This project taught me about resilience and how I function as a person and designer, which are valuable insights to take into my new graduation project and further career. In my ‘failed’ graduation project, the main insight from research fitted with what I learned from this experience: Even without the desired outcome, you have only failed if you did not learn. My graduation team consists of Marieke Sonneveld (TU Delft), Gert Pasman (TU Delft) and Robin Zuidam (Vereniging Leven met Dood), and Annelies van der Ouw (Vereniging Leven met dood). I will research and design the experience the user will have while interacting with the platform. The non-profit’s ambition is to set up an independent digital platform, that provides information, support, and aftercare for people in mourning. Re-energized, I started my new graduation project for Vereniging Leven met Dood, last December. Also, I think it is pretty cool that I am now certified to teach yoga and own a saree. The luxury to slow down, gave me time to reflect. Exploring the endlessly interesting and culturally rich landscape of India helped me feel inspired again. The challenges traveling solo in India provided, helped me find out how to use my brain again. Practicing yoga with a group of kind, funny, diverse, fellow yoga-loving people was amazing and energizing. On the 2nd of October, my 200hr yoga teacher training kicked off in Rishikesh, India! Immersing myself in something I enjoy proved to be the right medicine for me. During the project, I realized it was not a fit for me and how I felt at the moment (very un-flourishing), so I decided to focus on my own well-being first.įor years, it has been my dream to go to India, do yoga teacher training, and then explore the country. In the project, I was exploring how failure can be a mean for flourishing in children, and how to design for this. ‘failing’ my graduation project about failure, doing yoga teacher training in india, and starting a new graduation project.Īt the beginning of May, I made the tough decision to stop with my graduation project.
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