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I'll never buy something on the first research stint. I'll do my reseach, draw up my notes, then move on to the next obsession of the week. A few months later, if I get the same obsession on that topic, then putting money into the project is allowed
This is basically what I do. I keep a stockpile of obsessions at the ready and try - not always successfully - to ensure that I've fully obsessed (what does that even mean?) over at least one before adding anything new.
I've also been moderately successful (~ 25%) in training myself to return to previous obsessions and it's only if I return to it that I will spend any money on it.
I find research the best way to take out any interest in the subject. Only things I end up doing though only partially is the one in which I jump head first without looking twice.