Kasem Kharsa

Writing with Post-It Notes

Thank you. I have been pondering these thoughts for some time, but had not looked at them in terms of identifying discrete questions. The work is more of a self-reflection and (hopefully) can help guide others who want to be truly authentic in how they approach living out their faith. In your demo, when you mentioned developing the characters, events, concepts, it gave me a starting point to consider these ideas the way i would do structured analysis of a business problem. Putting them on the wall (or rather, on my desktop, since the post-its won't stick to my walls :) ) helped me take the "guilt-free" brainstorming and only after that, put order to it. Like you said, i hadn't "married" the ideas in any particular order. Then i was able to organize after the brainstorming. Yes, putting my thoughts on the wall triggered additional questions. as i was doing the exercise, i thought, "what would someone ask me next?" and that triggered the additional paths the post-it content took. I was curious about your opening example of a complex project you showed. It used not only the yellow 3x3s, but also other colored 1.2x2" post-its. what do you use the other colors for?

Hey AnneMarie, sorry for my delay - for some reason I don't always get notifications when a student posts a comment. Regarding the different colors, if I remember correctly it was a 'make believe' project, and I think I used different colors to make it visually more interesting. But, you could definitely use color as a way to label different categories of ideas, for example if your ideas naturally fit in chapters then I would write the chapter name on a colored post it note just so that it's easier to identify that group of yellow post it notes. Or, if there are ideas you're more excited by you could give it a different color, etc. There really are no limits or rules, the more you can invent your own 'system' the more it will feel like you're working in your own 'language'. Not to cross-promote, but if you liked the tactility of the post it notes I think you'll like my 'Kanban' class, I teach it with a tablet but it works as well (maybe better) with physical post it notes that you move on your wall or desk.

Hey AnneMarie, looking good - I'm curious what happened when you put up your random thoughts on the wall? For example, did it lead to more raw material or ideas for fleshing things out further?

Essay  beginning with the thoughts: God didn't create me to admire myself or to "feel good." I need to bear fruit for God.
I've been collecting random thoughts over the past 25 years of working, promising myself that when i have time i would begin journaling around those thoughts. Now that i've retired, i am following thru on that promise to myself. <img srcset="https://static.skillshare.com/uploads/project/88a73ac160ec90cab43f55ca22f6c921/8a3cd53c.png 600w, https://static.skillshare.com/uploads/project/88a73ac160ec90cab43f55ca22f6c921/8a3cd53c.png 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw" src="https://static.skillshare.com/uploads/project/88a73ac160ec90cab43f55ca22f6c921/8a3cd53c.png" loading="lazy" alt="Fruit for God - image 1 - student project">

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