The trick is learning to pace yourself with them; not letting all the options take over your whole budget, in other words.

For example, my family is just me and my daughter. We keep 4 subscriptions. One music, one reading, and two entertainment. Neither one of us games. We share a Homescapes gsme app. We alternate every pay period purchasing some entertainment or other media to own. When it's your turn, you have a dollar amount and you can get as much as you can find within that dollar amount, either physical or digital download.

At least two times a year, we rotate those subscriptions. Right now we have Disney+ and Hulu (because of Loki and Ahsoka mostly), next up is Paramount+ and Netflix, I think.

We've found that this not only keeps the budget in hand, it's had some unexpected benefits.

1. More time spent together because we're sharing.

2. Less time mindlessly binge watching and more time on other pursuits.

3. We're actually looking forward to shows more, so we're enjoying them more and talking about them more with each other.

4. We have to avoid a lot of the internet talk about shows so we don't run across spoilers before we've seen it. This has also led to enjoying them more without all the inteenet opinions in your head while you're watching it.

5) We're being introduced, through each other, to more content we wouldn't necessarily come across on our own. This has been enlightening. I've been pleased to find 70s and 80s classic rock on my Urchling's playlist and she's been putting musical theater pieces on mine for me to check out. I introduced her to Paris Paloma and now she's listening to all her albums. I cannot get enough of Mozart Gabriel lately, since she dropped Road Drum into my daily commute playlist for me to find. The cross pollination has been a delight.