• Build some analogies: Based on https://www.designkit.org/methods/analogous-inspiration.html please complete the following:
  • GO BIG HERE. If the emotion is "frustration," you might make a leap to something sociological or historical (Civil Rights, gun violence) or psychological (depression, communciation) or systems-related (bureaucracy) or ordinary (puzzles, learning a second language). It may feel random, but there will be a point.
  • Step 1: List distinct activities, behaviors, and emotions you're looking to research. (Keep the list short or long; entirely up to you!) Keep these as high-level and generic as possible. For example, instead of "onboarding," you might consider "Orientation," "Introduction," or "Adjustment." Instead of "work-from-home" or "telecommuting," you might choose "long-distance" or "hybridity."
  • Step 2: "Next to each one, write down a setting or situation where you might observe this activity, behavior, or emotion. For example, if the activity is 'use a device at the same time every day,' parallel situations might be how people use alarm clocks."