With the second week of attempting to use my prototype I have come to the conclusion that my project was overall too ambitious to begin with. I wanted to be able to spend about an hour a day learning to use Photoshop. Yet, only a couple days into doing so I found myself feeling like it was just another task I had to do on the computer.
Part of being in quarantine has meant that my life revolves around technology. I realized that adding another technology related task to my list was not only unenjoyable, but it was also mentally exhausting. I constantly felt like I never had enough energy in the day no matter how much I slept. However, on days that I decided to go on long nature walks (originally so that I could take pictures to later edit on photoshop) I noticed I had more energy on those days.
For now, I am putting my photoshopping learning progress on hold and focussing on taking walks outside simply because I feel like I have more energy throughout the day and I feel better about myself overall. For these reasons, the walks have made me more productive in getting up early, completing school work, and doing any other chore/task.
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