Up: [[Creating a Body of Work]] Created: 2025-02-16 Updated: 2025-12-28 1. Start by making an enormous list. Don’t censor yourself. Include everything that comes to mind, no matter how impractical. Remember that your project doesn’t have to be topic-focused (landscape painting). It could be medium-focused (watercolours), tool-focused (learning Procreate) or colour-focused (only greens). And, while 100 day projects started as creative acts, you don’t have to be artistically creative. Maybe you’re interested in dancing or in eating four vegetables every day. Your project can be one thing that you work on for 100 days or however long you wish. 2. Narrow the list by - considering which options align to other goals you have. The fewer the goals, the greater the chance of success. - thinking about whether each option is truly sustainable. Is it meaty enough to maintain your interest and enthusiasm? - reviewing logistics. How much time would be required each day for you to feel satisfied? Do you have that time? Do you need materials? Does the project need to happen at a specific time and/or place, and can you guarantee that every day for the duration? 3. Substack writer, Amy Cowen, suggests a three or four day trial run of any options left after your deliberations. She points out that if you don’t want to do the extra work of a trial, that might be a sign that you probably don’t want to do the project.