I like to compare when it comes to money ($$$)
I am a VIP member, it costs me $99 US for the year, if I had paid monthly it would cost me $120 US for the year. If I go to Tim Horton every day to have a coffee, alone, in my car, just the coffee costs me $2.96 US per day (according to google). 2.96$ US x 365 days=1 080.40US$ per year. What I get out of it. A coffee, I enjoy it, alone in my car. My VIP subscription to this community: I learn, I achieve things, I socialize, I exchange, I help, I am helped, I am advised, I advise, I am guided for the sale of pieces, patterns, marketing, I am given free patterns and hours of knitting pleasures. So here I have to say that if I deprive myself of a coffee 2 weekends I pay my VIP subscription. If I deprive myself of a coffee a month, I am a Premium member and I have $$ left. It's wonderful, isn't it?