Behavior Change: Observation Report

For my behavior change activity, I chose to modify my sleep schedule by adjusting the time I aim to fall asleep. Although I sleep around eight hours a night or more, the time I fall asleep interferes with my life and health. On a regular basis, I attempt to fall asleep around three o’clock in the morning and stay asleep until I naturally awaken around noon. I attend class only three times a week for evening classes and have an online class. However, I have become accustom to working on class work at night. While the most beneficial way to incorporate my schoolwork into my class schedule would be to work on it during the day, I only begin to feel motivated after I have finished my classes.
Previously, I was able to maintain this schedule, but …show more content…
By planning multiple activities throughout the day, I hoped this would ensure I would be too exhausted to stay up late. The previous night, I arranged for my alarm to sound off at three different times, hours before I typically awaken. I also avoided taking naps throughout that day, unless my health was poor. Occasionally, I would take a walk in the afternoon and ventured to do new things outside my house. Lastly, I adjusted the time I began schoolwork and watch television to the late …show more content…
Keeping myself active throughout the day helps distract me from any feelings of fatigue during light hours and cause exhaustion at night. As someone who suffers from chronic pain, getting out of bed some days can be a challenge in itself. To encourage myself to get out of bed and become active, I would begin to remind myself that no matter where I am, I will still be in pain. But by getting out of bed and accomplishing things I would like to do, I am diverting my attention outside the pain I feel. It was critical for me to remind myself of the harm having an improper sleeping schedule has on my health for me to incorporate this behavior as a permanent