While reassessing my wellness wheel as my behavior change project draws to a close, I also compared it to the original wellness wheel I completed at the start of this project, and found that I made further improvements in the dimensions of mental health, personal safety and injury prevention, nutrition and diet, social health, and self-image. I had a very slight improvement in fitness, but nothing to major regarding actual improvement, which is why I will be seriously working towards improving this dimension of my life very soon, in order to establish healthy exercise patterns and improve my overall health. I believe that the improvement I have had in these dimensions of health is due to the fact that I prompted taking better care of myself by increasing the average amount of sleep I was able to get per night, as well as the quality of sleep I received. Before initiating my behavior change project, I getting ah mere five to six hours of sleep per night on average, which is less than the ideally recommended seven and a half to eight hours. Reflecting back, I sincerely agree with my initial beliefs and observations that lack of sleep encouraged irregular and unwholesome eating practices late at night and throughout the day, and negatively …show more content…
I believe that focusing on improving my sleep allowed me to put more time and effort toward focusing what it was I really wanted to do with my time every day, and allowed me to make time for the things I wanted to do without feeling guilty for not focusing on work. I forced me to prioritize what I wanted along with focusing in my academic responsibilities and I feel that maintaining such a balance was extremely
Previously coming to the United States, I used to stay up late at night to study and wake up early in the morning. This was a disaster to my health that could origin me to get sick simply. When I decided to come to America, I prepared up my mind and was firm to maintain a healthy schedule and lifestyle. For example, I love and appreciate the American-style meal which contains a fresh salad instead of cooked vegetables. This routine of cooking vegetables aids me to get more vitamins from it. This lifestyle also taught me to eat healthy and clean food. It motivated me to work out consistently. It influenced me to be consistent. As a result, I can sense that I am becoming healthier and healthier day by
James Prochaska, John Norcross, and Carlo DiClemente developed the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change. This model of behavior change consists of five stages, which are precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance. With this model, an individual gradually moves throughout the stages when engaged in a new behavior. For my handout, my target audience is individuals who are in the contemplation stage. A person in this stage is aware of their problem behavior and is ambivalent about changing. In my handout, I displayed both the benefits of getting enough sleep and the effects of sleep deprivation. In doing this, I have shown the audience the pros and cons of getting enough sleep in hopes of moving them to the preparation
My behavior change project was attempting to have a more regular sleep schedule. This project was challenging to me because I typically have a hard time falling asleep and waking up, and I usually procrastinate leading to many late nights. I think the biggest challenge that this change presents is slipping up and staying up late or sleeping or napping can mess up your whole cycle of sleeping and take an even longer amount of time to correct. In the beginning keeping track of my sleep felt good because I knew that I was getting enough sleep and it gave me an excuse to stop studying and go to bed. Ultimately though, making a conscious effort to track my sleep and get more sleep was more stressful than jut letting sleep happen naturally.
If all of these important activities occur during sleep, why is it that people are so willing to short themselves of this vital activity? Although much about sleep still remains a mystery, research and experiments continue to show how important sleep is to each and every person. Throughout this paper, I will discuss sleep and the effects that it has on performance and health, especially among college students. A college student’s sleeping pattern is a reliable indicator of their level of performance in the classroom and other school-affiliated activities, as a lack of sleep leads to decreased performance. Sleep is directly related to the level of performance and health of an individual; the more rested a person is, the better that person will perform and feel (Dryer, 2006).
Sleep loss and shifting sleep patterns are known to be widespread across college campuses throughout the United States and the world at large. Yet, while many studies exist relating sleep to performance, a much smaller amount of studies focus on the Through analysis of these sources as they would prove useful when researching and writing upon the idea of sleep and its correlation to academic performance it was found that a paper titled “Sleep-Wake Patterns and Academic Performance in University Students”, which was presented to the European Conference on Educational Research, is overall the most useful source represented to research the topic.
sleep in America and its effects on performance. The articles gave different types of results from different kinds of data with different degrees of definiteness. In spite of their differences, both articles showed that lack of sleep is a cause for decreased performance and a detriment to a productive and healthy lifestyle.
For this paper I decided to take a second and evaluate my life and think about what were some of my current lifestyle habits and behaviors and which out of these habits would I like to change. After sitting down and evaluating all of my main habits I categorized them into groups of which ones were helping to lead me to a long healthy lifestyle and which ones were likely to lead me to an unhealthy life and lifestyle. After narrowing these unhealthy habits down to my top three I decided to focus this paper and my attention on my current nutrition and most of all on my negative eating habits. After evaluating my lifestyle and all of my unhealthy habits I felt that my current nutrition level and eating patterns were in need of the most improvement and change.
Central idea : Sleep is vital to our health and well-being throughout our life, therefore, in order to protect our mental and physical health, quality of life, and safety, we must get an enough quality sleep at the right times.
Sleep deprivation is increasingly recognized as a worldwide public health concern as researchers found that lack of sleep impairs human functioning[2]. The majority of individuals was found to be sleep deprived as they are forced to restrain their sleeping hours to compensate increasing working hours, especially individuals whose professions’ is in line with healthcare, security and transportation sectors as they are often required to be on duty even at night [1]. Regardless of whether the individual was totally or partially sleep deprived, it was proven that both had adverse effects on the human body[3]. Further studies revealed that sleep deprivation affected ones’ cognitive and motor performance as well as mood[2].
Healthy living is a huge step in life, especially in this day and age. This whole course focuses on having healthy lifestyle, making the changes necessary to maintain one, and gives the learner step-by-step instructions of where to start. There are multiple reasons why someone should make a behavior change. Some could include health reasons, to support family members, or some decide to make the change because he or she wants to live healthy. Personally, my family affects a lot of the decisions in my life. Growing up, I was used to taking care of my older sister and I was used to changing my diet to fit what plan my mom had for the week. My behavior change was always dependent on them. During this course, I learned a lot of how the social cognitive
Throughout this course I have learned a lot about psychology. I will talk about how it affected me personally, socially, organizationally/societal, and the lasting impact it had in my life.
Getting enough sleep can increase our chances of being more mentally/physically healthy and our safety throughout the day. How we feel throughout the day is depending on our sleep. Lack of sleep can lead to impaired judgment and actions, which can be a safety hazard towards yourself and your surroundings. When we sleep, our bodies are working to revitalize the brain to form new pathways to help with memory functions and our physical health such as healing repair heart and blood vessels and hormone balance. It is very important for everyone to maintain a good night’s rest to maintain daytime performance and lower stress. Sleep will reduce the levels of stress, help others gain control on their actions and avoid depression. Contributing to these sleep benefits will change your body and mind
There is a lot of benefits of sleep. Sleep is a time to heal your body and clear your mind for the day. The purpose of sleep is that it makes you be able to think better and make your whole body feel better. “It improves your muscle tone and skin appearance”(“Why Do We Need So Much Sleep?”). This can make you look better and feel better, you can really tell if someone doesn’t have much sleep. Their
I’ve learned so much through this course. This course helped me learn behavior and people around me. Now I can see how it is hard for the people to live with their disorders. The society treats those people like outcasts and most of them even laugh at their disorder. Every behavior can be explained by psychology.
The negative aspect of my physical health is my sleeping patterns. 8 hours of sleep for me is not consistent, especially when I have many school assessments and tutoring lessons outside of school. Managing school assessments, piano tutorials and theory, sport, tutoring and outside of school activities can be quite stressful.