Denzel Rodriguez argues that creating things matters more than consuming them. He reframes spending around your actual values instead of cutting costs, and uses the Garden of Eden story to show that humans were built to make, not just buy.
replace the temporary pleasure dopamine hit that you were getting with something that is everlasting, something that brings consistent ongoing joy. And so as we begin to reverse engineer those things that are taking away from you your money, putting it into an intentional living framework and strategy, you don't have to budget. You're not cutting anything off. You're not reducing. You didn't lose anything because you never wanted it in the first place. Does that make sense? Very interesting when you frame it in this particular way. So now let's assume everybody in here is operating with faith and works together. We can still use the term intentional living for now. That's still pretty healthy. You now go from consuming which was not your original plan in the Garden of Eden, you now step into the original plan in the Garden of Eden given to Adam and Eve.
