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I used to have a physical TBR pile on the floor next to my bed. When I had to split it into two piles to stop it toppling over on me in the night, I knew I had a problem.
But the thought that that pile stopped me from buying too many new books. Most of the time. Sort of.
As has been said with ebooks I no longer have the space problem. Nor do I have the physical reminder of the pile. I tend to buy new books on an impulse always intending to read them. Usually what happens is that I'll tell myself I'll just finish my current book, which I then don't finish for a long time because I'm not enthralled by it. If I eventually get to my new purchase it often becomes the new "not enthralled" book and something else apparently better comes along and so I click 'buy'...
As vices go it's fairly harmless. It costs me money but nothing I can't afford.
I feel more guilty about the library books I borrow and constantly renew, because there I'm stopping someone else reading it.
But as has been said, triumph of hope over experience.
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