Anyone else... buy things then never use them?

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  • cyaneverfat
    cyaneverfat Posts: 527 Member
    CanesGalactica wrote: »
    cyaneverfat wrote: »
    I'm terrible...

    a bike, an indoor bike, a treadmill, a juicer, etc. I could probably list about 30 things. I feel so ashamed for wasting so much money.

    Why can't I bring myself around to use these things? why am I so spoiled and selfish?

    I don't want to give these things away or sell them, but I don't want to waste them either. Does anyone have any tips to use the things you just had to have? (because other people had them and they looked so cool?). What drives/motivates you to use things?

    I'm actually considering talking about this in a therapy session. Wondering if this is some kind of disorder. Why am I collecting things to gather dust? It's like those celebrities or rich people that have massive wardrobes with thousands of clothes that you know they are only going to wear -1 time.

    **cough cough** An elliptical. I don't know why I keep it other than I don't know how to get rid of it without just throwing it away, which would be a huge waste of money. I'd be okay selling it, but I live on a military base and no military person is going to spend anywhere near what it's still worth and would constantly try to haggle me down on it, so nope. In my home it sits.

    I feel like that with things I bought. You don't want to sell something for $1 when you bought it for $40, even if it was 6 years ago. But on the other hand, you can get other bargins off people in the same way, so it's like you didn't really lose anything. Plus, you make money by freeing up space for something else.
  • cyaneverfat
    cyaneverfat Posts: 527 Member
    CanesGalactica wrote: »
    mtndewme wrote: »
    I do that with art supplies.

    Uh, if you use them (ever), then it's not the same. :lol:

    That's my justification for my hoard. Don't @ me!

    I was under the impression they weren't using it.
  • cyaneverfat
    cyaneverfat Posts: 527 Member
    New New Years Resolution: Stop buying things, save money, make a list of what I own and make an effort to use everything. I had good reasons for buying things at the time, I just need to rediscover those reasons.
  • cyaneverfat
    cyaneverfat Posts: 527 Member
    I'm jealous, impressed, shocked and annoyed all at the same time by this:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6meNQW28vE

    I mentioned ^that^ video previously in this thread

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMF6pIglmmk

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