I'm Jerry Banfield, and this is my vlog as a full-time content creator, entrepreneur, hustler online, dating coach, content creator coach, father, and single man. I was about to say single husband, and I don't think that sounds right. Call me a public personality, famous online, whatever you want to call me. I'm very grateful to be alive and well on September 3rd, 2026.
A new shirt and two coffee dates
Today I got this new shirt. I spent at least $500 today on some new clothes, because I've got two coffee dates coming up with my matchmaking service over the next few days, and I think the last woman was unimpressed with my clothes. Now, I'm not going to say that the shirt I wore and the shoes I wore and the shorts I wore ended up making her not want to see me again. But I think life, lots of times, is critical mass. If you don't hit that critical mass where somebody gets over the threshold of liking you, lowering their defenses, and being interested in you, then nothing's going to happen.
So I bought this. This is my favorite of the new shirts I bought, and I took a picture in front of the Vinoy. That is going to be my new dating profile picture right there. I think I just look incredibly sexy in this outfit, and it looks perfect against the pink Vinoy. You can see a little Vinoy welcome mat in the background, and it's got that dark psychology going on, like she could picture being there with me. The lighting works, it all works, and I don't have some dumb-looking smile on my face. I noticed one guy posting dating videos where he was showing off this serious look on his face, saying it looks more manly than some big dumb smile, which supposedly makes you look like a beta male. But what do I know? What am I talking about? I'm just out here making content, trying to entertain people.
MaxFi is printing money
I took mostly a day off of creating content, but one thing I did was set up my positions on MaxFi, which you can check out through my MaxFi referral link if you want to see about that. Dude, it says I'm going to be making $200 a day off of the $3,700 that I deposited. I know that sounds crazy, doesn't it? But it's already printed $100. It is just printing money. This is amazing, and I'm so grateful I opened my mind to receive this opportunity. Lots of times, it seems to me, we have opportunities all around us, and we're just saying no to them all the time. With MaxFi, I'm like, you know what? If I could print $200 a day, that would really help me stop using credit card cash advances to pay my rent.
I'm so grateful for the money I've been making the last week or two. I've made over $4,000. We're selling the Queen video for $2,000, plus thousands more from crypto. It's really put things in perspective: as long as I'm making money, the dating is fun. The dating is a value add. The dating is a bonus fun thing I get to do. But if I'm not making money, it makes me take the dating more seriously, because on some level I'm not self-sustaining, so I need to find a woman where maybe we can work together. When I'm just making money by myself, then I have something I can invite a woman into. If I'm not making money, I'm not self-sustaining, and when I am, I feel so good about that.
So I'm going to put thousands more into this DeFi protocol. At the current numbers, it might be able to print three-plus hundred dollars a day by itself. I'm showing exactly how to do this on my crypto content right now. And I had to break through a big mental barrier to get here, because I had this belief that I'm only an ICP guy and everything else is garbage. And it's like, well, would you like money, or do you want to be right? Yeah, I'll take money. Thanks. When I was with my ex-wife and she could pay the bills, I could afford to be right. But now I'm single with a 1,400-square-foot house that I love, in a neighborhood I love, that my kids love, that's close to their school, that I keep having different women over to. They seem to like the house too. And I can afford to go to the store and drop $500 to buy myself a nice new outfit so that I look sexy on these coffee dates I've got.
The new leading candidate for my profile picture
I'm going to put this picture up right now as my leading candidate. I'm going to get back on dating websites as well, and this is going to be my leading candidate for a first picture. We'll see how that performs compared to the busted photos I had before, and we'll do a more mysterious profile this time. Woo! I'm so grateful.
How many of you, if you were in my position, would be feeling like I'm feeling? All year I've been borrowing money to survive. All year. I've been living off of credit cards. How many of you would be as cool as I've been? Not only have I been cool, I've been having fun. I've been going out with women. I've spent tens of thousands of dollars on dating, all of which is on credit cards. Why? Because life is short, and YOLO. How the hell has it been 42 years since this body was born already? It goes by fast. My friend's mom is preparing to pass. This goes by fast. You better go all out. One verse, and then ball out. I'm going all out, man. I'm buying a nice outfit. I'm going for the dates. I'm going for the women I want.
I'm glad I've got two dates on the books right now. Actually, I've got three. I'm not sure if the third one's a date or not, but I'm going to go play tennis. I hope it's a date to her. I think it's a date, but it's just playing tennis. Maybe it'll turn into something else, but I'm guaranteed to get to play tennis, which is great. And then there's another woman I'm trying to get a date with. I've been trying to actually meet up with her, and she canceled, so I'm still trying for that. So I've got two dates scheduled and potentially one or two more in the works, and I'm planning on getting on dating apps. Bro, I'm just having fun.
Would you be having fun in my position?
How many of you would be having fun in my position, or would you be stressed out? Because the Queen video just got released, and I heard a podcast is filming their reaction to it. All kinds of people have been complaining about me on ICP, saying they feel betrayed and that I should just sell. All kinds of people are talking crap about me right now, all while I'm borrowing money to live. In fact, this last week is the first week in the last year that I haven't had to borrow money to live, and I just took that money I made and put it into a DeFi protocol that's printing more money. How many of you would be cool in my position? Not only cool, but having fun and excited and thrilled about life?
You see, when you realize that each human experience is a very limited time offer, it changes things. Although we have eternal life now, and I don't need somebody to save me, I don't have to do anything, I've already got eternal life, this human experience is still very limited and goes by quickly. To me, it's just like, I just want to live right now and have fun, and set up a future that I'll be excited about. A future where I'm printing money on MaxFi. A future where somebody's going to pay for my dating coaching, and I'm really excited for when that happens. I've already had a lot of people pay for my content creator coaching in the past. I have had people pay for calls and then talk about dating in those calls. But I'm so excited to start coaching people on dating. I'm so excited to coach people on content creation. And I'm so grateful to print all this money on MaxFi.
And I had fun. I played tennis today, then I set up my MaxFi positions to print. I'm like, dude, you need to get this money printing now. There's nothing better you have to do after tennis is over than set that money printer up. All right, I got that set up. So then it's like, okay, get out and grab yourself some new clothes.
Running into Angela and Lindsey at Artpool
So I asked for help. Dude, it was crazy. I went to Artpool downtown in St. Petersburg, Florida. I didn't realize there's a men's and a women's side, and I walked into the women's side first. Angela and Lindsey were in there when I walked in. They're fellow content creators, so they'd be happy to have you follow them on Instagram and like their content as well. I did a video with Angela and Lindsey earlier on my Jerry Banfield channel. And dude, I'm already getting like $10 a day in ad revenue on my new Jerry Banfield channel. I'm so hyped. If that keeps up or grows, that's three-plus hundred a month more. I'll be getting a thousand a month in YouTube ads from all my channels, thousands a month from MaxFi, and then people paying for calls and coaching clients. Hey, I made at least $3,000 on the boulevard just printing money, baby. I love it.
And I'm giving it out. I'm probably going to go to Sober Bar in Gulfport tonight, and I'll probably buy a couple of mocktails and tip the bartender at least $20. I'm giving it out all over the place. I'm dropping twenties to homeless people. I'm living on credit and dropping twenties to homeless people. That is abundance, baby. That is gratitude. I'm buying brand new outfits on credit and printing money to pay for it. It feels so good, and I'm grateful.
Dude, this was crazy though. I ran into Lindsey and Angela and I was like, oh my God. Lindsey was like, this is Angela's first time here. I'm like, no way, this is my first time here too. This is crazy. What are the odds? There are no odds. Why did I decide to go today? I could have gone any day this week. I was thinking about going all week. I literally had to go within this 15 or 20 minute window, and they did too, and I just ran into them. I was like, whoa, this is nuts. I went over to the men's side, but Lindsey said, you need to go to Atlas. Atlas has the clothing for you. And that's where I got this shirt from today. It's a beautiful shirt, and I look so good in it. Honestly, I'd hit on myself wearing this shirt. Women are going to be swiping and liking on this so much more than those Jerry Banfield shirts I was wearing in my last photos.
I'm on a winning streak
And I won't say the word marriage on there. But that's how cool life is. What's happened is I just feel like I'm on this winning streak. I'm winning repeatedly in my business, and then I'm winning in dating. I'm getting so many dates.
The one woman I went out with recently that was pretty toxic, I've been thinking about. I'm like, oh, was I too hard on her? Did I not give her a chance? Should I have gone on a second date? She was so interested in me. Maybe she was just talking trash with the stuff she said about her ideas on disciplining kids, which I thought were outrageous and a major red flag. I asked my daughter about it. I'm like, should I give her a second chance? She's like, no. And then my kids went into this whole ridiculous scenario about what they'd do if she tried it. It was so crazy. It was funny.
But it felt really good to be in that position, like I'm the prize. I'm going out with her thinking, all right, let's see what's up with her, and she's like, man, I really hope he likes me, I hope this works out with him. And I'm like, all right, this is my first date of two dates tonight, and we'll see how this goes. I realized that on most of the dates I've been on, I've not been feeling like I was the prize. Although there were certainly some where I was clearly the prize, and I was like, y'all ain't winning. Y'all are not winning. Sorry. It's not your number. It's not your time. You're not winning.
It feels really good. I hit these winning streaks in my business, and I've set myself up for success in dating. I wouldn't be surprised if I hit a winning streak in dating as well. To me, that looks like having some dates that go awesome and lead to second and third dates.
Intentional celibacy and standards
I've been telling this story sometimes that I'm on a losing streak, that I haven't gotten laid since Day of the Dead, November of last year. It's like, bro, I'm maintaining intentional celibacy. There have been plenty of opportunities where I could have gotten laid, and I said no, or I chose not to. There are women I went out with where I absolutely could have, and I'm like, no, I'd rather not get laid at all than have it be you. So I've had standards. I've said no. The one I went out with that probably would have turned into something very hot, she'd probably have been pretty good in bed, but I said no, because I'm like, nah, you're too crazy for me. I know it's not going to work out for the long term, and I don't know if I could put up with it even in the short term. That probably would have worked out fine, at least in terms of just getting laid, but after that it might have been a rough ride, and she wasn't ready to go the distance.
So the story I tell is this: I'm maintaining my celibacy until I find a woman where we're both really into each other, because I don't want to be getting a bunch of STD tests and all that crap. I haven't had an STD test since 2010, and I'd like to keep it that way. I'd rather sleep with fewer women and be really happy with the women I am sleeping with than just be banging all over the place. Now, depending on the woman, I'm a little bit open-minded. But it's much simpler if I don't try to bang as many women as possible. I'd rather just try to find where there's real heartfelt chemistry and love and connection, and go out with women until they feel I'm the prize and I feel they're the prize, until they feel I'm the king and they feel they're the queen, whatever.
It is not what it is, it is what you think it is
So I'm super grateful that what some of you call delusion works. I hope my videos encourage you to never let anybody else tell you how things are. It is not what it is. It is what you think it is. I'm grateful people haven't been saying "it is what it is" to me anymore, because that's crap. It is whatever you think it is, because the story you tell determines what it is. It's not just "it is what it is, and that's how it is." No, it's not. It's the story you're telling about it.
I could be telling a story that my life is in shambles. Some guy screamed at me after an AA meeting: your life is in shambles. I'm like, dude, my life is awesome. I am destroying and thriving and enjoying circumstances that would break other people. Imagine having hundreds of people, some of whom were big fans of yours before, all shitposting you at the same time. Imagine having to pay your rent on credit card cash advances while you're parenting your kids and watching your ex banging some new guy that she met fairly effortlessly. Then you post videos online and people say you shouldn't even get paid for them and talk a bunch of shit. You go out with more than 20 women, hardly have any second dates, have one woman you really like and get into and open your heart to, and she pulls away and is pretty rude. Who would turn all of that into this? I sold that video about that woman for $2,000. I'm printing money in fucking meme coins right now. And I've got two dates lined up with what certainly seem, on paper, to be very high-quality women that would probably be difficult for most dudes to get a date with.
Why? Because I didn't accept other people's bullshit version of my story, and because I'm thinking about what kind of story I want my life to have. I'm writing my story right now. I want my story to be that I got divorced and I learned how to be a stronger man. I got into the best content creation I've ever done. I went out with a bunch of women and found an amazing, beautiful woman to have a marriage with, to have so much fun with, and to have more kids with. That's the story I want, and that's the story I'm working on writing.
I love the haters
I don't give a shit what anybody else says. In fact, go ahead and talk shit. I love people talking shit about me. Post a video talking shit about me. I love that. Haters, I love that. I love the haters. Please hate on some more Jerry Banfield content. I love it. You can put whatever you want in the thumbnail. You can take whatever videos of mine you want. I never copyright strike anybody. You can use all my videos, talk all the shit you want, upload them to your channels, whatever you like. You can have it.
I'm proud of my life. I'm proud of the way I'm living it. And I hope that I'm a role model, that you can be proud of the life you're living, and that it doesn't matter what anybody else has to say. If there's something in your life you're not proud of, then do something about it. I was not proud of the way I dressed for that date three weeks ago. So you know what? I spent some money. I got three nice new shirts, and this is my favorite. I got two new pairs of chino shorts to show off my knees, because I've got some nice-looking legs. Gay dudes hit on me sometimes. I've had a gay dude or two hit on me cold in the grocery store: hey, nice calves, bro, what do you run? I'm like, thanks. No, I play tennis. And I do actually run now, now that I'm cutting out yoga.
Thriving and living
I've got an AA meeting I'm about to go to. Life is good. I've been doing the least amount of AA meetings I've done since I got sober, and I cut out yoga at the studio completely, and life is awesome, man. I'm doing yoga at home and I'm staying sober all the time. I'm meeting with people and talking with people that are sober most days. When I do go to a meeting, I'm very happy to go. I show up and try to help the people that are there. I'm thriving. I'm living. And I hope you're thriving and you're living, and not ever letting anybody else bullshit you about what you should think about your life. You're writing your life story. I'm writing my life story. I'm proud of my life story. I love what I'm doing today, and I'm ready to keep the winning streak going, baby. Let's go. You can follow the whole run of these days on my Daily Vlogs playlist.
Thank you for all of you supporting Jerry Banfield. Thank you for dropping tips, thank you for buying the chat, and thank you to those of you buying calls. Making money. I love that. Let's go.
All right. Thank y'all. I'll see you tomorrow.