HOME CHANGESFOR

HEALTH

SE Hayes Oct 11, 2012

Tuesday, October 16, 12

Our environment cues many of our actions

What impacts do changes in ourhome have on our health?

Tuesday, October 16, 12

Experiment: Boosting Accountability

Change 1: Make Weight Tracking Visible

Change Opportunity

I started the tiny habit toweigh myself everyday to start a daily ritual of thinking of food choices, but..

Discovery 1: it felt unsatisfying until I started to log itin google docs...but still no behavior change.

Until I decided to m

Health Change 1

Make Tracking VISIBLE

Design Opportunity:Weighing myself & tracking in google wasn’t sticking as well as I had hoped, nor was it producing the behavior impacts during the day.

Goal: Create a Daily Habit of Checking in with Health

Moved Tracking from...

Google Docs

My Mirror

so I

Tuesday, October 16, 12

Experiment: Boosting Accountability

Change 1: Make Weight Tracking Visible

Change Opportunity

I started the tiny habit toweigh myself everyday to start a daily ritual of thinking of food choices, but..

Discovery 1: it felt unsatisfying until I started to log itin google docs...but still no behavior change.

Until I decided to m

Health Change 1: Make Tracking Household Visible

What happened

Insights: Felt “Scary” to make weight public - was a jumpstartDid impact behavior choices, but only until about noonMaking it visible where I’m getting ready for the day makes it move into the day

What this changes...- Makes Accountability a Household Activity- Creates a Trigger- Makes the logging Activity Easier

Failed: Weight went up - Perceived failure in impacting health choicesBUT...

Behavior Modified - Yoga in the morning + daily walkSince this wasn’t ‘scale’ related I didn’t realize that is was happening

Conclusion - Boosts background awareness w/ micro choices

Tuesday, October 16, 12

Experiment: Boosting Accountability

Change 1: Make Weight Tracking Visible

Change Opportunity

I started the tiny habit toweigh myself everyday to start a daily ritual of thinking of food choices, but..

Discovery 1: it felt unsatisfying until I started to log itin google docs...but still no behavior change.

Until I decided to m

Health Change 2

Kick Diet Coke to the Can

Design Opportunity:Free Diet Coke in the kitchen at work has made this habit hard to stop.

Goal: Stop Drinking Diet Coke all day long at work

created a ‘water cooler’ area NOT in the kitchen with all kinds of happy things that I LIKE

so I

Tuesday, October 16, 12

Change Opportunity

Health Change 2: Kick Diet Coke to the Can

What happened

Insights: 2 Emergent Need Buckets: Cognitive Decisions & Involuntary Decisions - I knew $ is a decision factor, but I didn’t realize HOW MUCH this drives “rewards” on choices.

- Making Kombucha gives me a ‘weekly anchor’ to make sure that I reload and restock...having it be a alive and will die if I don’t is key

Did impact behavior choices, but only until about noonMaking it visible where I’m getting ready for the day makes it move into the day

What this changes...- Replaces a Trigger- Re-Frames Reward (Free is a large Reward for me) - Makes Easier because $ is already spent, and it’s closer in reach than diet coke

Successful, Sometimes- I’m drinking atleast 3 cups of water daily.- I’m choosing tea, most of the time when I feel like I need a lift But when I’m stressed and I’m drained...Diet Coke is still my ‘Go To’

Tuesday, October 16, 12

Experiment: Boosting Accountability

Change 1: Make Weight Tracking Visible

Change Opportunity

I started the tiny habit toweigh myself everyday to start a daily ritual of thinking of food choices, but..

Discovery 1: it felt unsatisfying until I started to log itin google docs...but still no behavior change.

Until I decided to m

Health Change 3

Changing My Wallet

Design Opportunity:I dislike spending $, and this oftenmakes hard for me to chose healthy options.

Goal: Reframe “Rewards” to spending money on health

Put $40 in my wallet that I MUSTspend each week on health items(or I spend it on Household items)

so I

Tuesday, October 16, 12

Change Opportunity

Health Change 3: Changing My Wallet

What happened

Insights: - Even if you don’t fully ‘believe’ the change...it makes room for other behaviors, when 2 choices are close together in value.

- If I don’t feel good about spending $ on a healthy behavior, I will put a ‘to do’ for another work around (like carrying a water bottle) on my activity list for the next ‘high motivation’ wave moment, and since the activity is now only ‘temporary’ I can live with it until the next interval.

What this changes...- Separates “Expensive” from “Health” on daily activities- It’s a Trigger when I make purchase decisions- This is a build activity from an insight on #2

Successful, but not over the curve- I give myself permission now to buy something like water- I still don’t ‘feel’ right about it, and still have to convince myself that it’s ok- When something is FREE, I can’t spend $ on alternative

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CONCLUSIONSEnvironmental Changes = Very HelpfulEnvironmental = Anchors (Starting & End Points)When Environmental Changes Don’t Work = Still get data and insights of what to do next.

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