While making my concept map, I realized that being home was making me really unproductive. So, I thought about what I was doing at school that I wasn’t doing at home. Then, I remembered that Google Calendar was my life when I was at Bucknell. I would put not only my meetings and classes in my calendar, but also when I was planning on going to lunch, dinner, etc. It made me so much more productive, knowing what I was going to do every minute of my day. So, I thought doing the same at home would bring back the feeling of being at school and make me more productive. In my Google Calendar above, the blue events are my meetings or zoom classes that I need to attend. The orange events are my deadlines: homeworks, project, labs, etc. Lastly, the yellow events are how I would like to spend each day. Every Saturday, I will have a time set (5pm – 6pm) to make the schedule for the next week. Some of the events might be repeated every week, whereas some won’t be. I’ve also included events in the calendar from my other 2 concepts. In addition, I will also use Wunderlist to keep track of what I need to do. In the Design Hierarchy of Needs, this concept fulfills both the functionality and the reliability aspects since I will be updating the schedule weekly.
In this time of chaos, I’m fortunate enough to be with my family. Therefore, I’ve decided to make the most out of it. To do so, I’ve made a weekly family time schedule. Every Sunday, we will have a board game night. This can be anything from Chess to Catan. To start off, next week will be Clue. Every Monday, my family will come together to make dinner. The requirement for this dinner will be that it has to be a meal that we’ve never cooked at home before. We will have Tuesday night Trivias. Every week, there will be a new theme. For example, music, math, history, geography, sports, etc. On Wednesdays, we will have movie nights. Thursdays are for Card Games. Fridays, we get competitive. Lastly, I decided that too much family time can also create lots of tension. Therefore, to balance it out, on Saturdays, all of us will separate out to Zoom our friends and catch up with them. In addition, I’ve also added an “ideas” part to throw any ideas we might have for next week’s family activities. In Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, the family activities fulfill physiological needs, love and safety. We all need to spend time with the people we love in the safety of our homes. In the Design Hierarchy of Needs, I believe that it fulfills all of the requirements. The ideas part helps us become more creative and innovate games and activities. Having a family activities plan is better than not having one and it also keeps us motivated to keep doing this every week.
I’ve always had a passion for cooking and baking. However, I’ve never really had the time nor motivation to keep up with it, until now. Above you can see a cook/bake weekly menu. Sundays and Wednesdays will be my off days. Mondays, I will have a midday baking session, which I will start with something simple, Chocolate Chip Cookies. On Tuesdays, I will make lunch for me and my family. Thursdays, I will make dinner. Fridays will be my dessert days. Lastly, to add in a hint healthy aspect, on Saturdays, I will make healthy breakfasts. I hope that doing this every week will create a habit for me, so that when I go back to school in the fall, I will cook at least in the weekends. This fulfills the reliability aspect of the Design Hierarchy of Needs. Overall, this touches upon all of the aspects: creativity, proficiency, usability, reliability and functionality. In addition, it fulfills the self-actualization and the self-esteem part. This will be very therapeutic and beneficial for me.
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