This is a list of all the creative stuff I want to do in my lifetime. Some of them are big things, and a lot of them are little things. The list itself is a work in progress and will be added to and shortened as needed.
- Write a novel
- Revise a novel
- Write one short story every week for a year
- Keep an art journal
- Write something collaboratively
- Stick to a morning routine
- Make a video that I'm proud of
- Learn InDesign
- Write a series of short stories based on Darlingside songs
- Write a series of short stories based on paintings
- Make a Blurb or Artifact Uprising book
- Start a podcast
- Paint a mural
- Make a flower arrangement
- Send someone a care package
- Try copper enamel
- Take a ceramics class
- Get better at book binding
- Make homemade/recycled paper
- Learn embroidery
- Design and print a t-shirt
- Take an old book and turn every page into a black-out poem
- Experiment with spray paint
- Draw a portrait that actually looks like the person I'm trying to draw
- Do watercolors of my favorite people and places
- Start and Etsy shop
- Create my own productivity system
- Learn how to make coffee art
- Make a collage
- Do a series of film photographs
- Make an inspiration wall for my workspace
- Do a mixed media project
- Make jewelry for all of my friends
- Try print making
- Do something with pressed flowers
- Try natural dyeing
- Attend a writer's retreat
- Do a list project with Ruth
- Make a mosaic
- Keep an inspiration box/journal
- Disconnect from the internet for an extended period of time
- Read books aloud with someone
- Write a personal essay and get it published
- Write regularly for a blog/publication
- Intern at a radio station
- Write and record a song
- Start a creative letter-writing project
- Make paintings of animals and birds
- Come up with a signature doodle
- Paint a chair, table, or other piece of furniture
- Make a mini documentary
- Record a day in the life of myself or someone else
- Do something with the quote book of stuff my friends say
- Create my own dessert recipe
- Re-decorate my room
- Make and hang a garland
- Help plan a wedding
- Create a masterpiece with crayons
- Decorate a pair of shoes
- Become instagram famous
- Go to an instagram meet-up
- Make a Words for Dessert cookbook
- Write a non-fiction book
- Go to a TED conference (or speak at one!)
- Join (or visit) a Zen center
- Make a toy for a child
- Try wood burning
- Restore an old book
- Try to live a minimalist life for a year
- Try to describe a feeling perfectly
- Learn to play the mandolin
- Go christmas caroling
- Try writing morning pages again
- Keep a "done journal"
- Make a photo book from one of my travels
- Start a book club
- Fill a book with blackout poetry
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