I enjoyed doing this exercise because it helped me further plan out my activities and visualize my goals during quarantine.
My first sketch was of my list of daily activities that I have to complete by the time I wake up to when I go to bed. I originally created a list that I would try to complete before I went to bed. Although I would find myself skipping things I didn’t want to do. I would then get to around 10 at night and realize I didn’t have enough time or energy to complete my activities. Therefore, this helped me realize that I should number the list that way I could not move onto the next until I finished them in order. This held me more accountable for my actions and helped me with time management. This relates to Stage four of Exploration/Refinement because this helped me with the observing and testing part of my exploration. If I had not done this, I probably would not have come to the conclusion that I needed to number my activities and use sticky notes to peel away the activities as I complete them.
This second sketch is of my phone screen time since being in quarantine. I am really upset that I have let my phone consume this many hours of my life. At school, my screen time was about 2 hours a day, and I felt like that was still a lot. I spend the most amount of my time on social media and communication applications. I find myself getting stuck in an endless loop of TikToks and Instagram Live feeds and not even realizing that I have been on my phone for 30 minutes. I am going to download an app that my brother told me about that locks you out of certain apps once you hit a certain time limit. I know that this will be difficult at first, but will help me be much more productive during these less scheduled times. I will put more time into myself, my family, and building new skills. This relates to my Hierarchy of Needs because I need to make sure that I am focusing more on my Self Actualization, Self Esteem, and Safety.
My final sketch is my guitar that I just recieved today from Amazon. Although I had written that I wanted to reteach myself the piano, I decided that a guitar is more practical and the guitar is more mobile than a piano (I can take my guitar more places). I devoted about 2 hours to my guitar today with youtube tutorials and practice. I have to admit that the guitar is much more difficult than I remember. One of my flaws is that I tend to get frustrated when I am not naturally great at something. Although I do not usually give up, I really enjoy things more when I am really good at them. I am devoting myself one month to the guitar and if I am still really struggling then I might give it a break and try another skill. I am setting this goal for myself because I know that it will help me keep good morale and focus. This relates to both pyramids because it involves both my self-esteem and my creativity. I hope that I can make progress and stick with it! I am currently working on learning Bubble Toes by Jack Johnson.
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