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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by HighIron2003ar My wife has me on a small hobby allowance for the sake of keeping the bills under control. I have carefully tried to balance my car fleet, loco needs etc with tools and planning future needs. [/quote] I think this is a great idea--the hobby "budget". When I first started getting into the hobby I had a lot of spare ca***o blow, and I ended up buying things I didn't need--and ended up giving it all away in the end! But that was ten years ago... I am now looking to start over again--and take more of a "zen" approach to the hobby. I think model railroading is a hard one to keep within the zen frame of mind because I just want everything NOW! It's a great hobby to learn about patience--patience is definately a virtue when it comes to this hobby in my book these days... I used to read MR and just drool over the endless possibilities in miniature scale... but luckily I'm trying to focus my attentions to the "real world" and not escape as much into this hobby as I did the first time around... it's one of those life lessons I've had to learn the expensive way! Thanks for letting me share this, Johnny :)
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