There, I said it, I play Magic: The Gathering.
I am not going to quit it for the foreseeable future even when it takes money,
what I want to do is to make sure that it takes less money.
Just so you know, I am a senior high school kid, I got some extra money from my mother,
almost all of it is in bonds, 4k is on my account and every month, 25 bucks is sent to my
more volatile stock fund. If anyone can tell me that and explain to me to throw the 3k
into S&P 500 index fund is a good idea, then proceed, however that is not why we are here.
I got a card deck, that I know I can play maybe even forever since I enjoy it and it won't
disappear due to the change of the card pool (UR Storm on Modern for the initiated).
My monthly budget for the game is 25 bucks. 3 Tournaments online (MTGO Modern dailies) + tea in my local
pub where we do local tournaments (I have store credit so for the next 7 months, I won't have to pay anything).
Moreover, if I get better, I won't have to pay online either and "go inifinite".
Here I am willing to cut down and play only one online tournament and play lobby, free, games until I get better.
However, this is not entirely why I am here.
Since I started playing the game, I had a dream of having a certain type of deck(This deck is not affected by
the change of the card pool). I always tried to reproduce it in cheaper variants but ofcourse, it never works.
FYI, the deck costs 1k
Thus I made myself a goal. If I manage to graduate and get to my "dream" university, I will buy the deck, guilt free.
The motivation worked when I wanted a new computer and it wasn't even that important. I have ten months,
if by then I decide not to buy the cards, fair enough, if I won't get into my "dream" university, then I won't buy anything.
Maybe I get in, buy the deck and realize that it was not what I want it, just like with the computer. Luckily, I will be able to sell
cards and get most of the money back.
Thanks
EDIT: Some clarifications