30A - Final Reflection

30A - Final Reflection

I think some of my favorite posts from the semester were at the beginning when I was just starting to learn about different types of entrepreneurship. I feel like these were also my best posts because I was eager to start this course and I was putting 100% effort into all of my assignments. I felt like I started to struggle a bit with creating an entrepreneurial idea because sadly, I am not the most creative person in the word. However, I'm proud of myself for pushing through and trying to think outside-the-box.

I think one of my favorite experiences in this class was creating our elevator pitches. I think this is an extremely useful tool and one that will help me in the business world when I have to quickly pitch an idea to someone. I will always remember this because of how uncomfortable I felt at first and how funny it was to film this with my roommate in the room because she was making fun of me the whole time.

At the beginning of the semester, I definitely did not see myself as an entrepreneur. I didn't even know how to spell the word! But now, I feel like I definitely have more of a grasp on what it takes to start my own business and that it really isn't as hard as I would think. Although I think it would be awesome to have my own business one day, I think for now I am going to stick to business management and focus on how to manage others first.

For students taking this course in the future, I recommend them to put their full effort into this class because it isn't a ton of work and it is more exciting than a lot of other classes. I think that with this class, you get out of it what you put in. So if you want to learn more about entrepreneurship, definitely put your best foot forward! Focus on your work and set aside a day a week to crack down on all your work for this course, and you will be golden!

29A - Venture Concept No. 2

28A - Your Exit Strategy

27A - Reading Reflection No. 3

26A - Celebrating Failure

26A - Celebrating Failure

1) One of my biggest failures this semester was in STA2023, better known as Stats. I've always been a math girl because the classes typically come easy to be, but Stats was different. I'm not sure if it's because it's new material or because a lot of the times there are not definite answers, but for the life of me I cannot understand the class. The tests came pretty difficult to me, even with Study Edge, so it made me want to give up. However, I'm still pushing through and hoping that the third time will be the charm for the final. Luckily, the professor is giving the class a bit of grace by providing us with some end-of-the-semester extra credit.

2) Although failing sucks, I think it's super important because it helps you with personal growth so that you can improve for the future. School has always came very easy to me, so I've struggled a bit throughout my freshman year with studying for classes. This was the first course I took where I actually had to study a lot. Sadly, I know it will just get harder from here on out, so I am thankful for Stats because it is helping me prepare for the more difficult courses I will have later on.

3) As I said in the second portion of this assignment, I think failure is an important aspect of life. I used to hate failing, but I've learned to embrace it. I like to pinpoint the specific reasons why I failed and how I can prevent failing again in the future. Like I said previously, I used to get extremely sad when I failed and let the feeling linger over me for a while. Luckily, I have learned how to handle it better over the years and now, it doesn't have as big of an effect on me. I am a pretty optimistic person so instead of focusing on the fact of "hey I just failed," I instead focus in on how this failure will benefit my future. After taking this course, I definitely think I am more likely to take risks in the future. Risks can be scary, but only because the aspect of failing is present. Although it may sound weird, I look forward to failing more in my life because I know that my many failures will someday lead to a great accomplishment.

22A - Elevator Pitch No. 3

22A - Elevator Pitch No. 3

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BNCQNIpFW-yF_dNNWpnpN5oxvgaFpHFj/view?usp=sharing

I didn't receive feedback on my last elevator pitch but I once again asked for feedback from my immediate family and they felt as if I was doing a good job and didn't need to work on anything. I did notice though that I can tend to talk a little too fast when I'm trying to be enthusiastic about my product, so I tried to slow down a little bit. I also practiced more ahead of time so that I felt more comfortable behind the camera. Overall, I am proud with the progress I am making!

21A - Reading Reflection No. 2

21A - Reading Reflection No. 2

Inbound Marketing by Brian Halligan

1) The general theme of this book is the shift from an outbound marketing technique to an inbound marketing strategy. It goes in depth and explains how companies should not be putting annoying ads or junk mail in people's faces, but instead spend their time creating "remarkable" content that customers would enjoy more.

2) The book enhanced the class because it taught me better marketing strategies to help my business idea get more attention and more customers. I think this is essential to entrepreneurship because when you know what a customer likes and what grabs their attention, it is easier to reel them in so they want to purchase your product.

3) I would create an exercise where students have to create a blog and list off five free marketing strategies and what category of consumers those marketing strategies would attract.

4) My biggest "aha" moment was realizing that marketing yourself doesn't have to cost money. When I think of advertising, the first things that come to mind are commercials, Instagram ads, billboards, etc. However, some of the best ways of marketing, such as word of mouth, are completely free. Sometimes, you just have to get creative!

20A - Growing Your Social Capital

19A - Idea Napkin No. 2

18A - Create a Custom Avatar

18A- Create a Custom Avatar

My product's main users will be college students, so my avatar will be a current student in college.

My customer avatar is a 20-year-old female from Long Island, New York who is currently attending the University of Florida. The University has always been her dream school, and she was so excited to attend because many friends from her home town were going as well. She decided upon UF because of the diverse culture and many academic opportunities that it had for her. She is a business student and lives at the Standard apartment complex. Due to the fact that she lives right across campus, she often finds herself eating at restaurants on campus. Although she does not have a meal plan and cooks her own food in her apartment, when she needs a quick bite she travels to campus. In her free time, she enjoys working out and staying healthy.

With her constant busy schedule, she is not always able to prepare herself a meal. This frustrates her because it can be difficult for her to find healthy options on or close to campus. Since she does not have a car, she is forced to choose the restaurants closest to her. She is hoping that UF will soon introduce healthier options to campus.

I have a lot in common with this student. We are both from out-of-state and came to UF looking for new opportunities. I am also planning on living at the Standard and agree that it is the easiest option to eat food close to campus since I do not have a car. I do not think this is a coincidence because many people are in this exact situation. People who do not have on campus meal plans and are without a car need places to eat, but it can often be hard to find some healthy options. It is easy to relate to this persona because in this day in age, many college students are trying to stay healthy and active. It can be extremely hard to eat healthy in college, which I have experienced first hand my freshman year.

17A - Elevator Pitch No. 2

17A - Elevator Pitch No. 2


https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BNCQNIpFW-yF_dNNWpnpN5oxvgaFpHFj/view?usp=sharing



Sadly, I did not have any comments on my last elevator pitch so I could not get criticism from my classmates. However, I did not let this stop me! Since I am currently at home, I had my parents look over my last elevator pitch and give me some critiques. I also critiqued myself and noticed my last elevator pitch was pretty cringe-worthy. Here are the things I needed to work on:

1. I used my hands way too much.
2. I talked really fast and loud. I do this a lot in general, so I definitely knew I needed to work on that.
3. My hook wasn't very interesting.


In order to improve my elevator pitch, the first thing I did was improve my hook. I had a shorter hook that was more intriguing and straight to the point. Secondly, I spoke a lot calmer and at a more normal volume, and I tried my hardest to keep my hands out of the screen and only use them when necessary. Although this wasn't one of my critiques, the quality and lighting of my previous elevator pitch was extremely poor. Luckily since I am at home, I have a ring ling that I was able to use which I think drastically improved the look of my elevator pitch. Although I still do not think it's perfect, it is a huge improvement and is a lot less cringe-worthy.

14A - Halfway Reflection

14A - Halfway Reflection
Tenacity & Paying it Forward


The biggest behavior I have used to keep up with this course is time management. Time management is one of the biggest things I have struggled with my whole life because I don't particularly enjoy doing schoolwork. For most of my life, school has came easy to me. I view this as both a blessing and a curse because I haven't had to put in as much effort as others to do well, but now it is more difficult because I do not have good study habits established yet. Over the course of my freshman year, the development of better time management skills has allowed me to do much better in my classes and to keep on track of assignments, especially in this class.

One of the biggest moments in time I felt like giving up was earlier on in the semester. I was in my hometown for a wedding and I completely forgot that there were three assignments due in the class. I can still remember the feeling of my heart dropping when I realized I forgot to complete them. I was so frustrated and wanted to give up, but I decided to push through and try extra hard in order to make sure I can still get a desirable grade. I have learned from this mistake and I now always keep up with my assignments in this class as much as possible.

The first tip I would give next semester's student in order to create a tenacious mindset is to create a checklist in your notes each week of what you will accomplish each day. I recently started doing this during this semester and it has definitely helped me keep track of my assignments better. It also makes me feel more accomplished when I see all of the things I have completed, and it makes me want to keep working hard. The second tip I have is to reward yourself for working hard and completing all of your assignments and studying. College can be tough, and it's important to stop every once in a while and be proud of what you have accomplished. Lastly, be sure to still focus in on this class even though it may not seem as difficult. I often found myself being so caught up in studying for my other exams that I forget to do my work for this class until the last minute. It is important to prioritize your tasks while still making sure to take care of the littler things.

13A Reading Reflection #1

13A - Reading Reflection #1

For this exercise, I decided to read Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance. The thing that surprised me most was that Musk dropped out of Stanford. This surprised me because he prides himself on hard work and determination, so it's weird to think of him quitting. The thing about Elon Musk that I admire most is his tenacity towards each project he embarks on. He is someone who I have been interested in long before this blog post, and I try to keep up with what he is doing. My family owns a Tesla and supports most of his projects, and I look forward to everything else he attempts to accomplish. I appreciate how Musk is able to push the boundaries to new levels that nobody else has been able to before. However, the thing that I least admire about him is that sometimes he does not know when to stop. Musk will do whatever it takes to accomplish his goals, which can be a good and bad thing. One of the biggest ways he faced adversity in his life was when he was younger, because he would get bullied a lot. However, I think he definitely pushed through and showed everyone who is boss since he is now a billionaire. 

I believe that Elon Musk is one of the smartest men in the world, and that he will most definitely go down in history for all he is doing. He thinks outside of the box and focuses on what is going to be happening 10 years from now instead of focusing on the present.

I did not believe there was much that was confusing about this reading, however the one thing I did not understand is why Musk decided to step down from PayPal. He had a really good gig going and then just stopped pursuing it. However, it is hard to question his judgement on that decision when you see how far he has come since then. 

1. How do you divide up the time to spend on each of your companies and how do you know when to move on to the next project?

2. Since you are in charge of so many different projects and are constantly working, how much sleep do you get at night?

I think that Elon Musk's middle name is hard work. Tenacity and determination is what he values most about himself and what he values about his employees as well. He refuses to give up on what he believes in, even when the people he cares about most tell him that he can't accomplish it. I feel like I have this mindset to an extent, however, I am still not to the point in my life where I do not doubt myself anymore. 

12A - Figuring Out Buyer Behavior No. 1

Assignment 12A - Figuring Out Buyer Behavior #1

Segment: Demographics (Age) - All of the students I interviewed were between the ages of 18-22 and in the undergraduate years in college. I chose this segment because these are the people who would most likely want to utilize a Panera location on campus.

Interviews:

1. Brooke - 21 years old, senior year

• Brooke tends to stray away from eating food whenever she is on campus because most of it is fast food and things she doesn't like to eat. Because she lives in an apartment, she tends to cook her own food or use UberEats to deliver food to her apartment. Whenever she does go to campus restaurants, she will only go to Subway or Starbucks because those are the only two that have healthy options and/or coffee.
• She would be extremely interested in a Panera on campus because she likes to drive to the one on Archer, but often gets annoyed because it is so out of her way. She tends to eat at a restaurant about 4-5 times a week and stated that if there was a Panera, she would go there at least once a week. She also said that she gets annoyed because whenever she is sick she has to go to Publix to get soup and having a Panera would make it much easier to get soup delivered.

2. Peyton - 19 years old, freshman year

• Lives at Rawlings Hall and has to eat on campus on the weekends because she does not have meals available for her at her sorority. Because of the limited amount of healthy food options on campus, she typically goes to Publix every weekend and will cook her own food in order to stay healthy. Sometimes this is inconvenient for her and it takes her a long time when she would rather have a quick meal. 
• If she does opt in to eating on campus, it would be 2-3 times a week. She would love to see a Panera on campus because it has all types of food and there are many healthy options. She also likes to try new coffee places and would love to get coffee from Panera instead of Starbucks.

3. Jolie - 18 years old, freshman year

• Jolie lives at Broward Hall and has a meal plan at the dining hall. She finds herself spending a lot more of her flex dollars and regular money at other locations on and off campus because not all of the dining hall food is adequate enough. She has Subway at least twice a week because it is one of the only healthy dining options. Because she does not have a car, she can only go so far off campus for places to get coffee and study. She gets annoyed at how busy the Starbucks locations get. 
• Jolie finds herself eating food outside of the dining hall 5-7 times a week. If there was a Panera, she said she would love to go there all of the time for the food and for a place to study. At her home in Long Island, she would often go to Panera to study when she was in high school.

Findings from Research: 

All three of the girls I interviewed would be interested in putting a Panera location on the University of Florida campus. The girls complained that there are not a lot of healthy food places on campus, so this would be somewhere they could go to a lot. The girls also stated that putting a Panera on campus would allow for UberEats and other delivery services to reach their apartments.

Conclusion:

In conclusion, I think that the segment of undergraduate students is going to be who is the most excited about this business opportunity. Although not every student will use the Panera, I believe that most will think it is an excellent restaurant to put on campus. Panera is a one-stop shop for any type of comfort food, coffee, study dates, etc. Adding this restaurant on campus will surely be a plus in the long run. 

11A - Idea Napkin No. 1

Assignment 11A - Idea Napkin No. 1
Piecing It All Together

1. You. My name is Natalie Robinson and I am a first-year Business Management major. I love being kind to people and working hard on important things in my life. I hate letting others down and I am a perfectionist which is why I strive to take on leadership roles. I am currently the Activity Points Chairman in my sorority, and I love this position because it allows me to set a good example for other women in the sorority while simultaneously making closer connections with different individuals. My aspirations in life are to become very successful and make a positive impact on others lives. If I were to own my own Panera location and introduce it to campus, I see myself promoting it and focusing on word-of-mouth marketing. Since I love working hard, I would devote all of my free time to making my business the best it could be.

2. What are you offering to customers? I am offering the chance to have more food options on campus by removing one of the current food options and having a Panera take its place. Panera is an excellent restaurant that offers coffee, breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert. It has many healthy options and even has soups for when a student or faculty members falls ill. It is also an excellent place to study become of its homey and quiet environment.

3. Who are you offering it to? I am offering this product to anyone and everyone including University of Florida students, University of Florida faculty, Gainesville residents, etc. Everyone needs a place to eat and a place to study, and Panera is the perfect place to do both. This is for people who do not have the resources to drive 10 minutes to go get foods that aren't on campus.

4. Why do they care? People care about this product because Panera is one of the most popular places to eat nationwide. The University of Florida has a limited amount of food options on campus, with many of those options being overpriced or unhealthy. Panera is a healthy alternative to any of the restaurants on campus, and it even has soup for whenever people are sick! Panera is also an excellent place to study because of the calming environment and endless coffee options to choose from.

5. What are your core competencies? Panera may seem like any other restaurant, but it is actually the only restaurant that offers coffee, breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert. Panera is the only place on campus that would offer comfort food whenever you get sick. It is also the only place that is very good for studying but also has all types of food, which allows students to study there as long as they need. Because the library and Starbucks are always busy, Panera will allow for a less busy atmosphere so it is easy for students to focus.


I think many aspects of my business concept are good, however my weakest part may be my core competencies. Although Panera is an extremely popular comfort food restaurant, some people may not be as passionate about putting one on campus. I think that if we are able to get a Panera on campus then people would pick eating there over the other restaurants, but I think the challenge would be finding a place to get rid of in order to make room for Panera. However, I do think that I could do a good job advertising my idea because I am good at marketing and I think I am a pretty convincing person. I think that I could do things such as tabling in Turlington and getting people to sign a petition in order to increase the awareness of the need of a Panera on campus, which would help me get more people to push to make this business concept a reality.

10A - Elevator Pitch #1

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BAgmcLOQ1WaVp7hqs72uqVlqOrWAWSBF/view?usp=sharing

9A - Testing the Hypothesis, Part 2

My Opportunity:

The opportunity I have identified is expanding Panera Bread onto the University of Florida campus. Panera Bread is one of the most well-known franchises across America due to its wide variety of food and drink. UF has a limited amount of chain restaurant options on campus, and Panera would be one that could really assist in bringing in more revenue for the school. Panera Bread is perfect for anyone, whether they are in the mood for coffee, comfort food, or a sweet treat. 

The Who: University of Florida students, University of Florida faculty, Gainesville residents

The What: The University of Florida does not have enough chain restaurants on campus. Panera bread is an extremely popular fast-food that could bring in more revenue because it has coffee, breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

The Why: Possibly due to a contract with Starbucks or other companies. Panera could also be against being located on college campuses.

Interview #1: Female Student at Opus Coffee Shop 

Conclusion: 

This student loves to get coffee and sit down somewhere while studying, however Starbucks is typically too rambunctious for her. She said this makes her try to venture to different coffee shops that are more "low-key" where she is able to focus more. However, this causes her to miss out on the food aspect that Starbucks has to offer. She said that if there were a Panera Bread on campus, she would always study there because it would be a quieter environment with excellent food and coffee. This student was inside the boundary of the opportunity.

Interview #2: Female Student at Pod Market Subway

Conclusion:

This student has a meal plan with a sorority, so she is forced to buy her own food on weekends or whenever she is not satisfied with the meals being served at her house. Since she lives on campus and does not have a car, she has a very limited selection of food to pick from. She said that she gets Subway every weekend and sometimes twice a weekend because of the limited choices of food options on campus. She also stated that since Subway is open later in the night it is easy to go to when she has a midnight craving. When asking this student how she would feel about a Panera on campus, she said she would be eager to eat there because it would give her some diversity in her meal choices. This student was inside the boundary of the opportunity.

Interview #3: Female Student at Reitz Union

Conclusion: This student has a meal plan with UF and often gets bored with her choices on campus. Whenever she goes to the Reitz Union, the only two places she finds appetizing are Starbucks and Wendy's. She admitted to refusing to try some of the other restaurants simply because they are not chain restaurants. When asked how she would feel about a Panera being put on campus, she said she would be ecstatic and would want to eat there everyday. She also stated that it would be nice because there is not a lot of food on campus that is good to eat when you are sick, so it would be nice to have a Panera to go to in order to get some soup. This student was inside the boundary of the opportunity.

Interview #4: Male Student Living Off-Campus

Conclusion: This student lives driving distance from campus and states that the local Panera is the same distance as campus from him. Panera also offers rapid delivery to his apartment, so there would be no need for him to ever utilize the on-campus location. This student was outside the boundary of the opportunity.

Interview #5: Male Student at Library West

Conclusion: This student loves to study at Library West but often gets sick of how long the line is at Starbucks. He, among many others, often resorts to getting UberEats delivered to the library when he knows he will be studying for a long period of time. He says that Panera would be a perfect place to put near campus because he could order coffee, breakfast, lunch, or dinner from there, depending on what time of day he is at the library. This student was inside the boundary of the opportunity. 

Findings Summary:

This exercise has helped me organize my findings and made me realize even further the lack of variety on campus. However, businesses such as Starbucks and Subway will be extremely hard to beat out due to the fact that they have been on campus for much longer. It will be difficult to find a spot to put the Panera on campus, but one of the student I interviewed pointed out how many of the restaurants in the Reitz Union are not a franchise, so this could be a good location. I also think it is important because with the constant population growth for UF, there needs to be more locations to study. 

8A - Solving the Problem

7A - Testing the Hypothesis, Part 1

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6A - Identifying Opportunities in Trends

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Assignment 2 - Bug List

     

Assignment 2 - The Bug List

1. Often times when the temperature outside drops to the 40's or less, I have trouble starting my Buddy 50 scooter. I have to rev the engine or even kickstart it for to turn on.
• A scooter does not start as well in the cold because when engine oil sits in the cold overnight, the decrease in temperature causes the oil in the scooter to thicken. Because of this, it takes a lot more energy from the battery to loosen the oil compared to when it is warm outside.
2. My jeans always shrink a little after every time I put them in the wash.
• Because of the certain fabric jeans are made of, whenever they are exposed to heat the fabric constricts. The hydrogen bonds become stressed, which results in the jeans shrinking
3. I am paying a lot of money to take business classes at UF, however I am not getting the full experience because most of my classes are online.
• UF has an extremely good business program which causes many students to want to join the business school here. Because of the overwhelming amount of students, there is not enough room in the classes. This results in online classes being more efficient because it allows for more students to be in each class. 
4. Whenever I wash Lululemon leggings, I have to air dry them which takes up a lot of space in my room and is very time consuming.
• This is because the leggings are made of nylon which is a very soft fabric that can pill easily when exposed to heat and friction. The only way to make the leggings last long is to carefully clean them. 
5. The left side of Broward Hall does not have an elevator so I'm forced to walk up four flights of stairs every time I go to my room
• This is because Broward Hall was built in 1954 and UF is still in the process of renovating it with newer technology such as elevators. 
6. It takes forever to cross 13th Street when I'm walking from my dorm to my sorority house.
• The intersection at 13th Street and SW 8th Ave is extremely busy so the lights for each road are longer than other intersections. 
7. The Starbucks line at Library West is almost always at least a 15 minute wait.
• Library West is a very big and popular library where students come to study day and night. Because most students spend multiple hours at a time at the library, they want to have a coffee or a snack next to them while studying.
8. Whenever I get my scooter serviced at New Scooters 4 Less I usually have to wait 15 minutes or more to get it picked up.
• NS4L is one of the most popular and convienent scooter stores especially because it is located on 13th street. Because of this, most students take their scooters there to get serviced which results in a longer wait time.
9. My AirPods always fall off my bed during the night while I sleep and then I have to look for them in the morning.
• Whenever I roll over in my sleep, my bed moves away from the wall which causes there to be a small crevice that is easy for my AirPods to fall down from.
10. It takes a long time for the shower to get warm in the morning.
• Because of how cold it has been in Gainesville lately, the water temperature is lower so it takes longer for the water to heat up. This is especially true in the mornings whenever the water has not been heated up for a while.
11. Every time I get on my scooter my side mirrors are pushed in and I have to readjust them.
• Since there are so many students on campus, the scooter parking often gets extremely crowded. When people try to squeeze their scooters into a small area, it results in the scooter hitting the other scooters next to it and messing with the placement of the side mirrors.
12. My hair starts to turn brassy only a couple washes after I get it done at the hair salon.
• This is because when I get my hair done, the hair stylist puts toner in it to make the blonde more of a platinum color. After a few washes, the toner begins to wash out which makes the brassy tones of my hair more visible.
13. Some of the washers in Broward Hall have a weird smell to them so I can't wash my clothes in them.
• Many people forget to leave the washer door open to dry after taking their clothes out, which results in a mold build up inside of the washer.
14. The plates at lunch and dinner are always really hot and start to burn my hands.
• Since there are hundreds of girls in my sorority that have to eat everyday, the plates are always constantly being washed and being placed out immediately after being clean. This results in the plates still being hot from the water.
15. The air fresheners in my dorm stop smelling as strong after a couple days of use.
• My roommate and I have the air fresheners up to the highest intensity possible so the air fresheners run out quicker than advertised.
16. My checks don't go through into my account until several days after I put them in.
• Because I am from the Midwest and not Florida, the bank I use doesn't exist here. Whenever I want to deposit a check, I have to do it via mobile deposit rather than deposit it at the physical bank, which takes a longer period of time for the check to register.
17. My package was delivered to the wrong address so it took longer than expected for me to receive it.
• The delivery man delivers hundreds of packages a day so he doesn't always play close attention the the address. He accidentally read it wrong, so he delivered it to the wrong person.
18. I have to use special command strips in my dorm to hang up things because the normal command strips will fall down randomly.
• Because of the humidity in Gainesville, it is more difficult for things to stick to the wall. At my home in Missouri, the humidity is nowhere near as bad, so I was not prepared for this before moving in.
19. My flight home to Missouri is 400 more dollars than it usually is.
• This is because I decided to come home last minute to surprise my boyfriend (only a week in advance) so the prices were extremely high.
20. The tickets I bought to go to Universal Studios in Orlando in March were way more expensive than usual.
• This is because March is one of the most popular times to go to Universal Studios since many people are on Spring Break during this time. In order to maximize revenue, the company increases profits since they know more people will be attending during this time period.

Contrary to most, I actually found this assignment to be more difficult in the beginning versus the end. At first, it was difficult for me to think of things that inconvenienced me because I typically try to have an optimistic view upon life. However, once I started thinking of a few ideas, even more begin to pop in my head. I think this exercise was very helpful in getting myself to think like an entrepreneur because when I had to think of why this inconvenience was occurring, it caused me to start to think of solutions to the problem rather than just complaining. I also think this was an interesting exercise because I had to focus more on the tasks I was completing each day. Typically, I will just go along with my daily routine and not think anything about the small inconveniences that occur. After completing this exercise, I will continue to notice the small things in hopes of being able to someday find a solution to these problems.