Flexible Working Life

So, my eBay venture is going well. 

Since last posting about using eBay as another source of  income, I have cleared a little of my wardrobe (still lots to sell) and made a profit.  I even managed to get all items posted out on time and none of it was hardwork, in fact I could say it was even enjoyable. I started to put little cards inside my postage thanking people for shopping with me, I even used pink tissue paper to wrap up some items, and I looked forward to reading feedback.  It is fun, more fun than I thought.

I do,  however have a slight problem. 

Much as I can sell stuff on eBay and bring in a little income, I seem to be spending that income just as quickly, if not quicker than I’m selling.  So far, I haven’t transferred any money into my bank account as my profit has all been spent on nearly-new bags and shoes. 

This obviously wasn’t in the plan.  The plan was to get rid of tat, not to buy more. But I’ve found bidding on eBay is a bit addictive. 
As soon as I’ve listed something, I feel I deserve a treat and then before I know it, I’m bidding on multiple items, and even worse, I’m whiling away the hours.  So not only is it eating into my income stream, it is also eating into my productivity rates, as I’m too busy watching auctions to get on with writing.  Not good.  It must stop, so any suggestions for eBay addiction?  Anyone? I need to sell on there, I just have to stop buying. 

My sister has just been told that she can work from home!  Yay, but why did she have to be six months pregnant before this was an option for her? 
She’s going to be able to do the job just as well from home, but it was only when her bump began to get too big to make the commute comfortable that working from home became an alternative. 

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