Vicki-Lynn Holman

To do good means to project positivity and helpfulness into your community. In small ways like smiling at people as they pass by on the street, and in larger ways like raking people’s lawns or participating in Design Lab. My artifact focuses on the latter. Not only do we solve community problems in Design Lab, DLab also inspires other people who are not directly involved to have a positive impact on the community as well. The DLab pitches that affected me the most, Toxic Traditions and Childhood trauma, dealt with two subjects that have always been very important to me. The good I want to do in the world is to create a world where everyone can achieve their goals in a space that is safe and without judgement. That is what I wish for, and these two DLab pitches not only showed me that others’ hearts are also broken by these issues, they also inspired me to take action to start fixing these problems in my own community. The whole point of the pitches was to inspire others to join you on your mission for good. Experiencing all the incredible pitches greatly inspired me to join one of the groups so that I could help spread good in my community, and I’m sure it inspired many others as well. Over the past 10 weeks, these small moments of good and inspiration have taught me a bit more about myself. One thing that I already knew, but which was reinforced, was that the power of inspiration and inspiring others is an extremely important factor in my motivation and enjoyment of what I am doing. Secondly, I learned that I want to strive to be a radically positive person, improving my quality of life, as well as others’, by constantly growing, being kind, and spreading good wherever I can.