For the class RELG 350, our final assignment is to create a public-facing project that helps to share what we have learned in this class and to choose a research question to answer. As someone who is a very busy student-athlete involved in various programs and groups around campus, having something to do that helps me regulate my stress is so important. So, my research question is to study how coloring can help to regulate a student’s stress within a week. My goal is to record a time-lapse video of myself, and include an image of what I colored, and talk about how I felt before, during, and after to share how this has helped me and invite others to try this practice. I would consider this a form of meditation, seeing as though I could never do traditional meditation because I have never been good at sitting still. So I decided to try coloring, as it is a task I have to focus on but I am not forced to sit still. I will be reading and posting about studies that relate to this idea of coloring and well-being and translating it (hopefully) into a language that is more accessible and people can relate to. So please, stick around and watch me as I try and navigate my last fall semester of college with a hobby I deeply enjoy!
