Happy New Year Everyone!
After my champagne induced reflective post yesterday about yesteryear, I am so ready for a new year! After all, since I’m not really a fan of “resolutions,” I tend to seize new months and new years as time for new projects!
What exactly is “Project 20-12?” It’s a brainchild of mine a few days old, drawing from “try a new thing every day” months or weeks that man-go-round and I have experimented with in the past. While its been a lot of fun, it can be daunting to do a new thing EVERY day for a year.
But what about knocking off 20 different activities from 12 categories in the next year? That’s roughly 5 days a week, more or less (I didn’t crunch any actually numbers there), and flexible for all sorts of actions. Some days might have several numbers checked off, some will have none. Its a work in progress.
Here’s the categories:
- Food: trying a new food together, making a recipe, visiting a restaurant
- Social: reaching out to long lost friends/ family, writing letters, meeting neighbors, etc.
- Love/ Relationship: leaving notes, doing caring things for each other
- Places: travel, going to a new shop, new spaces near or far
- Health/Body: trying new forms of exercise, going on walks
- Arts/Crafts/Writing: projects together, building things, writing
- Tech/photo/web: photo walks, blog together, create server
- Service: for friends, strangers, communities
- Spiritual: sharing and exploring the “deep stuff”
- Culture: New forms of media- plays, music, movies, sports performances
- Learning: Exploring/learning together, sharing new knowledge with each other
- Play! (The most important one)…dancing, making up silly songs, gaming, and laughing until we cry.
But then, what are the color codes all about? Well, in true craft nerd form, I decided I wanted to make an arts and crafts project to symbolize all of this craziness. Thus, we start with a blank canvas:
…and some multicolored scraps from magazines/ ticket stubs/ product labels/ fabrics…
…and little by little, a mosaic collage symbolizing the project will be created!
I’ll do updates periodically to show you guys what the collage is looking like, and what kinds of fun new stuff we’ve been trying. Most likely, it will become a Sunday/ weekend feature.
What kinds of projects or goals do you have set for 2012? What are you optimistic about in the upcoming New Year?
Meri
This is amazing! So creative!
Thanks! Happy New Year!
This looks like it’ll be fun. Can’t wait to see what you do.
The only thing I’m optimistic about for the new year is getting a job. An actual, hopefully full-time, Monday through Friday position. I’ve been graduated for nearly 7 months and as much as I like sitting at home all day, I want a job to have something to do and to make money so I can move out. Home is getting a little cramped.
Good luck on the job hunt! You can do it! Happy New Year!
i love how your goals are holistic! especially the one about relationships. looking forward to your creative blogposts this upcoming year!
and I’m looking forward to more of your delicious recipes!
i always make resolutions, but never stick to them. this year i really hope i do 🙂
[oomph.]
I really like the sound of this project! I can’t wait to see what you come up with! It’s a great idea to create something to hang in your house that will always remind you of your adventures.
If it ends up hideous, I’ll just repurpose it into something else hahaha
oooh- so many fun new things to look forward to! Happy new year!
I’m excited! Happy New Year to you too!
Happy new year! I LOVE Cava!
Don’t have any goals yet, but I have a feeling it will be a very exciting year 🙂
I love cava too- and everything bubbly!
This looks very intriguing! I can’t wait for the updates!!
I just hope to make 2012 a very happy one!
Thanks! Its been fun so far!
You are such a color-coding nerd. It’s like looking inside my own brain! I DO THE SAME THNG. How do people function without it??
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Between lists and codes, I don’t know which I like more… neeeeerrrddd alert…
Sounds like a great plan, I hope to see your posts on those ones specially the food, travel and tech.
Happy new year!
Yeah, its been fun so far so I hope it continues to be inspiring!
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