I've had the batching dreams. I am SOOO addicted. So a few things that I found over the last two years would be the following: It helped me to plan out things short and long term. Don't try and do too much too soon. I mapped out what i wanted to learn and set a high level time frame. Go away with the hubby. Don't skip over loved ones and friends, but do set aside soaping time just for you. This has turned into "my time" and I love it. Put a time limit on how much searching you are going to do. Especially that digging around type of searching. you end up spinning off and wanting to try EVERYthing you find on a search put aside so much money each pay check, week whatever for your hobbie (addiction) even a little. I made the mistake of charging stuff at first and then had months of bills to pay off. now I have my soap budget. I hope this helps, even just a little.