This month, with New Year’s resolutions, goals, and a year’s worth of memories, I think we’ve all got lists on our minds. This past creative challenge turned assignment is a great way to document events, generate ideas, and have fun. Here are a few ideas:
- Books from last year (I do this one every year)
- Things you accomplished last year (a “ta-da” list)
- Things you want to accomplish this year
- 100 things about yourself (popular in the blogging world this month)
- 100 things about someone you love
- Pros and cons for an upcoming decision
- Music you love
- Places you’d like to travel
- Things you want to do before you die (or a shorter span—like the next 5 years).
- Journal pages you’d like to do soon.
- A list of ideas—whether or not you’ll actually get to them. These can be things you’d love to learn, do, or improve. Validate your dreams. For example, I’d love to learn carpentry and build furniture, but it’s not for me right now.
Hopefully one of these things has inspired what list you’d like to do. Now here are a few ideas to help you decide how to DO your list:
- Word Collage—each word in a different color, size, shape, direction.
- Pattern—make the words into a brick wall, raindrops, polkadots, or anything else.
- Picture Collage—print or cut out pictures of your list and paste them in. I find images on google and print out the covers of all the books I’ve read each year.
- Technology—print out your list on the computer using different fonts, sizes, and colors. Print them out and paste them in any design you’d like.
- Word Picture—Use your list to create a picture. Draw the outline of the shape you’d like to create using pencil, then fill in the shape with your list. I’ve done a question mark, a pregnant belly, and just some fun designs.
Hopefully something on this list will help you get your list started. Good luck!
