• film
  • tv series
  • poem
  • song (new genre: classical music, ska, reggae, metal)
  • album
  • book
  • food
  • recipe
  • sleep in different room in house
  • go to bed earlier than usual and wake up earlier than usual
  • write a blog
  • no sugar for a day
  • try new exercise: yoga
  • don't complain for one day
  • go out with camera and take photos
  • sketch home/dream home
  • zoom film
  • zoom quiz
  • go for drive
  • avoid social media for day (twitter/tiktok)
  • avoid tv for day
  • write someone a letter
  • journal
  • bake cookies
  • let someone else order for you in restaurant
  • make 'if i go missing' folder
  • learn phrase in language
  • dunk in sea
  • try new hairstyle
  • try new look - diff clothes than usual (something you haven't worn in a long time)
  • watch sunset/sunrise
  • wear watch on different wrist
  • move room furniture
  • visit grocery shop you've never been
  • zoom poker
  • change order of morning/night routine
  • order new drink from costa
  • movie from famous director never seen before (orson welles?)
  • write a story/poem
  • hydrotherapy shower
  • call relative
  • go for run
  • start a new tradition
  • learn a new word
  • scrapbook
  • make photo album of your travels
  • read war and peace (361 chapters - chapter a day)
  • Make a list of 20 small things that you enjoy doing, and make sure that you do at least one of these things every day of the year
  • Write one page of your novel every day for a year. This writer achieved this by using the site 750words.com.
  • Document the year by taking a photo a day. At the end of 2the year you can look through your gallery and remember what you did each day of the year. As an alternative, here are 365 topics — take a picture that represents the topic for each day.
  • eat messy meal with your hands
  • blind taste test (diff types of coffee, ice cream, beer - see which you really like)
  • sleep on floor/or without a pillow
  • Do a SHIIT Workout

You’ve probably heard of HIIT (high-intensity interval training) before. SHIIT is the super intense version of that. For example, sprint for a minute as if an ax murderer’s chasing you, gasp for breath for one minute, and repeat ten times.

Monthly:

  • January: veggie
  • plastic free
  • Take photos every week on disposable camera (more for special events)
  • Trying new things - 30 days of drawing/running(couch to 5k)/squatting/vegetarian/gluten free/read a chapter/take a photo/yoga/no sugar/become a better speaker/drink 8 glasses of water/cook something new/sudoku
  • 30 day challenges - learn claire de lune on piano, learn handstand, learn splits, learn touch toes/foot behind head, learn conversational language
  • Make a list of 20 small things that you enjoy doing, and make sure that you do at least one of these things every day of the year
  • Find out national days for calendar month (e.g. hedgehog day, bath day, cake day etc) and celebrate in small way - or make monthlong calendar of events (eat cake with a fork day, soup day, wear red day, afternoon tea day, pizza day, help the homeless day, compliment day, hat day, bubble bath day, opposite day, pancake day, random act of kindness day, nature day, hot choc day, squat day, polar bear day etc)

ideas: Skills:

  • bleed a radiator
  • learn a song on the piano
  • how to whistle through your fingers
  • learn how to pick a lock
  • learn the elements song
  • finish a puzzle
  • learn one joke you can tell really well
  • origami
  • learn 10 new words

To-do:

  • put together a time capsule (newspapers, magazines, current events, things that capture what life has been like for you - shoebox, label it with date, tuck it deep into storage)
  • print out photos and make an album
  • new DIY craft project
  • knit/crochet
  • don't complain for one day
  • donate to charity
  • make a youtube video
  • Write down your life plan. It doesn’t have to be specific, or even achievable. Just a guide for all the things you would like to do and then you can tick and cross off the ones that you want to work towards.
  • play a new card/board game
  • make 'if i go missing' folder
  • learn phrase in language (latin)
  • try new hairstyle
  • try new look - diff clothes than usual (something you haven't worn in a long time)
  • change order of morning/night routine
  • hydrotherapy shower
  • call relative
  • start a new tradition
  • learn a new word
  • colouring books
  • build a lego set
  • chess
  • astronomy - download and print monthly star chart - go outside and look
  • buy and take care of a small plant
  • FULL spa day (put on music, paint nails, light candles, face mask, hair mask, hot chocolate, strawberries and chocolate)
  • Bottle balance challenge: keep bottle upright on forehead while laying on the floor and manage to stand up with it still on forehead
  • paint houses on street
  • coffee and read from real newspaper
  • write letter to future self/past self
  • annotate a book
  • read the bible
  • wear wrist on a different watch
  • wear something in your closet you've never worn before

Food/drink:

  • buy and try a new food at the supermarket
  • cook a new meal/recipe
  • order new dish/drink at your fav restaurant or coffee shop
  • make a loaf of bread from scratch
  • weird food combos (cheese and apple, chocolate and tomato, tuna and ice cream, pickles and honey)
  • eat messy meal with your hands
  • blind taste test (diff types of coffee, ice cream, beer - see which you really like)

Health/fitness:

  • no sugar for a day
  • fast for a day
  • try new exercise: yoga
  • roller skate
  • go for run
  • learn a tiktok dance
  • go skipping
  • run a mile
  • sneak away and dance and sing to your fav song
  • yoga with block
  • dancing lessons
  • swim in the sea
  • try qigong exercise
  • Do a SHIIT Workout (super intense version of HIIT - e.g. sprint for a minute as if axe murderer is chasing you, gasp for breath for 1 min, repeat 10 times)
  • learn a full dance choreography on youtube
  • pelvic floor exercises

To-go:

  • take a solo trip to a new town/city
  • go to a book signing/talk/concert
  • take train and get off anywhere
  • ghost tour
  • london bus tour
  • attend church
  • art fair
  • farmers market
  • check out what community events are running in your area and attend one

TV/film/book/song/tech:

  • take an offline day
  • new film/tv series/play/poem/album/book
  • song (new genre: classical music, ska, reggae, metal)
  • write a blog
  • zoom film/quiz
  • avoid social media for day (twitter/tiktok)
  • avoid tv for day
  • write someone a letter
  • journal
  • movie from famous director never seen before (orson welles?)
  • write a story/poem
  • scrapbook
  • make photo album of your travels
  • read war and peace (361 chapters - chapter a day)
  • write one page of your novel every day for a year (750words.com)
  • document the year by taking a photo a day
  • sketch home/dream home

in house:

  • do spanish lessons over zoom
  • sleep in different room in house
  • go to bed earlier than usual and wake up earlier than usual
  • groupchat bakeoff
  • sleep on floor/or without a pillow
  • ideas/events: amazon - order unsolved case file - have drink and solve a fake murder case
  • go silent for a day
  • go on a date with yourself
  • gardening
  • make a travelling photo album - special keepsake album of your trip
  • look up family tree

out house:

  • get a professional massage
  • be tourist in own town with camera
  • send a message in a bottle
  • Pay it forward for someone's coffee/meal
  • plant seeds
  • go to restaurant/museum alone
  • let someone else order for you in a restaurant
  • get a haircut (at a new hairdressers)
  • walk and memorise street names
  • go out with camera and take photos
  • road trip
  • go for drive
  • watch sunset/sunrise
  • visit grocery shop you've never been
  • dungeons and dragons
  • cinema alone
  • 4dx cinema
  • thrift outfit
  • work on the farm
  • donate clothes/toys
  • pick up trash
jan 7 2021 ∞
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