Energizing sleep-deprived parents

Energizing sleep-deprived parents: Unlocking parents evening activities with mindful and secular rituals

Li, Lina (TU Delft Industrial Design Engineering)

Romero Herrera, Natalia (mentor)
Weerdesteijn, Jeske (mentor)

Delft University of Technology

Design for Interaction

2019-06-05

Being mindful in the evening is overlooked for sleep-deprived parents with young children, especially with tv's and smartphones grabbing their attention. This graduation project explored in the context of personal energy care to unlock evenings for parents and found out that mindful and secular rituals can energize them. The core elements of a ritual consisting of a focus, mood, and space, led to analyzing what the focus and intention behind the rituals were. Seeking relief, restoring balance, seeking control, and nurturing relationships are four secular ritual intentions/focus in the evenings to re-energize tired parents in the evening.
These findings result in the mobile application: Tada. A gentle and guiltfree tool that suggests personal rituals with the four ritual intentions to energize parents in the evening. The direct way of choosing rituals creates moments of frictions that make you reflect what your current energy level is in the evening. It motivates you to try out new rituals you have not tried before. Tada does not make choices for you, but it only supports your choices. In this way, Tada makes you slow down and mindful to recharge you for the next day.

behavioral design
positive design
rituals
personal energy care
well-being
parents
mindfulness

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Student theses

master thesis

© 2019 Lina Li