19, 20, 21, 22 Oct updates

19 Oct Sun
I was to meet up my friends at Dhoby Ghaut at 2pm. I managed to reached there on time as i left my house 11.58. The normal time to reach would take 1 hour which means normally i have to leave the house at 12pm to be sure that i can reach on time.

Verdict: Success

20 Oct Monday

I was supposed to meet my friend for project discussion at 12pm. However, knowing that I am unlikely to make it on time due to some work I have to do, I told him that we should shift the meeting time to 12.30 instead. I left my house 11.53 and reach school at 12.10pm. Since my friend was not yet there, i went to the computer room to brush up my work.

Later, at 1.30pm was my lecture for Hp308 and I reached there at 1.30pm sharp. The rest of the day had no more meetings.

Verdict: Success

Some thoughts: I felt that in the morning I could have left the house earlier if i dropped my work and went instead of staying behind to finish it which may have caused me to be late if i wasn't careful. Ultimately, while i was not late, it was because i changed the time rather than because I was early.
Also, since I don't have much money, I have stopped giving myself rewards for being on time. However, the intrinsic motivation that i recieve from feeling good about being early could be a good enough reinforcer for me. But I also think that if I could use a token economy it could be even more effective.

21 Oct Tues

Went for Korean Class in the morning at 10.30am. I left the room at 9.57am and reached my class at 10.15am. Later I went for HP320 class at 1.30pm right on time as I head for it as soon as I had visited the SAO.

Verdict: Success
Reward: 2 points for 2 events

22 Oct Wed
I went home on Tues night and came to school on Wed morning. I had to meet my friend at 9.30am in the morning but because i dallied in the morning(reading newspapers, checking out soccer news) I left my house at 8.20am. Normally, according to my treatment program, I have to leave my house by 8am and adding on the 10 minutes I should have left at 7.50am. Fortunately, the 1.5 hours that i normally need to use to reach my school was shorten in the morning due to the peak hours and transportation was much faster. I reached my destination at 9.30 sharp
Later, I went for classes at 12.30 and reached at 12.30 sharp as well. I left canteen A to walk over there at 12.20pm and was almost late but with a bit of rushing I reached there on time.
Later, I went over for HP320 tutorial and reached the place at 4.30pm sharp. Again I left Canteen A at 4.18pm which was quite late as I didn't take into account the amount of time I would need to walk over there resulting in a bit of rushing.
Later at night I back hall to collect some items and rushed back to canteen A as I am meeting my group there at 6.30pm. I reached at 6.25pm.

verdict: Success
Reward: 4 points for 4 events
Something to think about: While I made it on time for all 4 events, it was all very close and I barely made it. Each time, it required me to make a dash for it in order to make it in time for the class or meeting. I think that I may need to implement a punishment regime as well to cut down even further my tendency to dally from tomorrow onwards.

Rewards and Punishment Regime
Rewards will take a point system where points will be tallied and could be exchanged for rewards.
2 Points = 1 hour of computer gaming
15 Points = 1 Comic book of my choice
20 Points = 1 movie ticket

These 3 things are things that I like the most especially computer gaming. At the same time, this implementation would mean that I cannot play computer games on normal days anymore which will give me more time to study.

Punishment
Punishment would require me to lose 2 points for every time I am late. I figured that if my points are deducted, I would lose the freedom to play computer games which will really kill me.

So far the total points accumulated is 6

That's all for today.