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freelythinkingmind

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been buying my own shoes since 6th grade, I'm 30 now. I still buy the occasional Jordan and lebron but I was at 4-6 pairs a month from 2003-2010 ... Slowed down and crossed over to casual shoes ( Alden, Allen Edmonds etc) now I cannot shake this ****.. I thought ok these run $350 a pop and they are better quality than anything I have ever owned, I won't need that many pairs right? .?? Wrong. Now I need the same pair but in burnt brown, walnut, sandblast etc... I need dif tints of the same shoe, I need boot wing tips, Dalton's, long wings I need the belts to match... Is this the game they are catching us up in? I mean we copped every color of the XI and XI low in the early 2000s, some even copped all the female colors, we had the shirts, the socks, the jerseys, the hats to match.... It's like I know I don't need it, but I need it.



I know for some of y'all it's not casual shoes maybe it's cars.. Maybe it's another hobby.... But how has this game ****** you up personally? ????? Anyone been able to shake it.?
 
Why do you need pre '04 members to help you? By the look of it you need all the help you can get.

I was somewhat like this when I was in HS. Finding the need to have it all, but now OP just cut back. Don't surf the web shopping or shop when you don't need to. Takes time, but you'll overcome it.
 
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OG triple OG here. I know something that'll help take your mind off a shoe addiction, smoke some crack. You probably won't buy shoes again.

Get a financial advisor. What do you do for a living.
 
I feel you OP. I did a similar crossover into casual clothes and other hobbies and even work. Back when I was a sneakerhead it was mainly because of basketball, so now when I cop casual shoes they have to "perform" upto standards and that performance is so rare that I'ma need multiple colorways once I finally find that shoe.

And then it crosses over into other addiction's I may have where it has to be a perfect set of circumstances or something... Idk, I forgot what this thread was about. :smh:

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"The game" just made me very impulsive and compulsive. I took that compulsive/impulsive energy and learned to live with it and work with it and let it work for me. I took it as if it was just me being who I am and I let everything around me mold into that same philosophy. I'm still young though so who knows how it will all work out.

I'm 27 btw.
 
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I'm 30 as well. Once I started in corporate America in '04 I hung up the kicks and casual clothes for a plethora of bow ties and designers shirts and shoes for work. I had not purchased kicks that much during the 5 years I was working at law firms. (Also, a lot of releases were wack except the DMP and CDP packs)  But then I lost my job and got hired by WebMD in 2010. Working for a dot com, everything is super casual. I figured hey, I'll just cop some CDP IIIs since they're my favorite and I'm now allowed to wear sneakers to work again. NOW...I'm knee deep in the game again, making good money and able to afford kicks like no tomorrow. Bought 5 pairs alone in these past three weeks. So yeah...maybe we can start a group or some 12 step program where we can kick this habit. Because right now the **** is oozing through me like Bane!
 
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EcruteakCityBoy said:
You're thirty and you still call it "the game"?

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Where I'm from ones hobby, ones life, is their game.
IE. Rap game, dope game...... Ect - I prefer to refer to mine as the sneaker game, so yea the game. I still got old heads who talk about the game, within 30 seconds I know exactly what game they are referring to.
 
29 here. Same exact scenario as you bro 
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Life changes with time but sometimes our true core fundamentals don't. Whether it be Jordan's or Alden's, that love for aesthetics and a "quality" product never dies. Our tastes may change, but that love doesn't. I have 7 pairs of Allen Edmonds shoes now. Although now they play a much more functional role in my life than my Jordans ever did, I wear each pair at work everyday now.

One thing though that I'm learning as I get older.......all this money, all these material possessions.......thinking back in hindsight, what did I spend my money on that I DON'T regret? What did I do that was unforgettable. That was TRAVELLING. In hindsight, TRAVELING >>>> SHOES anyday. Even if it was a crappy, chaotic trip, so much to learn, it changes your life. 
 
King Milaac said:
One thing though that I'm learning as I get older.......all this money, all these material possessions.......thinking back in hindsight, what did I spend my money on that I DON'T regret? What did I do that was unforgettable. That was TRAVELLING. In hindsight, TRAVELING >>>> SHOES anyday. Even if it was a crappy, chaotic trip, so much to learn, it changes your life. 
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At 27 I'm in this weird part of my life where I feel like I should be working 24/7 to setup an easier life in my 30's, but at the same time, I'm thinking... I shouldn't be wasting this youth....
 
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Super duper tripple OG here.


Grow up. Learn some self restraint/control. You're letting the hobby own you. Thats the whole reason why its an "Addiction" to you in the literal sense.

Learn how to be addicted to saving money.


-SDTOG
 
I do find myself picking "better" pieces. It's one thing to like this, but it's another to get caught up in it. If I can't see myself liking anything 12 months from purchase date, I'll steer clear of it. That's how you end up with just a bunch of impulse buys and junk. I've never been much of a travel guy, I feel like I live in the greatest city in the world. (NYC) As a part time photographer I just spend my time exploring places that I've taken for granted being a New Yorker. Going to places I've never been, that's my traveling.
 
I start an industry job in January and I'm scared this is gonna happen to me. I haven't made that first purchase yet but I already know I have my eye on a few ones. I SHOULD be saving for a new computer or to get the dents off my car BUT I prefer having new items in my wardrobe, feels batman but it also Phils Goodman
 
freelythinkingmind said:
been buying my own shoes since 6th grade, I'm 30 now. I still buy the occasional Jordan and lebron but I was at 4-6 pairs a month from 2003-2010 ... Slowed down and crossed over to casual shoes ( Alden, Allen Edmonds etc) now I cannot shake this ****.. I thought ok these run $350 a pop and they are better quality than anything I have ever owned, I won't need that many pairs right? .?? Wrong. Now I need the same pair but in burnt brown, walnut, sandblast etc... I need dif tints of the same shoe, I need boot wing tips, Dalton's, long wings I need the belts to match... Is this the game they are catching us up in? I mean we copped every color of the XI and XI low in the early 2000s, some even copped all the female colors, we had the shirts, the socks, the jerseys, the hats to match.... It's like I know I don't need it, but I need it.



I know for some of y'all it's not casual shoes maybe it's cars.. Maybe it's another hobby.... But how has this game ****** you up personally? ????? Anyone been able to shake it.?
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stopped buying shoes when i got laid off, best thing that ever happened to me.
 
I took this giant L this summer when I walked into Target to get laundry detergent and walked out with $500 in shirts instead of doing laundry. :smh:
 
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^Target? What did you just buy every single shirt in the store?
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Kind of. Not just t-shirts but some long-sleeves too, one pair of white jeans and one pair of crazy multi-colored shorts that I can't wear. I was mad at something and just kind of blacked out while browsing the shirts. At first I was thinking maybe just one little outfit and I can skip the day with laundry. But then I just threw anything that was half decent into a shopping cart because I was so mad at this work thing and I didn't want to do laundry on top of that. And so, I show up to work in this all white outfit and we were shooting a film out in the woods, climbing up dirt hills and stuff.... brand new outfit, one day old; not white anymore. I guess my thinking was that I was going to express myself by wasting money and clothes. And the crazy thing is that all of the clothes are either just wack af and ugly, or are the wrong size. Idk. I still can't figure out why I did all that. It just kind of brought me back to my impulse/compulsive ways of sneaker/jersey collecting.



I went through quite a few mental breakdowns this summer/spring of 2013 and I don't know if I am recovering :smh:
 
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I worked at clothes/sneaker spots from high school all through college so I always was immersed in the "game"

Soon as I got a real job it was a wrap.

I'm coping all these CJ81 trainers because I like the shoe and Calvin is my favorite player but truthfully I'll probably never wear them all and I refuse to pay retail.

Only thing I'm addicted to now is money because I think back to when I had 80+ pairs of shoes with nothing in my bank account and bad credit. I feel I have make up for being stupid when I was younger.
 
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JesusShuttlesworth34 said:
Will power. Discern from luxury and necessity. Give back/pay it forward to the less fortunate and you'll see how "the game" you are so entrenched in....is truly a joke.
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this. 

a man can only have so much. invest in travelling, expand your horizons and you'll find some enlightenment. 
 
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buggz05 said:
I took this giant L this summer when I walked into Target to get laundry detergent and walked out with $500 in shirts instead of doing laundry.
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i somewhat know what you mean.

walk into target for toothpaste and walk out with supplies for every room of the house 
 
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PRIME said:
Super duper tripple OG here.


Grow up. Learn some self restraint/control. You're letting the hobby own you. Thats the whole reason why its an "Addiction" to you in the literal sense.

Learn how to be addicted to saving money.


-SDTOG
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que the YG feat Rich Homie Quan to this quote.
 
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