#362: Breaking Free from Endless Shopping: Becoming a Money-Making Machine,

I've decided to stop being a consumer and start being a producer, flipping the switch to become a money-making machine instead of constantly buying things I don't need. This mindset shift has transformed my relationship with money, helping me prioritize experiences over stuff and break free from the endless cycle of consumption.

• Questioning how many shirts, jeans, or other items one person actually needs
• Stopping the replacement of things that are still perfectly functional
• Distinguishing between being a saver (who does nothing with money) and a producer (who generates money for meaningful use)
• Breaking the habit of buying things like it's an addiction
• Conducting a personal audit of spending habits to identify unnecessary purchases
• Choosing experiences like travel over accumulating more possessions
• Recognizing that many people own luxury items worth more than they have in their bank accounts

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
You know, I feel like I just reached a certain point
in my life where I'm just sayingI'm done with buying things.
I just made a consciousdecision, I flipped a switch.
I'm just going to become amoney-making machine.
You know, I don't ever wantfive more pairs of jeans or one
more pair of jeans or one moreshirt.
I mean maybe, but not really.

(00:21):
You know.
I mean, think about it likethis how many shirts can you
possibly have before you?
Uh, you can just be done withthat.
Like, can't you just be donelike a collection?
Like can't you just have a carand maintain it?
Can't you just have like acertain amount of jeans?
They're jeans, man.
You know, you're just going tobe putting them on your on your
legs, right?
So I mean, I just I was atCostco the other day and they're

(00:46):
trying to sell me another phoneand I already got a phone and
I'm thinking how many times haveI replaced something,
especially when something works?
I think that's the biggest keytakeaway, right is, stop
replacing things that don't needto be replaced.
I'm just done with it.
I just made a consciousdecision that I'm going to be a
money-making machine from now on, and I kind of feel like the

(01:07):
only way you can actually be amoney-making machine is if you.
You got to have one mentality,not the other.
You can't think like a consumer.
You got to think like aproducer, a producer of your own
money, of your own bank.
Like, essentially, everybody istheir own bank and they decide
if they want to give money toother people or not.

(01:29):
Now, I don't mean as far aslike food and stuff goes and I
try to waste as little food aspossible, but that's always
going to happen, especially ifyou cook with raw ingredients,
the way I do, and stuff.
But yeah, ever since I was likeat Costco a couple weeks ago, I
just kept having this thoughtwhere I said you know what I'm

(01:50):
just?
I'm just going to become amoney-making machine and, uh, I
don't want to.
I don't want to buy anythinganymore.
Like I, I'm past the point ofnot ever having enough money to
do things that are as far aslike experiences.
I mean, think about like this,like would you rather have?
Would you rather have moreexperiences in life, such as

(02:11):
like a badass trip to Vegas orgoing to Thailand, or like a
hundred more pairs of jeans.
Dude, seriously, think about it.
Like you know how people alwaystalk about closet space.
How many shirts can youpossibly have?
How many jeans can you possiblyhave?
I know I keep using that as anexample, but seriously ask

(02:34):
yourself Can't you just be donewith jeans and then apply that
formula to other things in yourlife?
Look at the other things thatyou're wasting in life.
You know there's so much wasteand that's what's actually
really cool.
Regardless of your politicalviews about what Donald is doing
and the whole Doge Departmentof Government Efficiency,

(02:56):
there's so much waste in thegovernment.
But not even that in your ownlife, in my own life and I hate
buying stuff.
Now, recently, I bought someworkout equipment, um, and it
was just it.
I feel like every time that I'mdone spending, I feel like I
always have that random need.
It's almost like a like a urge,like a sensation, like you need

(03:19):
to buy something for somereason.
I think it's just because youget in such a habit of buying
things.
They got, they kind of got youhooked.
It's like buying things is likea drug.
Now you know what I mean.
I freaking, I freaking, hate it, dude, like I hate it.
But yeah, you can't.
You can't necessarily thinkthat you want to be a consumer
and a producer.

(03:40):
I don't mean.
I don't mean a saver Okay,you're saving money, you're not
doing anything with it.
Okay, I don't mean a saver.
Okay, you're saving money,you're not doing anything with
it.
Okay, I mean producing it andyes, you're going to be saving
it, but it's for the intentionof being able to spend it later.
I think there's a bigdistinction between what I'm
saying, because I don't mean theguy who always just saves money
and does nothing with it.

(04:01):
I don't mean the person thatspends money constantly.
I mean the guy that always hasmoney because he's not buying
stupid shit Pardon my Frenchright or more pairs of jeans or
short shirts or whatever.
Fill in the blank.
There's that thing in your lifemultiple things.

(04:21):
You just got to do like a selfaudit of yourself and look at
what you're spying, what you'rebuying that doesn't need to be
replaced, you know, like a newcell phone every 12 months or
whatever it is.
You know what I mean.
Anyway, but yeah, there's a bigdifference between the guy that

(04:41):
wants to, you know, always hasmoney and is always saving, big
difference between the guy thatwants to.
You know, always has money andis always saving, but doesn't
ever go anywhere.
He's just super cheap, right?
Or the other guy who has thatmoney and he does go places and
does things.
That's why I don't, that's whyI don't really get why.
Why, like, the ladies are alwaysinto buying bags and purses and

(05:02):
man, they're hooked, you know.
Good luck to them.
I mean that's, just how manytimes have you heard of guys
buying, you know, wanting to gowallet shopping?
You know I'm saying like that'sthe equivalent of exactly what
I just said.
Sometimes those girls have the.
The purse is worth more moneythey got in their checking cat
isn't that sad?
Is worth more money they got intheir checking account, isn't

(05:24):
that sad, guys?
It might be hats, it might beshoes you know what I mean, but
there's that thing.
It could be jewelry or whateveryou know, but I hate it and I'm
done.
Maybe what I'm talking about isless interesting to you and if
so, I apologize, because Ialways want you, the listener,
to be entertained and engagedand stuff like that.

(05:46):
Right, but just think about it.
Ask yourself these questions.
You know, what are you buyingthat doesn't need to be replaced
?
How many shirts?
Just use the shirt, example,and then use that formula over
and over again.
How many pants can you possiblyhave?
I'm done.
You know I'm done.
I'm a money making machine andI can't wait to see where those

(06:10):
funds are going to take me tothese new experiences in life.
Maybe that last part was alittle inspirational, and if so,
that's awesome.
But anyway, I hope everybodyhas a beautiful day.
It's raining.
I'm on my way to train somewrestling jiu-jitsu, judo,
takedowns, catch, wrestling,cool stuff.
Anyway, y'all have the best day.

(06:31):
I'm Benji.
Well done, check me out, peace.