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Welcome to my Genius Hour Blog.  

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I'm not going to lie, open-ended projects like these can be very overwhelming. You have many ideas filling your head and are constantly questioning whether any of them are good enough. Once I choose a path or two from which I can imagine a product, I will feel significantly less overwhelmed by the project's lack of direction.  Some project ideas will be successful and some will not. However, since these projects are based on passions, the time put in will hopefully be enjoyable regardless of the outcome. 

Although I can think of many passions and hobbies of mine, most of them do not have clear products that can be made. I am very passionate about sports and I'm considering something like a "how-to" for soccer goalkeeping. I am also very interested in games of strategy and could do a breakdown of different card or board games. Other interests I've considered are: dairy and/or gluten free cooking/baking, construction/design related projects, sports analytics, and bar/table games (darts, table tennis, foosball, etc).

Some of these skills and hobbies are things that I have lots of experience doing, but less experience breaking down. Even skills like goalkeeping, which I have trained people in before, would have a significant opportunity for me to learn by figuring out how to teach these skills using technology and needing to break down everything without the ability to correct existing skills. If I am able to create a product that will help teach any of these skills and through making it help me to better understand and explain why certain techniques or strategies should be used, then I will be very happy with my choice in project.

Update: I've decided to go with the goalkeeper training topic. For more details check out my Project Proposal!

Tristan


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