- the "theory" ('📰 False Psychology Glossar) about willpower
- ...which is interesting, seeing how many citations I have here that just assume it's definitely a thing
As Kathleen Vohs put it in Prevention magazine in 2009, “Willpower is like gas in your car... . When you resist something tempting, you use some up. The more you resist, the emptier your tank gets, until you run out of gas.” In fact, a measly five extra digits is all it takes to drain our willpower dry.