Near the very end of the blogpost: > I should mention that I am a software engineer who makes a decent salary, so it’s not like I absolutely need extra money.

Near the very end of the blogpost: > I should mention that I am a software engineer who makes a decent salary, so it’s not like I absolutely need extra money. If he had started with that I probably wouldn't have read any further. It kind of makes a rather large difference as to what their personal journal post is actually about. In this case, a luxury problem. Listen up, recognize the problem (check), then .. just try to not do it. You'll find out whether it's an obsessive compulsive disorder, or just a lack of perspective. The latter, having recognized the problem (again, check), ... is easier to correct than changing a habit (like fitness, or meditating, etc). Truly. If your mind still keeps running back to money if you don't need it, that's an obsession. If you find you just don't like it, take up a new thing that doesn't make money. Since you're not doing it for the money, it's fine to drop it, too.