How to Improve Productivity Without Buying Things

In my materialistic lifestyle, I find myself obsessing over purchasing new goods, especially with technology. I want to change my workflow to be less about purchasing goods and more about improving my craft with what I already have. This can apply to almost any skill such as Photography.

This is how I currently am.

1. Think about what I want to be more productive with.
2. Think maybe I do need to buy more tools for your job.
3. Spend countless hours scouring the internet for research
4. Spend days on Youtube watching reviews
5. Spend hours looking for the best deal
6. Purchase the item in question.
7. Obsess over it and add it to the inventory

This materialistic lifestyle is excessive, unorganized, and almost meaningless unless I turn it into something productive.

This is my new and improved process

1. Create Concrete Achievable Goals.
2. Think about the Tools you currently have that can help you achieve these goals.
3. Organize your existing items.
4. Get to know your items and how to use them.
5. Watch Tutorial Videos and How tos
6. Read Articles about how to be more productive using the tools you have
7. Use your newfound expertise to achieve your goals
8. When you are at your peak, then you can reward yourself by
9. Using your new tools to improve