20 Time Individual Reflection

In the beginning of the 20 time project, I wasn't really sure what I was going to do and I was pretty clueless about what I was going to do for the project. The idea of hypertension popped into my mind when I thought of my dad and how he suffered from this unfortunate condition, attributed to his lifestyle as a child. I realized that this was a problem that few people knew or knew very little of and decided to research deeper into the topic. At first, I was not sure about what I was going to do with this subject, after all, hypertension isn't the easiest thing to do a project on. In the end, I decided to do research on the topic as well as doing an experiment, and even keeping a daily log of me and my dad's blood pressures. In effect, I had a wide variety of things that I wanted to do with this project and it was definitely a bit of a challenge.

By the end of the project, I was proud to say that the 20 time project was pretty successful. Although I had to revise my original plan and had a few time management problems as a result, I would say that I got a better understanding of hypertension. I did some research on hypertension for my own knowledge, as I wanted to know more about what really happens when someone has hypertension and things that could potentially prevent it. In addition, I did an experiment with a group of people, where I put them through different tasks such as exercising or listening to music and recorded the effect on their blood pressures. I also took a daily log of me and my dad's blood pressures for 30 days and compared the results as a way to compare a person with high blood pressure versus a person with normal blood pressure. After I finished all of these I got a better understanding of what hypertension was and how it affects people internally and externally.

During the course of the project, not only did I learn about hypertension, and its effects on people, I also learned a few things while doing the project. Time management was a big part of the project and in the beginning of the project, I didn't do much work on the project as other work from other classes took priority, and by the end of the project, I was running out of time. I also learned about adaptability, as in the beginning of the project I really had to change the idea for my project, as coming up with ideas for my project was fairly hard. Finally, if I were to do this project again, I would definitely plan better in terms of ideas and time management, and I would also consult an "expert" before I started or someone who knows a fair bit about hypertension, before starting the project. Overall, I think my project was successful and I learned alot about hypertension and about myself at the same time.