals I've read there are more than a few people who are probably in my same boat and perhaps worse off.

I'm not going cold turkey but I'm confident I can meet my goal of adding less.

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