The Shitty Consumer

The Shitty Consumer is not a book — it’s a mirror. A bold, unfiltered reckoning with how we’ve been programmed to spend, compare, and consume ourselves into spiritual and emotional bankruptcy. Through sharp wit, poetic depth, and unapologetic truth-telling, Mari Yolanda dares readers to confront the toxic loop of modern consumer culture — and to finally break free.

This is not a self-help guide. It’s a soul excavation. One that pulls back the glossy curtain on marketing manipulation, identity addiction, emotional ROI, and the invisible economies we trade in daily: validation, attention, status, and self-worth.

From raccoon metaphors to rabbit-shaped candles, from luxury bags to aspirational lies sold through algorithmic whispers — this book strips it all down. With every page, Mari invites you to laugh, grieve, reflect, and remember who you were before the world told you what to want.

You’ll explore:

Why you’re emotionally invested in things that don’t serve you

How marketers manipulate your sense of self through fear, fantasy, and FOMO

The spiritual cost of trying to "belong" through buying

The roots of scarcity and the radical shift toward inner abundance

What it means to reclaim your agency in a world designed to keep you scrolling

And how even your trash tells a story about your trauma, your habits, and your healing

The Shitty Consumer is a beautifully irreverent call to awaken. A cultural roast and spiritual balm all in one. It speaks to the over-giver, the over-spender, the self-aware shopaholic, and the soul-rich but system-weary reader who’s ready to live with discernment instead of default.

If you've ever felt shame about your spending, confusion about your cravings, or exhaustion from the pressure to perform your worth — this book is your liberation song.

You are not a product.
You are not your purchases.
You are not here to chase what you already are.

This is your call to sift. To shift. To stop consuming on autopilot — and start living on purpose.