With this brainstorming activity, I struggled with where to start. I wasn’t sure of what I wanted my end result to be, and then I realized that I shouldn’t be starting with what I want the result to be. I then started by separating everything into the categories of the environment, connection to others, technology, and personal health and self-care. This helped me to think about separate areas and ideas for my current situation in life. In separating into these groups, I was able to categorize the things that I felt were most important in my mind for every aspect of my life at home.
After writing out my 50 ideas, I struggled to pick just 2-5 main ideas to highlight and ended up unintentionally highlighting 7. I felt that the ones I highlighted were the most important and stuck out to me to be the most helpful for creating a concept board.
Under the environment around me category, the ideas I found to stand out the most were opening the blinds each morning and keeping my clothes and closet organized. I felt that this was important because it will help me have an organized and happy environment in my room which is where I am going to be spending most of my time doing my work and just relaxing. In having a positive and clean environment, I will be more open to inspiration and different opportunities that are brought to me.
In connecting with others, I felt that doing new and different activities with my family that I haven’t done in the past or I wouldn’t usually do was essential. Being that I am going to be home for the next couple of months, I will have much more time on my hands that I otherwise might not have ever gotten. In having this time, I think it will be beneficial for me and my relationships with my family members to spend more time together doing things we wouldn’t usually do, like watching movies or doing an online workout class together.
I had the most amount of ideas for the personal health and self-care category. Since being home so far, I have been trying to focus on self-care by doing daily routines that enhance my energy and overall health. I highlighted trying new things including yoga and meditation because I have never really gotten into yoga or meditation in my life and feel like it would be beneficial for my physical and mental health especially in this time period. I also highlighted the idea of writing out my plans, feelings and thoughts each day so I can stay on top of my daily routine and my thoughts through this process.
With using technology, I have already started taking advantage of the technological advancements we have with zoom, facetime and other social media platforms. I highlighted using zoom and facetime to stay in contact with my friends who I might not see until I go back to school. This is especially important to me because I have established strong relationships this past semester that I really care about and want to keep up with. I also highlighted keeping up with my online class schedule just to ensure that I stay on top of what I need to be doing with school and everything that is being posted online to help me succeed.
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