Heh, that's honestly a good way to look at things. I may get to the point where I take a step back and if the monthly dragons don't appeal to me, that just means there's one (or two for that matter) less things to 'stress' and worry about. It's one of the biggest gripes I have, that in order to get any sort of chance at getting the monthly dragons, you have to do absolutely every single thing in this game known to man. And even then, it's not guaranteed you'll make it.
I've paid for things before and I'm a max level, veteran player, but I certainly was not going to pay 300 gold just to get the insultingly close remainder of points for that missing dragon.