Activity 1: Setting the Stage
IN THIS LESSON Start thinking about where you find yourself right now, today. What lights you up? What holds you back?
Set Up Your Workspace Have paper and a pen/pencil nearby.
Warm Up Click the button below to complete a quick exercise to fire up your imagination and start thinking creatively.
Begin where you are.
Sketch a simple picture of yourself.
For each of the following prompts, respond by writing a few descriptive words anywhere around your self-portrait.
On an ordinary day, what gives you energy?
On a challenging day, what keeps you going?
Remember a time when you could have gone farther, done more, taken a risk or tried again, but didn’t. What held you back?
Review what you have created so far. Look over your picture and your descriptive words. This is all part of who you are today.
