{"id":4153,"date":"2014-01-21T12:51:34","date_gmt":"2014-01-21T17:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2014spring1\/?p=4153"},"modified":"2014-01-21T14:42:28","modified_gmt":"2014-01-21T19:42:28","slug":"madalyn-gryger-systems-thinking-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2014spring1\/?p=4153","title":{"rendered":"Madalyn Gryger– Systems Thinking (2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following are a few examples of systems I’ve put in place into my life, each aiming to achieve normalcy, order, and maybe even some ounce of control, \u00a0and here’s how I did some of them wrong.<\/p>\n

1. System: Dressing
\nInput: Need to be clothed
\nOutput: Outfit
\nFeedback: Warmth<\/p>\n

\"Photo<\/a><\/p>\n

Doing it wrong: Perfect for a snowy cold day?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

2.\u00a0<\/span>System: Eating
\nInput: Hunger
\nOutput: Fullness
\nFeedback: Enjoyment\/nutritional value<\/p>\n

\"IMG_2249\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Doing it wrong: Nutritious dinner.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

3.\u00a0System: Exercise
\nInput: Desire to be fit
\nOutput: fitness
\nFeedback: appearance, health
\nDoing it wrong: Exercise as a couch potato.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

4.\u00a0System: Studying
\nInput: Desire for good grades
\nOutput: Grades
\nFeedback: GPA, scores, perceived success<\/p>\n

\"IMG_2251\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Doing it wrong: These books won’t read themselves, nor will I.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

5.\u00a0System: Makeup
\nInput: Desire to be beautiful
\nOutput: My second “face”
\nFeedback: Compliments, perceived beauty<\/p>\n

\"IMG_2243\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Doing it wrong: #nofilter #no makeup<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

6.\u00a0System: Work
\nInput: Desire for money
\nOutput: Money
\nFeedback: Time, money
\nDoing it wrong: Don’t show up for work, win the “worst employee of the month” award<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

7.\u00a0System: Art practice
\nInput: Passion for art
\nOutput: artworks
\nFeedback: Self-satisfaction, quality, others’ remarks<\/p>\n

\"IMG_2252\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Doing it wrong:\u00a0One of my more conceptual pieces.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

8.\u00a0System: Human contact
\nInput: Desire for connectedness
\nOutput: relationships
\nFeedback: Satisfaction
\nDoing it wrong: Don’t text back when I receive texts.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

9.\u00a0System: Dressing
\nInput: Desire to be beautiful
\nOutput: Outfit
\nFeedback: Compliments, perceived beauty<\/p>\n

\"Photo<\/a><\/p>\n

Doing it wrong: I’ll turn plenty of heads in this shapeless men’s hoodie.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

10.\u00a0For the final system, I chose to analyze my sleep patterns. Like the majority of college students I consider myself quite a night owl; I can stay up until 5 AM with relative ease but if you ask me to wake up at 5 AM I’ll hit the snooze button for a few more hours. I chose to flip this system but taking an extreme view of a morning person, and tried out a new sleep schedule. I went to sleep at 7:30 PM with the help of my exhaustion and some natural sleep supplements, and set my alarm to wake me at 3:30 AM.<\/p>\n

I thought that perhaps I would be able to get work done in the morning with a full 8 hours of sleep behind me (which I don’t usually achieve) but when I woke up I found that the number of hours made no difference to my feelings of rested-ness–I was just as tired as any other morning, but this morning I had 7 hours to kill before my first class. I ended up just sitting around for mot of the morning, and I even watched a movie over breakfast and my morning coffee but I was entirely unproductive. As the day progressed and I made it to the afternoon I had already had a full day and was entirely exhausted but unfortunately could not take a break from my daily responsibilities to nap. 22 hours after I had awoken in the morning I finally went back to sleep, and was able to resume my regular waking hour the next day.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_2239\"<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The following are a few examples of systems I’ve put in place into my life, each aiming to achieve normalcy, order, and maybe even some ounce of control, \u00a0and here’s how I did some of them wrong. 1. System: Dressing Input: Need to be clothed Output: Outfit Feedback: Warmth Doing it wrong: Perfect for a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":141,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,44,90],"tags":[],"coauthors":[91],"class_list":["post-4153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assignment","category-submission","category-systems-thinking"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2014spring1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2014spring1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2014spring1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2014spring1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/141"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2014spring1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4153"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2014spring1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4190,"href":"https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2014spring1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4153\/revisions\/4190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2014spring1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2014spring1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2014spring1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4153"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teach.alimomeni.net\/2014spring1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcoauthors&post=4153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}