Quote Originally Posted by 11Bravo View Post
Create a spreadsheet. Enter in the cost, not just the direct cost, but also the incidentals, e.g., transportation costs. EVERY punt. At the end of the month, sum. Then consider what you remember of the past month, and then, what you could have done with the money you spent on those fleeting moments. Could that money have been spent on something more permanent? Or even better memories, like travel. Even if it's travel to say, BKK, Indonesia, Philippines... Where you definitely want to get out of the bar scene and enjoy the country... perhaps those memories every year would curb the desire for more temporary ones.

Or buy that 98" OLED state of the art TV plus the latest sound system and totally immerse yourself...
Indeed. I don't or have rarely punted in Sydney the past 12 months... my last punt if you can call it that was Vitality way back last year with Cici and that fulfilled my needs. Just not interested in the Great Punting Machine of Sydney and the money it chews up anymore. That money gets saved and I travel. I then punt in some tropical far-away land where the neon and the sights and smells arouse the senses and there's fuckin 10-1 chicks outnumbering me. But even that gets boring after doing it for so many years so it's nicer to be selective and pace yourself.

I'll read AR's on here for a laugh and get an itch but that's a far as it goes. Once you start dropping out from regular punting and begin noticing the differences in your life, it just snowballs. This forum does a good job of keeping me away from it all actually.