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<p>[QUOTE="costello, post: 1799804, member: 42025"]I suggest you open a savings account if you don't have one already, and make a budget. If you need to, pretend you don't have your parents' financial support. How much money will you need for:</p><p>living arrangements</p><p>food</p><p>supplies</p><p>clothing</p><p>transportation</p><p>education</p><p>savings</p><p>coins</p><p><br /></p><p>Be honest with yourself. Do a little research if you need and see what the going rate for apartments are, cars, food, etc. If you were going to divide up one dollar among all of these expenditures, what would the percentage dedicated to your hobby be? Once you figure it out, keep that percentage on hand for your hobby and save the rest.</p><p><br /></p><p>It'll hurt for a while, and maybe that's when you coin roll hunt to get the "I need it" bug out of your system, but you'll get used to working with that percentage of play money, and be better off for it. Also, I suggest going to coin shows without any means of paying for coins. I did this, and I was able to train myself into thinking that it is okay to look and not buy.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="costello, post: 1799804, member: 42025"]I suggest you open a savings account if you don't have one already, and make a budget. If you need to, pretend you don't have your parents' financial support. How much money will you need for: living arrangements food supplies clothing transportation education savings coins Be honest with yourself. Do a little research if you need and see what the going rate for apartments are, cars, food, etc. If you were going to divide up one dollar among all of these expenditures, what would the percentage dedicated to your hobby be? Once you figure it out, keep that percentage on hand for your hobby and save the rest. It'll hurt for a while, and maybe that's when you coin roll hunt to get the "I need it" bug out of your system, but you'll get used to working with that percentage of play money, and be better off for it. Also, I suggest going to coin shows without any means of paying for coins. I did this, and I was able to train myself into thinking that it is okay to look and not buy.[/QUOTE]
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