I also have a problem similar to the OP's: Canon L-disease
I used to have that.....
....Now I just bought my first Apple....
I also have a problem similar to the OP's: Canon L-disease
If I had the sort of money to afford a Mac Pro, this could get a lot worse!!
Any cures that you know of? So far I've tried slapping myself in the nether regions with a slipper whenever the thought enters my head. So far, all that's given me is an empty wallet and sore balls.
...says the guy with three computers and two ipods
Just kidding of course.
Well, I admire the poetic words that were posted above me, but they don't provide me with sustenance. TO me, they feel like have a poster of the steps to recovery and simply looking at them hoping to recover.
My down solution to spending is to have two accounts, a checking and a savings. Every paycheck, I move ~$250 into that account, or more based upon if I made more that cycle.
All in all, I made the mentality that the money in that account essentially disappears once I move it in there.
And Presto change-o, the money that I hold in my checking becomes my "funds". It works for me, though I don't much suffer from consumerism.....
That's brilliant. And if you still really can't relinquish that upgrading bug, what about turning it on its head? What I mean is, you make 'computing on the cheap' your goal. That way, you try to use machines just powerful for your needs, software that does just what you need and no more, buy old machines and do them up, recycle and restore. That way you can still research stuff and obsess over details and enjoy that sense of control, but now you're are controlling how LITTLE of your arse is owned by The Man, and not the other way around.
If you're referring to my post, I completely agree. As Buddha, Neo, and Yoda have all said, there is a great difference between knowing the path and walking the path.