Day 100: full of hopes 💗
Hello, hello – the big day is here! It’s Day 100 of #The100DayProject 💯
First, I want to thank you for being part of it, whether you participated this year or not, just thought about it, failed spectacularly (the best way to fail!), did your project every day, not at all, or something in between. From the bottom of my heart, I’m grateful to all of you for being part of this community. There is no perfect project, there is only process. So whether it feels like it or not, right where you are is the place to be. I hope you’re proud – and I’m proud of you.
This was my 8th year, and the longer I do it the more I realize that what I think I know to be true about this project is always changing. I am always changing. I am less and less into hard rules, and more and more into big hopes.
Wherever you are, I hope that you can…
Trust the timing of your life, creative and otherwise.
Know that discipline is a practice, not a punishment.
Find joy in creating and make peace with the parts that are hard.
Celebrate how far you’ve come and know that you are capable of whatever you choose next.
A few more questions for you:
What did you learn this year?
What are you celebrating?
What’s next?
What are your big hopes?
We’d love to hear from you if you’d like to share in the comments – I read every one, and I’ll share my reflections there today too.
And a special thank you to Michael Bierut for starting the project and being so gracious, Elle for her friendship and for trusting me to take the lead, Tricia for her big heart and the weekly Reels (see them here), and our generous Facebook moderators AnnMarie, Donna, Tracy, and Sonia.
Until next time – lots of love,
Lindsay
I’m learning that not being “good” at something can be really liberating, that I can be ok with that, and that I like that about myself.
I’m celebrating the joy and presence I’ve found through painting, the body of work I’ve made, and how much I’ve learned and grown in the past year.
What’s next? I’ve painted (almost) every day this year and I’m going to keep going.
My hopes — I’m still reflecting on this… but I hope to do something with all of the work I’ve made 💖
This has been a great project. Thank you to all who made it possible. I think I lost count somewhere because I thought it was day 98. Anyway I will do one more sketch today. My goal was simply to do a sketch or paint daily. I learned I still like florals, waves, and, surprisingly, macramé! I loved connecting with other creatives and learned a lot from others. Another benefit was the confidence in showing my work. I have had work accepted in 4 different juried group shows this Spring!