1 Jan 2013

365 Creativity Challenge

New year challenges are made to be broken, or at least, all of mine have been! I always find starting mid year is the best time to start. It's not that there is anything special about the middle of the year, but it does take some of the pressure away from the goal. Still, I have decided to do a sort of 365 day challenge, starting on the very first day of 2013, but to remove some of the pressure, I've given myself some very flexible rules. 


I took the 365 and ran with it, I know. However, it is my first 365 challenge and, realistically, I do not have the time to take pictures and edit them every day. I have joined this 'little' Flikr group, which is a lot of fun and really supportive. 

To view all the 365 challenges visit THIS page.




Here are my rules:

1. Take one picture a day.

  • The picture can be of anything, preferably something that makes you happy, grateful or smile. Basically, positive photos.
  • The picture does not need to be particularly artistic.
  • The picture doesn't need to be posted on the same day it is taken

2. If a picture cannot be taken, then use an index card and draw.

  • It can be personal
  • It can be doodles
  • It can be experimental
  • Just do something


3. If 1 or 2 are not met, then something creative must happen in it's place.

  • This can mean learning
  • It can mean designing icons or paintbrushes
  • It could be creating a mood board for the basement redesign
  • It could even be painting a wall
  • It just has to be something that you think is creative

4. Ideally, everything should be documented in le blog. However, this isn't realistic, some of it is going to be super dooper personal and sometimes you don't want to know that I created (see what I did there?) a new system for my knicker drawer. It's a personal challenge, you know if you're sticking to it, and you know what you do and don't want to share. Saying that, sharing is good, since writing this, I've had lots of questions as to why there have been no updates. Eek! It definitely got me going again


5. Don't be hard on yourself if you miss a few days. Yeaaah, it's a 365 challenge...but, erm, no one said it had to be done in just one year. One year is a good aim, but life gets in the way sometimes.



Project 365 (the other part of the inspiration)
Source: peanutblossom.com via Hannah on Pinterest


The Index Card Inspiration

Source: daisyyellow.squarespace.com via Hannah on Pinterest