CS 377T Week 3

Jenny Hong

Pattern: 30 minutes sustained

Interviews: 30-minute

walks

Person #1: Christine*

Christine finishes eating dinner.

Christine stands and washes dishes.

Christine feels warm from doing chores indoors.

Christine, still standing and with some momentum, takes a 30-minute walk.

*Note: Pseudonyms are used in these examples.

Person #2: Stanley

Stanley feels bored.

Stanley knows that he will feel restless soon.

Stanley changes into walking clothes.

Stanley goes outside.

Stanley takes a 30-minute walk.

Person #3: Tanya

Tanya prepares a bag of cat feed.

Tanya prepares a bottle of water.

Tanya puts on walking shoes.

Tanya feeds nearby stray cats.

Tanya walks for 30-minutes.

Trends

Just standing is important! Already being in the position for walking:

In Stanley’s case, standing up relieved his restlessness (negative reinforcement), and so he continued to do so.

Trends

What keeps people standing?

Christine: heat will build up if she sits

Stanley: restless feeling if he sits

Tanya: already invested in going outside by preparing cat food

Starfish for the above UTBMeditate for 10 breaths

Sue signs up for a meditation workshop.

Sue reads her email reminder for the workshop.

Sue attends the workshop.

Sue participates in the first exercise.

Sue meditates for 10 breaths.

Alex writes a post-it at the end of the day at work reminding himself to meditate the next morning.

Alex arrives at work the next morning.

Alex sees the post-it.

Alex meditates for 10 breaths.

Andrew comes home from his post-dinner walk in his walking attire.

Alex takes off his walking shoes.

Alex sits on a comfortable couch.

Alex meditates for 10 breaths.

Stacy finishes washing and drying her hands.

Stacy takes one long look in the mirror.

Stacy closes her eyes.

Stacy meditates for ten breaths.

Sam sets her alarm to pick up her son for ten minutes earlier than she needs to.

Sue arrives at her son’s school ten minutes early.

Sue turns off her car and remains seated.

Sue meditates for 10 breaths.

Amanda sets food on the dinner table.

Amanda calls her family members to sit at the table.

Amanda joins hands with her family members.

Amanda (and her family members) meditate for 10 breaths.