Systems Part I (2014) by Hannah Gaskill
Communication
In | Process | Out | Feedback | Leverage Point |
One person begins conversation (either myself or someone else) | What was said is processed | Response from other person | Interpretation of Response | Who I am talking to |
Waking Up
In | Process | Out | Feedback | Leverage Point |
Alarm sounds | Snooze Button | Alarm Sounds | Either snooze again or wake up | How much I have to do that day |
Going to Sleep
In | Process | Out | Feedback | Leverage Point |
Feel tired | Put on pajamas | Get in bed | Fall asleep | How early I have to wake up |
Calling Mom
In | Process | Out | Feedback | Leverage Point |
Call | Tell her about my life | She responds to what I said | I analyze her input | How shitty I feel when I call |
Getting Dressed
In | Process | Out | Feedback | Leverage Point |
Look in closet | See what is clean | Change five times | Pick something | Who I plan on seeing that day |
Eating
In | Process | Out | Feedback | Leverage Point |
Feel hungry | Look in fridge | See what hasn’t expired | Eat what is not expired | How hungry I feel |
Learning a new song on the ukulele
In | Process | Out | Feedback | Leverage Point |
Look at tabs | Sort through to find easiest variation | Play over and over and over | Memorized chords | How much I actually like the song I’m learning |
Deciding to get a haircut
In | Process | Out | Feedback | Leverage Point |
Feel like my hair is too long | Debate in my mind whether or not it’s worth the money | Decide I can’t stand it anymore | Get haircut | How bored I am with my self |
Homework
In | Process | Out | Feedback | Leverage Point |
Get assigned homework | Go home and do everything but homework | Eventually run out of things to do that aren’t homework | Do homework | What class it’s for/when it’s due |
Panic Attack
In | Process | Out | Feedback | Leverage Point |
Have an awkward social encounter | Think for hours about how awkward it was | Feel trapped inside my brain | Go for a walk and smoke cigarettes | Who was involved in the awkward encounter |