After looking at the talks of Ella Luna and Cornel West, and reading the pieces by George Lowenstein and Moene, I found myself doing a lot of self-reflection, that I had never really done before. I would identify myself as someone who is very goal-oriented and has a lot of…

Step 1: Shoulds and Musts Musts: Being active, high achiever, interacting with the outdoors, trying new things Shoulds: must aim for a high paying job, need a high GPA, must prepare as early as possible for the working world, should get a job right out of college My logos that…

Step 1: Brainstorm Campus Pet Peeves Most of my pet peeves resulted from things I interacted with on a daily basis, as those were the most tangible and personal problems that I saw. Therefore there were three main things that I found wrong about campus were: Food waste was very…

After looking at the Speed Dating articles and using this system to help move through iterations, I feel that it is a great strategy to receive feedback on pieces that you do on your own. I find that getting multiple different perspectives on an idea in a brief “quick glance”…

This week, hearing from Troy Hammond and Alan Chochinov and reading the work of Tony Fry, I was prompted to really look at the impact of design and how it shapes the society in which we live. I felt that all of these people, really emphasized how design has drastic…

After watching the talks of Kahane, Schwartz, and McDonough, I was given concrete strategies in order to form my project for campus. I believe that these talks essentially give me a lens through which I should view the deficiencies that the campus has. For example, Kahane pushes us to generate…

This week, I found it quite hopeful listening to everyone’s solution for their own personal climate change goals. It amazed me how even with only four groups, the difference in ideas to solve very similar problems was incredible and made me really see that there are many plausible solutions to…

After watching the talks given by Ray Anderson and Michael Porter, I really started to see the avenues for change were primarily through changes in systems. …

This week, the idea of Akrasia brought up by Tonkinwise, and Stewart and Lorber-Kasunic really hit home for me. Specifically, when Stewart and Lorber-Kasunic talk about how akrasia has become much more widespread because of our generation’s tendency to multi-task, I could see how much that really applied in my…