The opportunity I have selected is helping first year
college students develop and maintain a balanced lifestyle. A balanced
lifestyle is one that includes aspects such as: diet, time management (time
spent studying vs time spent socializing), rest, fitness, mental health,
emotional balance, and work ethic. Often times, students excel in a few of
these areas coming into college but struggle to maintain healthy balance of all
of these aspects. This can lead to imbalanced lifestyle which could be
detrimental in the future. There becomes a need of helping students find a good
balance in these different areas in order to help achieve a healthy lifestyle.
In an article by Little Things Matter, they talk about how personal
accountability about personal aspects (goals, health, time management, etc) is
crucial for life advancement. (littlethingsmatter.com) I believe if there was a way to take many of the aspects of a balanced lifestyle
and help students remain accountable for these aspects, it would be very beneficial.
That is where my solution comes in.
I want to create an app that helps students manage a balanced
lifestyle. This app would help students track the different aspects of a balanced
lifestyle and help students remain accountable of keeping this balance on a
daily basis. The app would hypothetically include tools such as: fitness tracker,
caloric calculations, time awareness capabilities to track progress of a work
life balance, and school resources for mental health (if needed). It would help
students track time spent socializing vs studying or sleeping. This is to promote balance and a holistic
lifestyle. It could help guide students who are trying to adjust to college
life. It would provide ways for the students to find resources on campus, social
events, and other connections. It would encourage students and hold them accountable
to meet daily goals so they can successfully experience life while maintaining a
balanced lifestyle.
You did an amazing job with this post. I love the idea of an app that would help people balance their lives. If you turn this idea into a functioning app I would definitely use it. I feel balance is very important in life, and that I need more of it. If I had to give you any feedback, then it would be to vary the beginning words of your sentences. You used the word “It” as the first word of your sentence for three straight sentences in your third paragraph.
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of this. My freshman year, I didn't have the best balance when it came to health and diet. I did what I could but it was no where near where I was back home. If I had this app my freshman year, I know it would have made a major difference.
ReplyDeleteGood job
Avery,
ReplyDeleteI love this idea! You should check out the app life cycle, it has some of the basics of what you were mentioning such as tracking where you are spending your time, but I love how this would be focused on students to help them be accountable for their time. I feel like I could definitely use something like this.