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Halfway through the year and the slope's got a little slippy for me. Through May, I averaged five books and an outlay of $15 per month; in June, I bought eight books and spent $25.
Taken as a half-year total, it's not too bad. Roughly 1¼ books per week for $100; indeed, if I can extrapolate at that rate for the whole year, I'll be content (although I should be doing better still; I'd particularly like to get my average down to a book/week). However, I have to be aware of my current trajectory.
The pitfall is that I look ahead to each month and anticipate no purchases at all. Then each month, something "justifiable" comes up. This month, it was Kobo coupons. Next month, I already know I have to use up my Amazon slow-ship credit.* I'll try to hold it to that, but despite my best intentions, I'm prone to impulse. The good news is that compared to the bad old days, I've become positively abstemious.
*My methodology for slow-ship and settlement credit is not to count it as an outlay, but to count the books acquired thereby as purchases.
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