I’ve recently lost my job as a copywriter. Since I knew it was coming, I decided to start a creative project as a way of distracting myself from the inevitable dread.
As I toyed with several ideas, I re-read a post on Austin Kleon’s blog about building a body of creative work by doing something small every day and not breaking the chain.
Inspired, I decided to start #boringmoviedescriptions over on my Instagram – a movie review made as boring as possible, every day for a whole year!
At the moment, my streak is just over 30 days long. But seeing those marks on a calendar, in an unbroken sequence, is one of the best representations of accomplishment I can think of. It also acts as a daily reminder that I don’t need the permission of a “creative” job to be creative every day.
(Note: If the dates on the calendar look off, it’s because that’s a 2019 Field Notes calendar. These little things come as freebies with new packs. Since I haven’t bought any new merch in 2021, I decided to recycle an old one. As a purely visual reference, it seems to be working out just fine.)
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