Period 0 Reflection Prompt: by Keri Novotny

2025-09-29 15:19:42 UTC

I just thought about my life and how somethings are. I thought about what I was going to do today. It was pretty easy as I am used to it- Khang Le

26pnguyen13 — 2025-09-29 15:21:03 UTC

At first I was very fidgety and I constantly wanted to do something because my friends kept making me laugh. After that, I just got tired and wanted to go to sleep but I could not put my head down. Most of the time I just felt the urge to go on my phone.

26mpham2 — 2025-09-29 15:21:11 UTC

It was so boring. At the beginning, I was okay. But after a few minutes, it got very quiet and I wanted to do something. I wanted to rest my head or go to sleep because I was tired. After the activity, I feel more energetic because I didn't do anything for 10 minutes. I feel mindfulness is useful because it is like a factory reset to our minds. We are often so caught up in our busy and noisy lives that we forget to calm down a bit and relax.

26pbracamontes — 2025-09-29 15:21:20 UTC

My stomach felt queasy and I could've stayed still but I chose not too because I don't want to think this early in the morning.

26agrant — 2025-09-29 15:21:22 UTC

At first it felt like a hard task to stay silent and do nothing for ten minutes but after a little bit it wasn't too bad and I just thought about my life in general and what has been happening lately in it.

2025-09-29 15:21:28 UTC

In this 10 minutes of silence I was thinking about what I'm going to do today for the first couple of minutes but then after I started to clear my mind and started falling asleep.

26hhuynh2 — 2025-09-29 15:21:34 UTC

Trying to be in silence around my friends was a struggle for me as we try not to laugh every time we look at each other. It wasn't relaxing for me because the sense of boredom made me want to fidget with things. When I am at home with just myself then it is a different type of silence where I actually enjoy it.

2025-09-29 15:21:45 UTC

It was relaxing sitting in silence . I almost wanted too fall asleep. I noticed that my body and thoughts were relaxed instead of being so tense. It was nice.

26egarcia2 — 2025-09-29 15:21:47 UTC

I just thought how things get hard at points in life but everything will pass eventually and it won't feel like this anymore. I just wanted to go home.

2025-09-29 15:21:48 UTC

At first I couldn't focus and started to think about everything that I still needed to do in life. But then I started to become sleepy and very bored.

26scastaneda — 2025-09-29 15:22:01 UTC

It was weird. I can sit in silence with my friends, but its not something we consciously do it just happens. I had the biggest urge to just take out my kindle and start to read because this isnt something I consciously do, it just happens.

2025-09-29 15:22:04 UTC

For me the meditation wasn't helpful. Personally I don't want to sit in complete silence with my thoughts in school in a class full of people.

2025-09-29 15:22:11 UTC

During the meditation it made me feel kinda sleepy but also a portion of it just made me think about life and just how things are it was surprising because usually i'm always distracted and keep my mind distracted so sitting here for 10 minutes really did make me think about stuff.

26ecruzmorales — 2025-09-29 15:22:28 UTC

I thought it was quiet. After a while, I felt sleepy. I just stared mindlessly at random objects. Then I remember some tasks I need to do later.

26aolimon — 2025-09-29 15:22:32 UTC

I was trying not to laugh because I kept making eye contact with my friends but then I locked in and I started counting the flags which ended up being 66 and then I tried playing rock paper scissors.

26achavez4 — 2025-09-29 15:23:00 UTC

I was just really bored and wanted to find some way to entertain myself.

2025-09-29 15:23:09 UTC

It was very boring but then I just dealt with it so it was not that bad.I felt very relaxed after it

2025-09-29 15:23:14 UTC

I think my ADHD was being tested felt like I needed to talk to someone asap.

2025-09-29 15:23:56 UTC

I just felt nothing, my mind was empty and I felt sleepy and relaxed it's perfect when your stressed out and just need to take a few minutes of silence

26dsegura — 2025-09-29 16:27:54 UTC

At first I didn't think anything, I just looked around and tried to do what would busy me. At the end I still didn't think anything. The small noises made during the time did irritate me, since we are suppose to be quiet.

2025-10-03 15:10:10 UTC

It was really nice actually my mind felt at peace, the silence was nice but it was making me feel a little more sleepy.

2025-10-03 15:11:17 UTC

I noticed how every little noise made me wonder why it was loud? I felt stressed because in my head, there were multiple thoughts the whole time at once. But the last few minutes before the timer was up. I felt at peace.