DESIGN FOR SOCIAL IMPACT

This morning I made the terrible idea to get lost. I left about 9am and the snow started hitting about 10am. I tried really hard to get lost so I took I-71 S and just kept driving and got off a random exit with only one gas station (incase I ran out of gas!). As I kept driving I started to get really annoyed that I had to just drive around and get lost because I like to know where I am. Of course I brought TomTom just incase I couldn't find my way back. All I really saw was a few cars, lots of fields, cows, and went through a small town with like 5 houses. It was weird and I felt like I was in the middle of nowhere. I turned down some different streets then finally I must have made a big loop back around and luckily I was able to find the main road just as it started snowing. I would have liked to keep going but I definitely did not want to get stuck on country roads in the bad weather. It's very hard for me to get completely lost to the point of no return because I have a great sense of direction. But I still did not know where I was and that still bothered me.

So Thursday Night I spent time in my locality and looked around for awhile. It was pretty quite and soothing. I had a lot to look at and just examined everything around me very closely and noticed things I never had before. This locality made me a lot more comfortable because it was mine and I knew just where I was.

This exercise made me realize how important locality is not just to be aware but because the way I reacted and the way it made me feel. It was an interesting experience.