Self Control vs Justifiability

As a kid I was a hardcore Pokémon fan. Into adulthood (over 15 years later) I didn’t really stay with the hobby much, but it was occasionally on the back of my mind.

Now recently I will admit I was sucked into the craze and decided that I’ll start buying items to keep them sealed for a few years and resell since that’d be a cool way of collecting too.

Among other items, I had about 20 packs of boosters I planned on keeping sealed. I kept asking myself if I should rip them open or not, but the next thing I know they were all ripped open.

Ever since then I have been wasting gas driving to every store multiple times a week to catch restock. I’ve probably spent ~$400 in the past two weeks buying stuff. I’ve purchased boosters, boxes, collection packs, sleeves, etc. I now have a new collection going on with the cards I’ve pulled. I am now purchasing two of everything so I can open one and keep the other one sealed.

My dilemma now is, yes, I can admit I lost some self control, but I keep justifying the purchases by telling myself I have to buy it since it’s in stock and I found it. I guess that is FOMO. Being able to find the items in stock is like a high and then opening the packs and finding cool cards just puts the icing on the cake.

I’m wondering if anyone here has gone through the same thing and if so how do you control yourself? I do have a job, pay all my bills, and don’t have too many other hobbies to be honest, but I wondering if it’s a mistake to continue.