One marketing agency from Louisville, Kentucky, has recently come up with a new and creative way to try and get people to venture out of their comfort zone and interact with others in their community.

They've launched their Do Something Machine (see image below), which is a vending machine that is loaded with a variety of note cards (see image above) that are designed to help encourage social interaction.

On every one of those note cards is a certain task that the individual is asked to complete and this might include interacting with strangers and likely trying something new.

The machine is free to use...

Fieldtrip, the local creative and marketing agency is the organization that is behind the idea. They are the ones who designed the machine as a way to try and extend and grow their own values within the community, and among those values is the desire to inspire others to try new things and get out of their comfort zone.

Those behind the machine suggest that it's a challenge which calls on you to be brave enough to accept a mysterious prompt, despite there being no tangible reward.

Even though there being no tangible reward, that doesn't mean however that there cannot be a great deal of satisfaction that is reaped as a result of completing the task. Those behind the project have insisted that the reward, in this sense, is going to be great.

Ultimately, those who use the machine are going to engage in an experience that will prompt them to go outside of their comfort zone, to try something new that they might never have considered before, and to get uncomfortable in the process.

If you grab a card from the machine it might ask you to complete such a task as singing a song in public or making a call to a friend you haven't spoken to in a long time. Those who take a card are also encouraged to record themselves completing the task and then share the content under the tag DoSomethingMachine across social media.

The machine is expected to be located at the UofL Student Activities Center until Oct 22nd.

Some people might be looking for an excuse to engage in something new and this machine offers them an avenue to try and experience an activity that is outside of their usual comfort zone.

Trying new activities in life, such as the various suggestions that might be listed on the card from this machine, could come with a variety of benefits.

Previous research has shown that venturing out to try something new can help you to grown and learn new things, find more joy in life, and might ultimately help to offer you a greater sense of purpose and self. For many, they might feel like they don't need a machine to prompt them to do this, for others though it might be an easy excuse to do something that they otherwise might be too afraid to try.

Pics:
pic 1 – WLKY TV
pic 2 – wdjx.com
pic 3 - anchorman via giphy
pic 4 -pixabay

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