Participation
Hannah
I haven't been in strong contact with the Gaia community during the creation of this output and the same is obviously true while I was in the process with Paititi. My closest reflective Ally during the process was Hannah whom I would process and reflect with on a daily basis both my internal as well as academic and professional thoughts and experiences.
Simha
I contacted Simha Bode to ask him how to upload and align photos with the center of the page to create an intro header for my report. I have always admired the elegance in presentation contained in Simha's OPs and so I decided to inquire. He gave me an eloquent, detailed, and very helpful response and although I figured out another way before receiving his response I am happy to have another resource to refer to in the design and layout for my future OPS.
Lauryn
I have been in relatively consistent contact with another gaia associate, Lauren Bellafiore, whom I have had buddy-check-ins around once every month since around early March (other than a couple month lull).
Jen
I have reached out to my advisor, Jen English, to inform her of my desire to submit to the mid-October review bus but have not heard back from her as of yet. - 10/17/15
Time Management
Though I intended to submit this OP by October 1st, I decided to give myself a couple extra weeks to really get it good. I still feel to be in integrity with my original goal of submitting in October and I feel in alignment with instead utilizing the mid-bus opportunity for submission. The closer I have come to finalizing this OP, the more I feel I want to share. when adding journal entries from my time at Paititi I felt the desire to add everything (all entries) from my experience there, though logging all of that into the computer for uploading would take a great amount of time and energy and would thus cause me to push the submission date even further, to November most likely. So, I am deciding to keep it simple, add what I feel is necessary for completion, and stay on time for my self-made goal for mid-October submission. Note: Though the timeline below shows October to be where I finish OP3, I do note in my LIPD that that timeline was to be adjusted as I instead started my capstone cycle in August instead of July.