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Self-Helpless

De-influencing: Why Did I Buy This?

Self-Helpless

Crossover Media Group

Comedy, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, Education

4.83K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2023

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

This week the girls are discussing the popular trend of de-influencing. They cover impulse buys, aligning your values with how you spend, reducing decision fatigue around which products to purchase, stuff they regret buying, the ugly truth about influencer metrics, how they used to shop vs. what they do differently now, and the tips and resources that help them practice more mindful consumption. Tune in to find out which items are always the hardest for them to resist!

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0:52.3

Hello everybody. Welcome back to another episode of self-help list. I'm Kelsey Cook. I'm Delaney Fisher.

0:58.3

Today we're going to be doing an episode about avoiding overspending and the whole de-influencing movement that's been happening in the past few months.

1:07.3

If you are like me and you end up watching a lot of videos, whether it's on YouTube or TikTok, of influencers going,

1:15.3

this is my god. This product changed my life. Oh my god, you have to go out and buy this. It can feel really overwhelming.

1:21.3

And companies are pumping out products constantly. And there's been a movement lately where it's people showing products that they felt pressured online to buy.

1:33.3

And actually was a purchase that they regretted. So Delaney and I today are going to go through a list of some things that we wish we hadn't purchased.

1:43.3

Maybe try to help you guys save some money and avoid the pitfalls and mistakes that we made. And just talk about, I think as you and I have both gotten older to Delaney, how our money spending mind shift has changed.

1:58.3

Absolutely. And full disclosure. I heard about this shit yesterday from Kelsey. So if you're like, what the fuck is de-influencing?

2:05.3

Yeah, it was an off of social media for years now. I didn't know this was a trending thing at the moment. And so my perspective might be very different, which I think is great.

2:16.3

We'll have a nice balance in this episode of purchasing products and, you know, where we hear about them and what we do. So I'm very excited about this topic.

2:28.3

Me too. And by the way, I think I just said my how my mind shift has changed. I meant how my mind said has shifted my mind shift.

2:40.3

Oh, Lord.

2:42.3

This episode is coming out on April 17th. So that means that I'm going to be in Rosemont and Chicago this week, which I can't wait for Zany's and Chicago is such an incredible place.

2:54.3

And then I will be in Denver at another one of my absolute favorite comedy clubs in the country. Denver comedy works the next week in April 28th through the 30th. That's where I shot my special.

3:06.3

It's where I recorded my album years before that. It's just it's just such a great spot. So, and then in May, I will be in Salt Lake City and Anke Sville and then tons of other tour dates, which are all at Kelsey Cook dot com to get those tickets.

3:21.3

And my special, the hustler is out on YouTube, you guys. So please go watch it. The day right now that Delaney and I are recording as fun as actually going out on YouTube.

3:32.3

But by the time you guys hear this, it will have been out for over a month. And I'm just hoping that people are loving it. Please share it with a friend. It would mean so much to me if you guys can help spread the word about it because it's on YouTube.

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