Concept Map

To create this concept map I had a hard time figuring out ideas and a thought that I would base my map off of. I started to brainstorm and came up with the thought of “Shopping”. This is something I love to do and I really want to go shopping for some new clothes. Then as I was starting to think of things I really want I realized that I didn’t really need anything. I branched the map off into “Wants & Needs” Things that I really want is not necessary something I need. Where as thing I might need for school and too keep warm are more accentual items that I might need. Sometimes the stuff I think you need might be a little ridiculous, like a $150 Halloween costume. This is something I consider I need because it’s Halloween and everyone needs a costume. Could I find a cheaper one? Yes. But do I want to? No. Then it all comes down to if the parents will pay for these wants and needs. Most likely not but sometime I can persuade them and to buying it for me. I defiantly have a shopping problem and I thought by mapping out my ideas about shopping I could realize that there are a lot of things that I really want but just do not need. My other solution is to get a real job and start paying for some of my unnecessary items. However, my parents don’t want me to get a job because school is my job. I have two younger sisters and they both get whatever they want. My one 16 year old sister is a big horse back rider and every show cost about 2,000 or more. I think that’s crazy and just because shopping is my hobby and that’s what I want to spend my money on, my parents don’t understand and think I am crazy. In the end I know I am crazy and need to control my shopping habits. By mapping this idea out, I see what my problem is and it has made me think while processing the information more clearly. I can’t help that I love clothes but there’s a limit and have found it.

Mind Maps

For the Mind Maps that I did I started off with the thought of Travel and how I have been a lot of places. I went to Australia this past summer for 2 months and it was a great experience. The first mind map above I started with all the great places I have been too and went branched off from their about my experiences. I tired to create short words and sentences that would explain my travels. I mapped out my trips to Australia, France, Martha's Vineyard, San Francisco (where I am from) and my new trip in the spring to New Zealand. The process of thinking how everything connects and how your mind can go from one place to the other so quickly really interest me. Looking at the finished product and seeing how it flows from on city to the other and my adventures through out places I have been is all down on page, mapped out. It is exciting to see all the fun that I have had and using color to make things pop to stand out is fun to experiment with. Also symbols that represent things and places that only I understand is fun for me to know and for others to find out. The second mind map I took a piece of my first one, which I chose Home. This was hard to think of because I could of done some many different places but home to me is the by far my favorite place. Once I got started it became easier. San Francisco is the city the by the bay and the place that will always be in my heart. Then I branched out and did Sonoma, which is my home town in wine country. I have grown up in this area of California and I have also been to Santa Barbara and have had a lot of fun their. The thought process of this was fun for me and then to go back in and use color to high light ideas and things that I love. I really enjoyed doing this project and I found the mind maps to be very useful. They help you think and look at things a different way and explore the ideas outside your usual boundaries.