Actually 366

A LITTLE DIFFERENT: Project 365


So I had this idea today of trying a new project. I'm not optimistic that I will see it through. I will probably fail but it is ok. We all fail all the time and it is ok. It's only not ok when we stop trying, right? If we stop trying new things that means we lost hope, lose faith, that things can be better. 

So what is the project? For the next year ( 365 days ) and starting today I will try something new each day. It doesn't have to be grand, epic, sensational, spectacular, daring or dangerous - in fact it will never be dangerous! It could be something smol like switching tea for coffee or taking a different route when I walk somewhere. The point is that it just has to be something I wouldn't normally do. It doesn't even have to be something new, bonus points if it is though, As long as it isn't something I would normally or regularly do. If it is something I have done before it must be something I haven't done in quite a while. 

SO THE RULES ARE


  1. A different thing each day for a year
  2. Must be something new or something I haven't done for awhile
  3. I must log it here

WHY DO IT?


It's so easy to get stuck in a rut. The wheels or our life leaves deep groves as we go. We slip so easily into familiarity and loose view in the joy of different. We are asleep for most of our waking lives. I want to wake up a little from time to time. I want to spark joy and wonder and simply just to sprinkle a little more spice on my days. Along the way I hope to learn new things, spark creativity, joy, and wonder. I hope each day will be a little more wondrous. And who knows where this will lead? Each time we take a journey, we take a chance as to where it may lead... After all Tolkien said it best in The Hobbit,

 

“It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.”


And isn't that a wonderful thing?

WHAT TO EXPECT


I'll almost certainly just be talking to myself but if you are reading this then, "HELLO, Well met traveller!" Thanks for stopping by. I hope you will be inspired by the things. Each day I will write a very short post because quite frankly I do not have much time to myself each day. It's just going to be a short record of what I did and how it went. Mostly there won't be pictures although sometimes if it warrants one. 

Well, there we have it! So. Nothing left to do now. Let's get started on this journey. I'm stepping out the door. I wonder where my feet may take me? Where will I be 365 posts later... actually 366 including this one :-p


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