For videogames: 1. Blanket ban on anything "unreleased" - alpha, beta, early access, pre-order etc. 2. Stop buying bundles and packs. 3. Stop buying "good ol

For videogames: 1. Blanket ban on anything "unreleased" - alpha, beta, early access, pre-order etc. 2. Stop buying bundles and packs. 3. Stop buying "good old games". Yes, I get it, there are approximately a thousand more incredible classic games that I really need to play, but unfortunately I don't have much time for that. Or limit classics to 1 per year. For books: 1. Stop buying anything in bad editions - paperbacks, paper similar to toilet paper etc. 2. Stop buying "one off" books, e.g. big series of fiction, detectives or whatever. 3. Limit yourself to very good or rare editions, books where illustrations matter etc. I have same issues, books simply don't fit on the shelves, even in two rows, Steam library backlog is way too big and I still tend to buy stuff on impulse, but more restrained now due to above rules.