I have a Kindle.
I love my Kindle. However, on occasion I am conflicted by my commitment to not buy any books, and my desire to use my Kindle. Yes, there are free offerings for Kindle and I appreciate the books I have downloaded for free. However, about eight years ago I decided I was addicted to buying and reading books. I preferred to read three or four at a time. Some were novels, lots were about women and our lives, and the majority were business books. My husband would add to our growing collection with his paperback westerns, science fiction, and mystery books. We had to build shelves to create places to put our books. After moving them from one place to another it became apparent this habit was EXPENSIVE and it was time to change it.
Richard J. Foster writes, “Reject anything that is producing an addiction in you.” It was time to face reality. I was addicted. I made a conscious decision to purchase no..zero.zippo..books, at least until I was in control of this book thing, and it wasn’t in control of me. With the help of my book club friends, I learned to rely on library books (we had an awesome library in Aurora, Colorado and now in Port Isabel, Texas), borrow books from friends (I am a very fast reader), and most importantly, to do without. No more grabbing a book at Wal-Mart on the way to the checkout counter. There have been a couple of times when I had a book in my hand and I coached myself back to the book section to return it. My trips to those wonderful book stores which smell like coffee had become my second home Now they are places to visit books, not to buy them. The few books I purchased were for business research. I often share my books with clients, hoping the book would return. Not always true. Every time I wanted to use my Robert Kiyosaki Cash Flow Quadrant book, I would find myself going to bargain book sellers because I had given my copies away.
Only after being “clean” for a couple of years, did I allow myself to purchase a few selected books, usually used! Our supply of books was carefully sorted and sent off to new homes through the church bazaar or the local ARC thrift shop. The money I saved was significant, probably about $1500-$2000 a year. My life still went on. More to come next time. Debra
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