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LAR 582 ASSN 1.1

Presto Manifesto v1

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Presto Manifesto v1

Due Tue, Jan 30

Materials:

_[analog] index cards, tape/sticky tack, markers (6 colors), pen/pencil

_[digital] Miro board with “Card Flip” app installed

_01 Ideation

Take an index card and write down a noun or verb related to any: goal you’d

like to reach, interest you’d like to develop, or curiosity you’d like to

explore.

These aspirations can be serious or silly, specific or vague. Try to keep the

aspiration reduced to a word or two.

_02 Categorize

Once you’ve gone through a round or two of ideation, take six fresh index

cards and label them with the following categories:

_Critical [red]

high-priority goal that, once reached, allows you to meet other goals

_Career [orange]

goals related to your job, professional development, or personal practice

_Places [purple]

locations you’d like to visit in some capacity

_Topics [green]

subjects of interest you may not necessarily know what to do with just yet

_Personal [blue]

goals related to your personal wellbeing or development

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_Interpersonal [pink]

goals involving you and at least one other person; to reach them requires

teamwork

Take all the aspirational index cards from the ideation phase and break them

out into the six categories. Assign each category a different color with your

marker or highlighter and mark a dot on the ideation index cards within their

respective category. Note: some cards might fit within more than one category.

_03 Choreograph

Once your goals are categorized and marked with a colored dot, you will

choreograph them into a loose timeline. Take six fresh index cards and label

them with the following categories:

_Nowish

to begin as soon as possible

_Soonish

to begin or reach in 3 years (or your definition of soon)

_In 5 Yrs

to begin or reach in 5 years

_In 10 Yrs

to begin or reach in 10 years

_Always

affirmations that you strive to reach or live by on a daily basis

_Whenever

will happen when the moment is right (no time-pressure)

Distribute your aspirational index cards into these buckets. Now you should be

able to craft a loose narrative of the people, places, and things you’d like

to entangle into your life over the next few years.

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_04 Actuate

The last step is to figure out what you need to do to make these goals a

reality. This can be a fairly time-intensive activity, so make sure to set

aside time and craft an atmosphere that allows you to dig deep.

To actuate, you will take each index card, flip it over, and write down at

least one action you need to take to reach the goal. Many goals may require a

series of actions. Try to start each line with a verb to motivate or inspire

precise action.

_05 Iterate

Once you’ve completed steps 1 - 4, go out into the world and live a little.

Return to your Presto Manifesto spread at least once more this semester

(particularly towards the end) to check in with yourself, reflect on your

development, and adjust your aspirations. You will be asked to submit an

updated version of your spread at the end of the semester.

Tue, Jan 30

_at least two (2) photos (if analog) or screenshots/exports (if digital) of

your Presto Manifesto spread, ideally showing the front and back of your

selected aspiration cards; upload onto Canvas using the following file-naming

convention:

last name first initial_ASSN 1 v1.file extension

example: Nixon F_ASSN 1 v1.jpg

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_submission

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