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That's definitely something I struggle with, both in videogames and real life. There's also a related thing with taking time to enjoy the things that I have bought or saved up for or worked so hard to get. It's not necessarily that I'm worried about using them up, but rather that I've already become focused on the next thing and don't take a break to savor the current one. I've gotten better about that over the years, but the reminder is still appreciated!


I have this thing where it’s very difficult for me to use something that I know will run out and can’t get more of.

And so I have a lot of wine that I don’t drink because this vintage isn’t made anymore (obviously), and if I finish that bottle I can’t replace it with another one (technically I can I guess, but you have to find a seller and it’s not cheap).


I recommend the 10 thousand dollar mountain bike skill tree. It comes with fantastic physical skill development opportunities and outrageous adrenaline factor. Best of all, the wear parts are all obvious and cheap! Designed to burn, as it were! A clutch against the very fabric of reality, that you might modulate your potential energy dissipation rate as you fly by it...


Go pick up a bottle you could afford to replace if it broke by accident. Throw it outside to break it or give it away. Write about how you feel about it every few days for a week or two. I'd read it, I have this problem sometimes too.




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