Finding the new in the everyday
It's been a long year and I've just finished my challenge of doing something new every day. There's been some good, some bad, and some I never want to do again (here's looking at you, Rubik's cube) but I've had fun exploring new areas and discovering interesting things. I wanted to look back and sum… Continue reading Best of the Year
Most people feel the urge to organise once the new year rolls around, but these past few weeks my husband and I have managed to go through all of our junk drawers and have a good clean out. I've no idea how we accumulate so much stuff! As with any home organising there needs to… Continue reading Day 338 – Listed Something On eBay
Today was a nice full day, spent baking and doing little household bits and bobs. I had planned to do something a bit more involved, but as is the way this week, I ran out of time. Instead, I borrowed an idea from a fellow crazy person doing something new every day on Instagram, and… Continue reading Day 313 – Cleverbot
You may have seen blurry pictures of stars popping up on social media over the past few weeks, I know I have, well it seems people have been out spotting a comet, Neowise. Not wanting to miss out, I decided to find out what this comet business was all about. During July, comet Neowise is… Continue reading Day 204 – Saw a comet
If ever there was a new thing that sums up my challenge, this would be it. I've been doing a new thing every day for well over half a year now, and although it's been tough during a global pandemic, I've still managed. I think a big part of this is that I'm increasingly becoming… Continue reading Day 199 – Say yes to everything
I'd only heard of Mikado in relation to long thin biscuit sticks, coated in chocolate, based on the Japanese Pocky – I'd no idea it was a game until I came upon a cheap set in a local shop. Intrigued, I decided to pick it up and try it out for today's new thing. I… Continue reading Day 179 – Played Mikado
This could be the quickest new thing I've done so far! I saw a video a while ago showing somebody doing this and it looked so cool. https://youtu.be/uz6rjbw0ZA0 I took one of my husband's t-shirts and gave it a go. The first time I ended up a bit tangled up, but after that I had… Continue reading Day 172 – Folded a t-shirt in 2 seconds
It's fair to say that I am not always a patient person. Patient in public maybe, but when I'm trying to learn something I can get easily frustrated. I've experienced this with many of my new things already, especially the Rubik's cube attempt a few months ago: it's not something I'm hugely proud of, but… Continue reading Day 158 – Eiffel Tower model
I have tried a few different home yoga styles over the past few weeks, including some weird and wacky ones. I love a good yoga flow, but my favourite is the more meditative yin yoga style, where you hold a pose for minutes at a time. Today I've gone one further and tried yoga nidra:… Continue reading Day 157 – Yoga Nidra class
New Day, New Thing 