Ever taken on a goal that both scared and excited you all at once? That’s what I’ve done. I decided this year is the year to ‘just do it’. Planning can only get you so far, and reaching for absolute perfection will leave you empty handed. So this year, I’m going for it. Whole heartedly, full on, just doing what needs to be done. The worst that can happen is failure, and at least you can learn from it. Doing nothing gains you nothing. It’s time for me to take my life by the horns, and face down my fear of failure. This year, I am going to take those goals and show them who’s boss. I’m going to take control, and just do it.

Like many people, I don’t put much stock in New Years resolutions. I have no personal connection to the date or the practice, so I really have no motivation to follow through on them, and stopped making them. There is however a ‘new year’ that means a lot to me, and that is my birthday. If you think about it, a birthday is really your personal New Year. So for my Personal New Year, I made myself a goal, and a promise. The promise, well we’ll cover that later, but the goal is what I wanted to tell you about today.

My goal this year is to paint at least One Painting A Day for the next year. By my birthday next year, I should have at least 365 new paintings under my belt. They don’t have to be on canvas, I can paint jewelry too, I’m obviously allowed to paint more than one painting, and I can use any type of paint. But, I have to paint every day, I can’t just make it up the next day.

Intrigued? Excited? I know I am.

I started last week, and this is what I’ve done so far. Check back next week to see the next round.