Thanks, Paul.
I've decided on two stratagems (so far) for 2017. One is to keep my purchase list for this year front and center, as a constant reproach and encouragement to be more mindful. Even if I'd
like to read the books, there's no point if I
don't read them.
The other is to
slow down! My one resounding success this year was in the purchase of pbooks. I slipped in January and bought one, but that was it. I see a pbook I want (because it's not available as an ebook), put it into a wishlist at Amazon and walk away.
You've advocated the wishlist strategy for a long time and you're right. I have a most unfortunate tendency to think good coupons must be used and, worse, to see an ebook I want and seek out a coupon. I'm toying with the notion of having to wait a specific time before pulling the trigger. A day? Two? This won't work with exploding sales, but if the sale created the want that's a good thing. (An obvious exception is if the book's already wishlist, as you've said.) But it's amazing how less compelling a purchase becomes when you don't get it in that first rush.
Oh, and I need to show up here more often, especially when I'm doing badly!
