A month
ago, Lauren over at A Blonde Librarian posted a post explaining she is going on
a spending ban, which basically means she is not buying any books for the time
being. And I thought it was an amazing idea and decided to join as well. So
basically Project 10 Book means that I won’t be buying any books until I’ve
read 10 books from my TBR which is incredible humongous (you don’t wanna know).
Sometimes I wish I can freeze time because the amount of books that are
published every other week that I want to read is outrageous.
So instead
of keep buying (which is one of the many reason why I’m completely broke) I’m
gonna try and do this because I think is a pretty realistic goal. Don’t get me
wrong, I do admire those who say they are going on a book buying ban for like 6
months because I know I couldn’t do that. My will power is not that strong and
I’m sure after those 6 months I would probably buy all the books with no
control whatsoever and I would end up in the same situation.
The list of
books I want to buy is huge as well so bear with me and wish my luck… Jeez, I
feel like I’m going to war or something. I do feel like every book blogger or
avid reader struggles when it comes to buy books. And you need to add to the
equation that I also like to collect them. I’m what people know as a book
hoarder. So I need to change that.
Period.
Therefore,
going on this ban doesn’t mean that when I read 10 books of my TBR I’ll go on a
book buying spree. NO. That’s not my intention. Once I’ve finished those 10
books I may treat myself with one or two books. No more. That way I can narrow
down the books I wanna buy and consequently I’ll buy those I really want to
read instead of buying whatever title I come across. And if this works I’ll
continue doing it. And maybe, in the end, it would help me with my lack of
self-control. Who knows? It could be the perfect therapy to solve my problem
LOL.
Anyways, do
you have this problem too? I need to know, just to feel better about myself ;)