"Why not go out on a limb? That’s where the fruit is.” –Mark Twain When people ask me what “answers” I came to with my Question (“What conditions optimize a sense of belonging?” or what my biggest discovery was, I tell them what most surprised and disappointed me. I had hoped to explore the environmental conditions that would create a sense of belonging so that individuals would not have to do any work to feel that they belong. I wanted to find structures that would allow the default to be connection. I love psychology and space architecture, including thinking about how environments influence our experience of connection. These fields are still huge areas of interest for me and ones that I did not have the opportunity to explore at Quest due to other choices I made regarding my educational path. I found myself easily drawn towards what I already knew, such as program-development, compared to more foreign areas, such as architecture. I ended up looking at ways self-reflection and vulnerability enable connection. We can and should change environments to better connection and community, but I also found the value of empowering individuals to believe they are worthy of such connection and community.
It’s not an end goal, it’s a process and it starts and ends with me, you, and all of us.
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AuthorVrindy Spencer is constantly seeking inspiration on topics of personal and human development, leadership, community, connection, and intimacy (with self and others). Archives
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