evidence: Fight Club is arguably one of the most influential movies of its time. Starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton, the movie is filled with memorable quotes that are still being frequently quoted till this day. [...] All too often, we find ourselves spending money to buy stuff we don’t really need. As the spending habit builds up, we start spending more each month just to keep up with appearance. Before we know it, we become loyal to our job not because we love it, but because we need it to upkeep our lavish spending. [...] The biggest financial theme we can takeaway from Fight Club is that our material possessions are not what defines us. So let’s stop spending money unnecessarily on things we don’t need, with money we don’t have, to impress people we don’t like.