Last year in early March, I recieved a lump some of money from an undisclosed source. And what did I do with that money? I wasted it all on commissions here on FA. Anything that caught my attention, I bought it with out a second thought and continued on buying art until December, the month I ran out of money. But I wasn't just doing this in 2019 exclusively, no, ever since mid-2017, it became a habit of mine to buy art in the furry community whenever I could. At the time, I recently acquired a job and was bringing in $360 a week, with most of the money going towards art commissions. It was sort of like an addiction. I just couldn't stop buying art. For about 2 and a half years, purchasing furry art (mainly yiff) became a part of my life, and most of the art I bought was very nice. Found a lot of skilled artists and supported them as much as I can.
In 2019, along with the endless spending on yiff, I also bought a use car, paid for half of it and I'm still currently paying it off for the next 3 years; and I pulled out a loan to buy a Microsoft laptop in an attempt to build up my credit. Needless to say, I almost ruined myself with my reckless spending here on FA, leaving me with only $200 at the end of 2019
As cheesy at it may seem, I made a New Years resolution to stop my spending in furry art and save up as much money as I can so I could pay off my car every month and possibly try to pay off my laptop loan as early as possible, which i was able to do last week. Also, tax season screwed me over and had to pay the government around $7000. On a side note, the effects of Covid-19 pushed back the Tax deadline to July 15th, with was a big plus for me, gave me enough time to save up as much money as I can, and successfully pay the money to the IRS.
So far this year, I bought around 7 pieces of furry art in the beginning but that was all. My plan is to continue saving money so that I can pay off my car as soon as possible, because god damn these monthly payments are killing me, and maybe when I dig myself out of this mess, I'll treat myself to some art sparingly when the time comes.
Spending was always a problem for me as long as I can remember and on the other side of the coin, saving money was never my strong suit. Now I finally see the value and importance of saving up any money I earn and use it for the necessities first and luxuries second. The first half of this year was hard for me but eventually I got over my nasty habit of endless spending furry art.
I may not have uploaded all the art I purchased onto my FA page, but there is alot. In my art folder on my phone, there it 878 images of furry art and yiff I bought in the last couple years.

If you took the time to read this, thank you. I needed to get this off my chest.
~Ayz/Bill~