I want to attempt a "shopping ban" like the one written about in this book, which is why I read it. I think the layout of her plan was helpful for me to plan out what I want to do and what I really need. However, this book got pretty boring about halfway through. the author talks about her problems with food and alcohol, which was a large part of the ban as well, but she also talked a lot about her work and her travel and her family problems a lot in the second half. Honestly, I skipped over most of that stuff just because it wasn't interesting to me and wasn't relevant to the reason I was reading the book. I got most of what I needed for my planning from the sample online before I got the book from my library.