In order to pay for summer school and save for my
final quarter of undergrad study, I really had to
buckle down and reign in all extraneous costs. I
haven't bought a new cel since the Taro sale, and
it was only one Tenchi cel for $4. Here are some
things I've done (and am currently doing) to keep
the NEED/Addiction under control:
1. Over a few weeks, went from checking Keep
Track every few hours to once a day, now finally
down to once a week or once every week and a half.
2. NOT checking ebay compulsively of the 5 "anime
cel only" searches I created.
3. Went from reading the forum anywhere up to 3-5
times a day to once a week or less.
4. Stopped renting anime videos or watching ones
I owned. Though I caved and dragged out my Sailor
Moon Stars episodes on CD. All I could think of
were all the scenes I'd probably have to sell
organs for to collect. (Then I thought about how
to do screen caps, but I don't think it's
possible from Real Media files.)
5. Thought seriously about selling those cels I
owned that I could become income for other
cels..er um, food. Yeah. food.
Now that my birthday is coming up, (and I landed
a new FT job), I find myself slowly wading back
into cels again. Erk.
Good Luck!
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