Hey, it's Shawna and welcome to everyone's talking about.

You can tell me, what is your favorite thing to spend money on every week that just makes you feel good?

These little treats, we all do them. And guess what? We all feel really good

when we make it an impulse buy. It's like a quick dopamine hit, a rush. Just so you know,

you're not alone. Fifty-five plus million people on TikTok have created a little trend called

Little Treat Culture. It's a trend where people impulsively treat themselves for these

quick boost of happiness. So with 55 plus million people strong, I think this is something we need to

talk about. On today's episode, Ashley Lepato, money and lifestyle expert at the organized wallet,

helps me break down this whole thing called little treat culture.

Ashley says eliminating impulse spending is not the solution, but unsubscribing from the narrative

that little treats means you're bad with money is what you need to do. Instead, you've got to give

yourself permission to budget for impulsive little treats,

knowing that it will bring you joy today and won't take away from your financial goals tomorrow.

All right, my friend, there is a lot to discuss on this.

So let's start talking.

All right, we're talking about this trend today called Little Treat Culture that it just sort of blew up on TikTok. I believe there's like

55 million plus views. And it's this trend where people impulsively just kind of treat themselves

for these quick boosts of happiness. And I think this is something we can all relate to. I would

imagine that this is kind of why this trend blew up,

because we spend money a lot of times because we just want to feel good. We want to,

we want to buy things. And, you know, there's so many stressors when it comes to money that

these boost to happiness are just really important. But you and I both know that these

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