Week 8

I summarized my result below:

Week 1: planed to cook 4 days a week.
Week 2: Cook Day/ Total of days = 1/4
Week 3: Cook Day/ Total of days = 0/4 (changed plan to 2 days a week.)
Week 4: Cook Day/ Total of days = 0/2 (add punishment)
Week 5: Cook Day/ Total of days = 2/2
Week 6: Cook Day/ Total of days = 1/2
Week 7: Cook Day/ Total of days = 2/2
Week 8: Cook Day/ Total of days = 2/2

From the summary, I can see my behavior did change. I felt fun at week 2 which just started and sound interesting to me, but I got lazy after it. I did nothing during week 3 and 4, so I added a punishment which made a big change! When I found some excuses to not cook, such as week 6, I received the punishment from my sister immediately. That made me keep going for week 7 and 8.

I think the punishment work the best on me. I love dessert, but I am ok without it. For the punishment, it is an additive work for me. I feel so bad that my sister is watching TV and relaxing when I do the house work. That motivates me to cook every week.

When the blog started, I pay attention to my behavior most of time. I thought about going home at lunchtime and dinnertime. I felt guilty when I ate outside. I start changing my behavior when I know what I am doing.
If I want the change to be long-term, I believe that the main thing is keeping punishment and reinforcement. Many people lack of self discipline, so the best way is to let other people administer the punishments and reinforcements as Winston said. It may sounds like parents teach children, but company also use it. Employee gets promotion if they work hard, and they are hired if they don’t go to work.

The most challenging aspect of this assignment is tracking my behavior. I forgot about it sometimes because it’s eight weeks assignment. I list it as least important in my calendar, so I often ignored it even if I was aware for my behavior at the beginning weeks.

The most valuable thing of this assignment is that I change my behavior. I eat healthy at home now. My sister also change her behavior with me. I hope we can keep going and make it be a long-term change. During these weeks, I had very good time with cooking. My sister and I always argued about dishes washing after cooking, so we always played games, such as cards and wii, to decide. That is interesting and exciting.