Mindful Makers Hack #11 - Gratitude
🧘♀️ Mindful Makers Hack #11 - Gratitude
JOIN US on Saturday, 5/16 for Mindful Maker's Gratitude Hack.
Gratitude is the low-hanging fruit of happiness and wellbeing. Research shows that gratitude not only benefits our mental health, but also our physical health and the quality of our social connections.
Come explore at this hack how we can ingrain gratitude into the fabric of our everyday and digital lives. In particular we will explore:
When we use AI, do we focus on the opposite of gratitude (resentment and fixation on shortcomings)? How might we fix that for our own wellbeing?
How can technology insert timeslots for gratitude automatically into our everyday life?
We'll spend the day designing and building apps, websites, and tools that promote mindfulness in everyday life. Our belief is simple: technology can deepen presence, connection, and well-being.
To test our creations, we'll use them ourselves in the days that follow — and see if they truly cultivate ease, warmth, spaciousness, generosity, and connection.
💡 Who Should Join
Meditators: Some experience with meditation is encouraged (occasional dabblers are welcome!).
Non-coders welcome: You don't need to be a programmer — we'll keep a balanced ratio of coders to non-coders (~1:1) so everyone can contribute meaningfully (laptop required). Just be prepared to learn how to build with AI, and potentially sign up for free trails of AI coding tools.
🌐 See: mindfulmakers.xyz for more details.
🗓️ Schedule
9:45 AM — Breakfast
10:00 – 10:30 AM — Welcome + Overview.
10:30 – 10:45 AM — Group meditation
10:45 – 11:15 AM — Idea brainstorming
11:15 AM – 1:30 PM — Make!
1:30 PM — Lunch & Check-in
1:30 – 6:30 PM — Keep making!
6:30 PM — Wind-down exercise
6:35 PM – 7:30 PM — Group presentations
📍 MIT, Location available upon RSVP