Patterns
Personal
- I noticed the pattern of how my family comes together and supports each other. I was aware of this from spending time with them. But in this case I was able to sea it more clear because I was directly working with all of them.
- I observed how I was able to create new friendships with the people I worked and the people I met in the development of this project
- I notice how much I love to plant and design projects like this homestead
Professional
- I see a pattern in my family of how from generation to generation we are helping each other.
- I noticed how employee supervision is crucial to successfully accomplish a goal.
- Personal professionally. Back 1972 my grandpa gave the opportunity to my uncle Tito to build a house. In this project Tito has given me the opportunity to work in the area of my field. I see the same patterns with other relationships between other members of my family
Out Put Package Management
- In the development of the out put package I saw a similar pattern of procrastinating in the writing. I felt like I was rushing to make the deadlines.
- I failed again to keep track of the time spent developing out put package
- I observed how for the writing of this project I broke the patter of having lo connectivity like I did in Punta Mona and in Finca Carite.
- I see the pattern how I am choosing my projects in work that I have already perform so it then becomes a reflection.
Learnings
Personal
- Deepen my connection with my family and got a better understanding of the great support they have
- Learned the importance of creating good relationships with neighbors and workers
- Created long term goals like the bread fruit project
Professional
- Application of practical construction and agro-ecological skills
- Successfully management of a team of workers
- Learned that about government programs in Puerto Rico
- Weekly accomplishment of goals
- Financial management of expenses
Out Put Package Management
- Create a journal for the topic I want to develop
- Use one single google drive document
- Choose the most important stories
- Is better to develop smaller and more specific project vs struggling to fit in a lot of information in a single project
- Keep a timer of the input hours put in to creating the out put package
Edges
Personal
- I was aware of the dual relationship (employee & employer and nephew & uncle) I had with my uncle Tito. I tried to separate them when I felt it was needed. He has a similar relationship in his company with my cousin Douglas and probably has more experience at it. I am interested to explore more this dual interaction and see how it unfolds as we keep working on the farm
- Another notable personal edge for this project was the future opportunities that were unfolding for me at the farm. At the same time I was facing the decision to move to LA. I knew deep inside me that my relationship with Arielle is very important to me and I had to put on hold, for now, the opportunities at the farm
Professional
- I have experienced how story telling is a powerful tool to learn about a place and in the case of the farm it was the only source of information
- I noticed important edges int between the relationships we create with our workers. I had to be very emotionally intelligent to maintain a friendly relationship with Hector and Enei because not only I lived with them but at the same time I supervised them
- I notice an interesting edge of Hectors agricultural knowledge vs my mine. We both managed it very well and learned from each other
Out Put Package Management
- An interesting edge presented here were this Out Put package is having an impact in my family, Gaia Community and my professional life. Knowing this definitely impacted the making of the out put package
- Another edge is how much personal connection I have with the stories, the farm and work that I was doing. It was intense to reflect and write about it