Exploring Rewards

CLEAN MY ROOM!!

Motivation and rewards go hand in hand. My goal for this weeks tech assignment was to be timely, simple, and authentic, and that my rewards matches the interests and goals in my life. I used rewards to motivate myself to stay more organized, and be more efficient with my time.

A goal I set for myself this week was to clean my room. It's been one week since I took the time to put my laundry away, throw out the trash, and simply clean..... I did not know where anything was as you can tell by my room, so I set myself a reward that if I cleaned I would get to relax afterwards and play some xbox. I began by just getting everything off the floor and the table, and from then on I reorganized everything. I even got all my notes together, and reorganized them by class. As a learner, I need my handouts, and notes to be organized, or else I would get flustered when trying to find something. Setting a reward was a great way to have me clean my room. My room is my study environment most of the times, and it is important for my room to stay organized just as it is now.

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WAKE UP AT 8AM

Another goal I set for myself this week was to wake up at 8am on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. I never wake up before 12pm on those days because on Friday I have no classes, and on the weekends I always oversleep, thus leaving all my work for Sunday afternoon. A reward that I set for myself was that if I did wake up at 8am and worked till I finished my assignments, I would play hard from the time I finished till it was time to sleep. On Friday, I worked from 8am-3pm. On Saturday, I worked from 8am- 10am. On Sunday, I worked from 8am-12pm. Now, I am finishing up this final tech assignment, and until next weekend the only thing I have to focus on is attending my classes. As a learner, this was really helpful because during the week it's tough to go to 5 classes, and come back to my room and start my homework for the next day. Now, all my homework is done, and I will be able to have a much less stressful week. On top of all this, I was able to enjoy my weekend more than I would normally. I was able to play without having the burden of thinking about what assignments I have due for next week.

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