Weekly Reflection

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Week 2 of my intervention begun on the Monday 24th of December to the Sunday 30th of December. On the Thursday the 27th of December I begun sleeping in guest room because the air-conditioner in my room was no longer working. I was able to sleep a lot better in comparison to the previous night. Studies do show that sleeping in a room with a TV was associated to a decrease in sleep duration (https://browzine.com/libraries/757/journals/18365/issues/6917465?showArticleInContext=doi:10.1542%2Fpeds.2013-3998&utm_source=api_231) and doing other things in bed other than sleeping can also make falling asleep more difficult. My bedroom has a TV which I often use during the day and my guest room consists of only a bed. I have not done anything but sleep in the guest room which could also be a reason why my sleep duration had drastically increase this week.

Overall, there was a big increase in sleep duration this week in comparison to last week. On average, I slept 1 hour and 4 minutes more than I did last week which is almost double my goal. I feel that I was a lot more tired at the end of each day due to the festivities which allowed me to sleep a lot better throughout the night. Although I have already reached my goal of increasing my sleep by at least 30 minutes, I am interested to see if I am able to maintain or increase this sleep duration throughout the next two weeks.

Below is a breakdown of my bedtimes as well as my sleep duration estimations as reflected through the sleep app. 

Summary
Intervention Week: 24th December 2018 - 30th December 2018
Bedtime:
  • Monday 24th December 2018 - 11:10pm
  • Tuesday 25th December 2018 - 11:05pm
  • Wednesday 26th December 2018 - 11:00pm
  • Thursday 27th December 2018 - 10:55pm
  • Friday 28th December 2018 - 10:55pm
  • Saturday 29th December 2018 - 10:55pm
  • Sunday 30th December 2018 - 10:55pm
Sleep Duration:
  • Monday 24th December 2018 - 4 hours 10 minutes
  • Tuesday 25th December 2018 - 5 hours 30 minutes
  • Wednesday 26th December 2018 - 3 hours 20 minutes
  • Thursday 27th December 2018 - 6 hours 15 minutes
  • Friday 28th December 2018 - 5 hours 35 minutes
  • Saturday 29th December 2018 - 5 hours 5 minutes
  • Sunday 30th December 2018 - 5 hours 35 minutes
  • Average = 5 hours 4 minutes

Screenshots of Sleep App:


















































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