#The100DayProject starts tomorrow 🎉
some final pre-project thoughts on getting started
#The100DayProject starts tomorrow! 🎉
When I interviewed Elle for the podcast, she turned the tables on me to ask what I thought was special about the project. Here’s what I shared:
Consider this your invitation! If you’re just joining us, great – the first year I did the project, I heard about it the night before. Pick a small action you can do daily and starting tomorrow, do it every day for the next 100 days and document and share your process online (like on your Instagram account or preferred social platform, blog, or wherever you feel comfortable).
Read yesterday’s post for more on where to hang out with the community online →
One of the most common things I hear leading up to the start of the project is last year I stopped on day X or I only did Y days or I didn’t finish. I’m here to tell you it doesn’t matter. It really doesn’t! However many days you did, however far you got – it’s perfect. Not every project needs to be completed. It’s ok if you’ve “failed,” I have too.
You can start and stop as many projects as you like – the important thing is to keep starting.
A few recommendations:
let your friends and family know you’re doing the project & ask for the support you need
put time on your calendar or pick a time of day you’ll do the project each day
see if you can connect it to another daily habit, like exercise, reading, homework, etc.
think about what attitude or feeling you want to bring to your project, write it down, and put it somewhere you’ll see it often
give yourself permission for your project to change if what you had planned doesn’t end up feeling like a fit
And in case you missed it, here’s the live Q&A Elle and I did this week:
As always, I’m so excited to see what you create this year – thank you for being part of it, whether you’re participating this year, still on the fence, or cheering people on 💓
XO,
Lindsay
I did 100 days last year, and after several different starts, I got caught up to speed pretty quick. Since I am a fiber artist, I thought mini fabric collages would be doable, as I have bags of interesting textured fabrics, and sew most days. I got bored with the first couple of attempts. I decided to limit my palette color to black and white...didn't excite me, and turned to colored pencils and a blank sketch book only to remember I rarely use colored pencils, and find them too slow for my racing ideas. Finally, I was flipping through old art notes of things I wanted to know more about and decided I would try neurography. I instantly loved it, got caught up in it, and made several to make up for the days I had missed. I was now sleeping in the guest bedroom while hubby was in the master with a case of Covid. Every night I would set my stack of 3x3" plain watercolor cards,paints, brush and small jar of water next to my bed. Dogs immediately jumped to nestle beside me, knowing it was bedtime and started snoring. Using the small lamp next to me on the nightstand, I started to draw my first neurography art (I had already researched the art and science connection as an art therapist). This 100 day project gave me the time and purpose to now fully explore it. I wrote the date on each card when completed, and put them safely in a wicker basket. I found the more I did, the more I used different textural designs toward the end of the 100 days, some even had gold paint on them! Golly gee, what fun! I have shared my basketfull to motivate some of my art guild members too. I am ready to begin a new avenue of exploration this year of black micron pen designs on pages of abstract watercolor shapes. On your mark, get set, go!
This will be my first year participating. I’m starting small, so it feels doable. I’m excited to see where it leads me!