8/10/2019 Psych mini research
13/19
IV. Discussion of Results
Every week I am given P1,600 to P2,000. My expenses per day
varies in a way that
sometimes I get free rides from our driver, and sometimes when
our drivers not available, I have
to ride cabs, thus, adding more to my expenditures. Also, there
are times when I stay late in
school (because of organizations and whatnot) and so I am forced
to spend for dinner.
In the first week, I was able to save P724. I was able to do
this because the idea of saving
money was new to me and I can say that I was very enthusiastic
about it.
However, notice that the first thing I bought that week was my
lunch. Notice also that one
of my strategies include bringing packed lunch instead of buying
one. I think thats because I had
P2,000 on my hands, meaning, I knew that I had a lot of money
and I thought that buying a
single meal costing around P70 wouldnt make much effect
anyway.
The weeks after that (except week 3), the amount I saved per
week became lower and
lower to the point that I was only able to save P6. This is
because in these weeks, our driver
wasnt available so I was forced to ride cabs which added greatly
to my expenses list. Also,
despite knowing I had more expenses for those weeks, I still did
not follow any of my strategies
which were to bring packed lunch and spend at most P150 for
dinner. This bad habit continued
on until week 7. Fortunately, in week 8 I spent lesser compared
to the past weeks so I was able to
save P462. However, I think that I was also able to save that
much amount thanks to the holidays
and suspended classes that week.
