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19 Post author: Wei_Dai 08 January 2011 01:28AM

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Comment author: WrongBot 08 January 2011 02:26:56AM 4 points [-]

The lack of payments, obligations, and negative consequences has been one of the most important factors for me when I've been in a similar situation. I have a bad habit of ruining the feeling by creating obligations for myself, which I have only just now realized I should stop doing.