The Willpower Instinct Analysis

In her book The Willpower Instinct, Stanford University Psychology professor Kelly McGonigal, argues that willpower can be strengthened when people realize what makes them weak. At first I felt like this challenge was not for me and it wouldn't help me and it was a waste of time. For my willpower challenge I am going to challenge myself on the way I spend my money by limiting my weekly expenses. Every other week I get a check from my job and, from that money I take 150 dollars. For two weeks I will only use those $150. The rest of the money I am going to put it in my savings account. I feel like McGonigal’s book makes me understand that doing a change in something that is an everyday thing and putting a limit can be hard at first.

The way that I’m keeping track of my goal is with my bank account app. My app shows how much money I have and how much I spend each day. The app also shows me how much I put in my savings account as well how much I put in my checking account with the leftover money in my check. I feel like this helps me in a way to understand and see my record on my savings account to go back the way it was. Another method that I tend to use is if I am going to a store with a friend I make them hold my wallet and won't give it back till we leave the store. I feel like this method also helps because so I can see but I can’t buy due to the fact that they have my wallet. …show more content…
My willpower challenge is to limit the amount of money waste of my money, so every two weeks I have a limit of 150 dollars to spend and nothing more. The rest of my paycheck will go to savings. The high part is that I will start saving and understanding that I don’t need that “want” now if it doesn’t benefit me. The low is that I want everything. Once I have money I feel like I could buy