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User "grows" their snowball by continually completing tasks
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User analytics and overall progress
Inspiration
By now, we're all well-accustomed to the kinds of stress, expectations, and environment students and adults alike have to go through each and every day. But what's alarming is that the extent of these burdens never seemed to have been higher. In 2019, a study showed that approximately 1/5 Canadians suffered from some form of mental health issue. This state of mind can be extremely damaging, causing people to get into a "rut" so deep that they forget to take care of themselves or do the small things.
What it does
"Snowball" was built to help people out of tough situations. Not by forcing someone to suddenly go out and change the world, but rather by developing small consistent habits. Every 2 weeks, the user has 2 tasks to be completed each day, this can range from something like making your bed to talking to complete an act of kindness towards another. The goal is to have the user “Snowball” their momentum into getting out of their rut; developing consistent skills and learning to value themselves.
How we built it
Snowball leverages React js for all things frontend of the web application. MongoDB was used to build the backend database; storing user info, streak status, etc.
Challenges we ran into
Diving into Snowball really showed how rusty each of us were with our given expertise. Building Snowball really taught us how to be adaptable to adversity, come up with creative solutions, and how to persevere.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Throughout the course of this project, we’ve had to learn, pivot and ask for help multiple times. Building Snowball allowed us to recognize just how many resources we had available to us, and as a result the many different pathways that were accessible to us in order to bring our vision to life. We’re so proud of have come together over the past 36 hours and put together something we’re proud of.
What we learned
We learned the importance of remaining adaptable and flexible throughout the stages of a project. When we ran into problems that were not within the scope of solving during a hackathon, we learned to use other methods, perhaps which could be completed in a shorter amount of time. Although we had a very defined vision at the beginning, we learned how to tune it to our circumstances and constantly-evolving ideas.
What's next for Snowball
Social media functionality Modules for “envisioned goals” User can select which sort of goal they want to work towards, and a program will be developed for them
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