Mary Ann Stenquist

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Wealthy After 40: Retirement Planning and Budgeting for Gen X · How to Stop Overspending w/Mary Ann Stenquist · 31 Mar 2026 podcast

So if you're, you know,

buying that kitchen appliance, you compare it to your goal of getting out of debt or doing a kitchen renovation, and you're going to have an easier choice.

So establishing that value is number one.

Number two is how do I break that instinct to just, I see it, I want it, I buy it.

That

Just seems to happen.

Spending doesn't just happen, but it feels that way.

So in the moment when I have clients and they're struggling, what I have them do is pause.

And there's really power in the pause.

I don't have them put the item in their car.

I don't have them put it in their Amazon car.

I just have them like pause forever.

from that item.

Get up and walk away from your computer, walk around the store and just think about the item because when you see it, when you hold it, it's almost like you own it.

And the only thing keeping you from buying it is just swiping a card.

And that seems a very small price to pay.

But when you remove yourself, even just for a walk around the store, you can just think about like, okay, what do I want about this item?

And the interesting thing that I have found is that you're not actually wanting the item.

You're wanting what the item can give you.

And that pause allows you to think, like, why do I want that item?

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