WILLPOWER

Poetice Justice1101

Professor: Cantice Greene

October 22, 2012

               In Dianne Tice essay, “How Can We Get Willpower Back Once It Has Been Depleted?”(2012), She argues that willpower is easier to control the more you practice it and getting plenty of rest. Tice supports her theory by stating that the more rest you receive at night the more strength you’ll have the following day. Her purpose for this essay is to help others gain willpower in order to get things that are most important in life done. The intended audience is those who lack motivation or is having a hard time pushing themselves to do better.            

                I agree with the point she is trying to get across in her narrative. We often become lazy due to lack of rest or even energy because we don’t eat properly. If we want a balanced lifestyle we have to set positive goals. The more we work towards those goals the easier it’ll become. Practice makes perfect so the more energy we put towards the things we want the more willpower we’ll inquire to get closer to that goal. We have to establish that drive to increase or willpower that will motivate us to get on the right track and make it easier in the future.

                Tice wrote this essay to encourage others to motive themselves for a better and maybe even healthier lifestyle.  She states, “Rested, well-slept people have more willpower than tired people.” Also eating a well balance meal gives you more energy to increase your willpower. If you are weakened or tired due to lack of sleep you will not have the energy or power to strengthen your willpower. Practice good habits so that in the future you won’t have to force yourself to do so it’ll already be installed within you.