I chose to do my 20 Time project, the Not Just Trash Project, because I'm concerned about the direction we are heading in. Americans make so much waste compared to the rest of the world and it is going to hurt us in the long run. I wanted to inspire people with cool project ideas of how to convert trash into cool items. I want people to know that there are ways around throwing away everything.
My original plan was to create a blog and post frequently on it tutorials of converting trash into cool items. I thought of different ideas to convert small and large items into cool stuff and made a plan for my blog posts.
Getting the project started was slow because I had to make a plan of what I would do. Once I had the plan, I made some posts and did a lot of research. My project evolved from just the blog and posting tutorials, to also raising awareness about political issues relating to this topic. Overall, I think I now have a good foundation for the blog.
The challenging part was figuring out what to do in class. Unfortunately, my project made me do a lot at home and not much in class. I should've picked a different idea for 20 time because for this project, I needed time at home.
Through this project, I learned skills such as planning and scheduling. My project required a lot of pre planning and thought. I learned to plan in advance and put together a well thought out plan to look back at later on. I also learned that I needed to create a schedule for myself. This helped me be more productive.
Unfortunately, it was very hard getting viewers to my blog. I don't have many channels of outreach that I could use. Because of this, I'm not continuing my blog because no one will see what I post. However, I think this project has taught me to be more clever and reuse my own trash. I now know what it takes to actually create a blog and get an audience to it, and how hard it must be to actually be a successful blog.
I will still be encouraging people to reduce their waste and find ways to convert their trash into something useful.
My original plan was to create a blog and post frequently on it tutorials of converting trash into cool items. I thought of different ideas to convert small and large items into cool stuff and made a plan for my blog posts.
Getting the project started was slow because I had to make a plan of what I would do. Once I had the plan, I made some posts and did a lot of research. My project evolved from just the blog and posting tutorials, to also raising awareness about political issues relating to this topic. Overall, I think I now have a good foundation for the blog.
The challenging part was figuring out what to do in class. Unfortunately, my project made me do a lot at home and not much in class. I should've picked a different idea for 20 time because for this project, I needed time at home.
Through this project, I learned skills such as planning and scheduling. My project required a lot of pre planning and thought. I learned to plan in advance and put together a well thought out plan to look back at later on. I also learned that I needed to create a schedule for myself. This helped me be more productive.
Unfortunately, it was very hard getting viewers to my blog. I don't have many channels of outreach that I could use. Because of this, I'm not continuing my blog because no one will see what I post. However, I think this project has taught me to be more clever and reuse my own trash. I now know what it takes to actually create a blog and get an audience to it, and how hard it must be to actually be a successful blog.
I will still be encouraging people to reduce their waste and find ways to convert their trash into something useful.
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