Hi there. Thanks for listening to the Sister Circle podcast.

My name is Crystal Evanshurst, and I'm your host. Thanks for tuning in to another episode of the podcast that's designed to help you live your life well and to make it a life you love. Listen, you get to choose. Have you ever gone shopping

because you wanted to feel better? You know a little retail therapy or maybe you found

yourself buying things you don't need again. Your closet is already full.

You don't have room to put another thing in there.

Or maybe it's not consuming stuff.

Maybe it's consuming time.

And you are in front of your phone scrolling on X or TikTok or Instagram because you just want to relax.

But when you look up, your 30 minute relaxation has turned into a three-hour binge. Y'all, we are consuming people. But we shouldn't be. So let's talk about how you can get out of a constant consumption cycle. Let's talk about that today. Right now, my Amazon cart has like 30 things in it. And I'm not going to buy all 30, but you know, you see the things and you want the things. And you don't want to forget that you wanted the things. So you click, add to cart. They make that button so easy for you to click. And even if I wanted to click, add to list, I can do it, but it's not as easy to find. Why? Because Amazon doesn't want you to add it to your list. they want you to add it to your cart. So then I have all these things just sitting in my cart waiting for me to buy them. Do you know that I feel better just when I click add to cart? I don't have to buy it yet. Just the feeling that is ready and waiting. Y'all, this consumption lived out large. We just have the need to click, to swipe, to tap. And God forbid, we're not tracking what we're

clicking and swiping and tracking and tapping because then we look up at our bank accounts or our

credit cards and we're like, how did I spend that much money? There is a consumption cycle. How did I spend

this much time swiping around on my phone? We are designed as creatures who are designed to consume.

And the problem is when we start consuming anything and everything out of order.

So I want to talk to you today about how to get out of a consumption cycle because while you are built to consume, you're built to consume certain things.

And it is the work of your life to make

sure you're consuming the right things. So you don't fill up your life or have bills to pay for

consuming the wrong things unnecessarily. Y'all, there's a rush from buying things. The new iPhone is out.

And Lord Jesus, I wanted so bad. Can I tell you I filled up my apple cart three times and then I was

like you don't need it you don't need it your phone works just fine even though it has a little bitty

scratch on the surface of the screen that means I need a whole new phone my phone is fine I've even

told myself things like girl listen you you're a content creator. Your phone is a

moneymaker. You need the latest and greatest. And I make it the latest and greatest soon, but I didn't need it

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