How to Stop Impulse Buying

Most impulse buys aren't about the thing. They're about a feeling, a trigger or a trick. Learn what drives your spending, how shops and apps get you to buy, and simple ways to pause so every purchase is one you meant.

by Teyro

50 lessons
5 units
9h 32m
Up to 860 XP

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What you'll learn

Tell planned buys from impulse buys, and know why impulses happen
Find your own emotional triggers and swap the habit
Spot scarcity, anchoring, decoys and dark patterns in shops and apps
Handle social pressure and understand how "pay later" really works
Use a pause rule, a list and cost per use to spend on purpose

Course path

5 units · 50 lessons

2:14 a.m.12 min · InteractiveFree+10 XP
What counts as an impulse buy?10 min · InteractiveFree+10 XP
Your brain on a sale12 min · InteractiveFree+10 XP
The urge log11 min · InteractiveFree+10 XP
Checkpoint: the first entry12 min · InteractiveFree+20 XP
Planned vs impulse: the same boots11 min · InteractiveFree+10 XP
"It's just weak willpower"10 min · InteractiveFree+10 XP
What it really costs11 min · InteractiveFree+10 XP
The pause list v1: 11 urges11 min · InteractiveFree+10 XP
Challenge: spot the impulse14 min · InteractiveFree+20 XP
Unit 1 chestFinish every lesson in this unit+50 XP

The pattern11 min · Interactive
Hungry, angry, lonely, tired10 min · Interactive
Retail therapy: does it work?10 min · Interactive
Find your triggers11 min · Interactive
Checkpoint: phone across the room12 min · Interactive
Buying to be someone12 min · Interactive
Swap the habit, not the feeling11 min · Interactive
Stressed buy vs calm choice11 min · Interactive
The pause list v2: the trigger map11 min · Interactive
Challenge: the trigger map14 min · Interactive
Unit 2 chestFinish every lesson in this unit+50 XP

Teyro Original · Chapter 1 free, then Teyro Pro

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