FYRS Session 1 W25 by Lori Bird

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To fully know your options for topics and to figure out what you are passionate about

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Draw out what makes up that topic, like a flow chart

to put all of your ideas onto paper

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Make a list of topics that interests you

It is important to get a lot of different ideas so that you aren't stuck with only one idea that doesn't pan out

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you may have many ideas, so by brainstorming you can maybe combine topics or help decide what you're interested in

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Brainstorming is important because it allows you to see all of the possible ways to look at your topic

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list, talk to other people, pros and cons, look into sources

2025-02-05 19:43:02 UTC

it is important to brainstorm ideas so that you choose the topic that is most interesting to you

nfruzzene28 — 2025-02-05 19:43:06 UTC

Brainstorming is important because you don't want to limit yourself to a singular option. If you end up not liking the topic you are researching, you can always fall back onto any of the other topics you have looked at.

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For me, what works is talking it out with someone else. I leave the conversation with new ideas and questions

2025-02-05 19:43:41 UTC

It is important to filter out the many external things and isolate the more valuable ideas

nfruzzene28 — 2025-02-05 19:44:16 UTC

Brain dumping. Take 5 minutes to write down on a piece of paper any broad topic that comes to mind. From there you can go into more detail on this topics to figure out what exactly you wanna work on.

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Look at a large topic and continue the process of finding the niche that is the most interesting