40 Shipping Containers & Self-Doubt | Using Gibbs Reflective Cycle in Real Time

Описание: In this video, I reflect on the day 40 shipping containers were delivered to my project site — and what happened when everything didn’t go according to plan.

Using the Gibbs Reflective Cycle, I walk through:

What happened during the 6AM container placement

How anxiety and leadership intersected in real time

What it means to work with disability instead of against it

The pressure of being the lead researcher, builder, and decision-maker

Letting go of what cannot be controlled

00:00 Recording again after being unwell
00:43 Introducing Gibbs Reflective Cycle
01:20 Medieval castle building ethos & materials
02:34 Where this took place (Berlin workshops & site)
03:20 Who was present & delegation reality
04:40 The outcome & instant regret
05:29 The fly-tipping disaster
06:21 Flexibility in crisis
06:41 Adrenaline at 6AM
07:33 Childhood dream of cargo containers
08:20 Team psychology
08:56 The lorry delay & timing pressure
09:32 Four months later: perspective shift
10:07 Letting go of control
11:03 Moving forward with reflective practice

This project connects to my long-term work through Glasgow Refugee & Asylum Network, UNESCO, and my practice-based research at University of Glasgow, where I explore storytelling, ecological building, and spatial justice.

The containers were placed in freezing temperatures, under time pressure, with unexpected fly-tipping that forced an on-the-spot redesign. Months later, I can finally see the flexibility and leadership that moment required.

Poor mental health can result from trying to control what cannot be controlled. Health comes from letting go.

I record every day. Thank you for being here.

— Chandra