My team, Team Monkey, and I are focusing on posture awareness for our project. I created the persona Jacob (a.k.a. JR), who is a combination of the interviewees and study members that we have had. JR is mostly based on Sophie, as she is an active person but still experiences bad posture. I decided to create the persona of a student-athlete who works out every day but still experiences bad posture and has problems with posture related to long work hours or extended phone and laptop usage for classes. I felt like the student-athlete persona was something that we had not really explored as a group and would bring good insights into our project. JR has a demanding schedule and finds it hard to remember to implement posture fixes throughout the day, losing awareness of the importance of sitting and standing in the correct position. I feel like sometimes people assume that athletes and people who consistently work out automatically have good posture but this is not the case, and including a persona that draws from our interviewees as well as adds new insights into an athletes life seems important.
| Drawing | Name | Jacob Rueman (J.R.) |
| included in journey map | Activated Role | College undergraduate student-athlete, basketball player |
| Goal | I want to fix my daily posture… | |
| Motivation | … because my bad posture becoming painful throughout the day, affecting my mood and physical abilities when in long classes, working, or exercising/lifting for my sport. | |
| Conflict | I am such a busy person, balancing college athletics along with school and having a social life that I find it hard to remember to fix my posture. It is also hard to stay in a good posture position when it is so unnatural to me, and I’m already tired a lot of the time. | |
| Attempts to Solve | I have tried to fix my posture when I remember or when I am having discomfort due to an unnatural sitting or standing position.
I have also worn a back brace during the school day, during practice, and during weights but it’s so uncomfortable and annoying. I have watched a few YouTube videos on posture correction but haven’t implemented any long-term strategies. I tried setting reminders on my phone, but I usually ignore them because I’m focused on other tasks. |
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| Setting/ Environment | I notice my posture the most:
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