Day 4 - Encourage feedback

 Mom

Stop - Second guessing yourself

Keep - Your current school,work,life balance

Start - Eating healthier

Dad 

Stop - Being cocky/critical

Keep - Your current school,work,life balance

Start - taking more responsibility of health, personal belongings etc


For this activity to be as successful as possible I asked my parents individually without giving the other the firsts response. It was interesting to watch them try and come up in words a response to each question, I think the issue was they were both trying to answer in a way I could reflect upon rather than just their initial thought so if I were to try this activity again I would tell them to say the first thing that comes to mind without telling them what it is for. I wasn't surprised to see them answer the same for keep as they both emphasize the importance of balancing work school and extra curricular ensuring one is not battling another. The activity made me realize, it is important to properly word and deliver an activity like this in order to receive valid and honest feedback. This activity didn't make me feel any sort of vulnerability or discomfort and that may simply be due to the fact I asked just my parents, if I reached out to a friend or colleague it would be very interesting to see the difference in response and how a persons relation to you (relative/child, work, friend) would differ each response as a friend is probably not going to say "Keep your current life balance".

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