Treatment Day 11 (Graduation Day)

No.of stars obtained till date: 9!! =P

No. of sad face obtained till date: 2

Comments:

WHEEEEE!!!~~~ itx the end of my behavior program! I hereby announce its closing ceremony! =) It was a successful program for me as I managed to reduce my average napping hours and maintained zero napping hour days for more than half the total number of treatment days. In fact it was better than i expected!

Self control behavioral modification program is really helpful as i managed to remove the behavioral excess of napping in the afternoon. I hope the results can maintain even after the program has been removed. But it is ok, even if my napping habit comes back again, i know what to do! =)

I feel that initially, it was the aim of wanting to accumulate stars to get treats that spurred me on. But after i accumulated 2 sad faces, the fear of getting the punisher of 100 situps deterred me from sleeping. Finally, after the treatment has taken place for some time, I realised that I do not think of the 100 situps or sweet treats much more as it became an intrinsic motivation to stay awake in the day time.

Last night, even though i only slept for 5 hours, i managed to stay awake in the afternoon clocking zero napping hour. This was comparatively very different from when my program initially started. On treatment day 2, when similarly, I also only slept for 5hrs the previous night, I ended up napping 2.5hrs to compensate for my lack of sleep.

I see a major improvement in my napping habit. This cheers me up greatly! =) I will do my very best to maintain the zero napping hours even after the program has stopped! It made my life better as I had more time for other activities such as studying, shopping, watching tv and even dating! =P

I AM SO HAPPY! I am FREED FROM ZZZ MONSTER!

*shoo! go away zz monster. I've won the fight. u are no longer able to control me. wahaha.

I declare stars my favourite shape now! =)

Special thanks to:

1) buddy huiting who encouraged me a lot by leaving many many many comments, dragging me to libraries to study and cheering me on =)

2) boyfriend who encouraged me a lot too by calling me at random times to check up on me, make sure im not sleeping, encouraging me and making me sit at his study desk when i studied at his house.

3) all the rest of the friends who left funny, encouraging comments for me in my blog

4) venus who came up with this project so that i had a chance to get rid of my lousy habit of napping super long hours

5) all the researchers who researched on the behavior modification programs so that i have this project! ha.

YOU ARE ALL SUPERSTARS! =P

Treatment Day 10

No.of stars obtained till date: 8

No. of sad face obtained till date: 2

Comments:

i got my star today! i am so excited..tomorrow is the last day of my treatment program! I hope i get another star tomorrow and I can make it 9 altogether! and I will have my 3rd treat! =)

i was kept busy the whole day long with a lot of work to do so i did not have any feeling of fatigue. in fact, i think i concentrated hard on writing my socio report that i forgot about my afternoon naps even though today was my free day. before i knew it, hey, it is evening! time for my stats lecture. =0 my goodness, time flies real fast..it made me wonder how much time have i wasted napping in my entire life? >.<

my baseline alone had a totalled of 18h spent on napping in just 7 days!! =0

i can watch 9 extra movies in the time saved, watch a entire series of drama series, finish writing my socio report, finish my piling school work, go shopping...etc etc...wow...ive really wasted my youth by napping so much! *horrified*

this behavior modification has shown that i can function just as well without my daily naps! *jumps in joy*

YES I CAN DO IT! I SHALL NOT NAP ANYMORE IN FUTURE! *cheers*

Treatment Day 9

No.of stars obtained till date: 7

No. of sad face obtained till date: 2



Comments:

Hey! Ive gotten another star today!! =) I feel so motivated! Without this program I would never think that it is possible that i can stick to zero napping hours for so many days. I will do my very very very best to maintain it till my program ends! Left with 2 more days! I shall not get another sad face in the 2 days left. That would be so wasted!!




I am glad i passed these 2 days of weekend without napping. That is an encouragement. I would think that since i can do it for weekends, i can maintain the zero napping hours for weekdays too since i spend more time in school!

Strangely, I am very motivated to stay awake. I had enough sleep the previous night and did not feel tired at all in the afternoon. =) Hope that i can stay this way till after exams so that I have more time to rest and study!

WHEE~ lalalala~ I CAN DO IT!

Treatment Day 8

No.of stars obtained till date: 6

No. of sad face obtained till date: 2

Comments:

*happy* I can get my 2nd treat today! I shall eat apple crumble at swensen's tomorrow!

I really put in a lot of effort to make sure I don't fall asleep today. I went to my boyfriend's house to study so as to avoid my cosy home that may induce sleep in me on a saturday. My boyfriend is very nice too. He would talk to me and check on me every once in a while to make sure that I have not fallen asleep. When i get really tired, I would talk to him to make sure I can tell myself to stay awake.

The socio literature review was really sleep inducing! The articles had super small font (about size 6-8) and many many many pages with many many many words. >.<>

I thought it was a miracle that I went through today and all the socio articles without falling asleep! *so amazed with myself* and i decided to give myself a pat on the back. *beaming with pride*

Treatment Day 7

No.of stars obtained till date: 5

No. of sad face obtained till date: 2

Comments:

Today is a great day! I was kept busy with all my project meetings today so I did not have a chance to feel sleepy! =) and I've managed to put my stars on par with sad faces. So, depending on tomorrow, I will get to see if I will get an ice-cream or 100situps!

But tomorrow is a saturday and saturday = weekend = no school! =0 and I've no plans in the afternoon. That will be a super great temptation to sleep, hopefully I can resist the temptation.. =X On the other hand, nowadays I do not feel so tired in the afternoon already, maybe after all the days of treatment, I am able to get rid of my bad habit. =P looking forward to that day!

I shall make plans to start literature review for my socio report tomorrow. With a clear goal in mind, I CANstay awake to finish my work. YES I CAN! CHOOSE WORK OVER SLEEP! <- my new motto in life..hahax..

Treatment Day 6

No.of stars obtained till date: 4

No. of sad face obtained till date: 2

Comments:

I had a super hard time fighting the zzz monsters today! I reached school at 8.30am and finished lessons at 7pm! and i had a scary stats lecture right in the morning to drain my brain cells. Luckily the fear of the 100 situps is enough to deter me from my dozing off and napping during break times. phew*

I'm sooooo glad that i managed to get another star today! Hooray! It was a really close shave. I shall remember to sleep early next wednesday night to prepare for the long thursdays.

Weekend is coming!! I am not sure if I should rejoice. hahax. I nap the most during weekends as I have no lessons in school! and it can reach 3.5hrs! *horrified*

Treatment Day 5

No.of stars obtained till date: 3

No. of sad face obtained till date: 2

Comments:

OH YES! It's the 3rd time i got a star!! I rewarded myself with ice-cream after dinner! Yummy! =) It feels good to see that I'm trying very hard to keep my nap time hours at zero. Today is especially exciting as I have collected 2 stars and 2 sad faces from the past 4 days, so depending if i fall asleep today, I would see if I will get my ice-cream or 100 situps. =0 but im so glad it was icce-cream that won! The good shall thriump over the evil. Cheers!

I better keep up with the good work. I only need 1 more sad face to get 100 situps. NOoooooo! >.<>