Project 365

I can’t believe it was a year ago that I decided to start this Project 365. The purpose was simple enough. I wanted to write more often and remember the things that I did in the past, and more importantly: I wanted to be grateful each and everyday.

I’m a complainer. Most of the time I didn’t realize I was complaining the whole time. And that’s not good at all. It’s not good for me and for the person who listens to my grumble. It needs to stop!

But doing this project forces me to think about something that makes me grateful each day, even though I might face the ugliest problem in my whole life. What I learn from this is that, there must be something good everyday. There must be something that makes you grateful! You just have to stop focusing on the bad thing and start searching for the good thing.

Anyway, in the beginning I was quite skeptical about doing a one-post-per-day project. I knew it would fail at some point. And indeed, it hasn’t been easy. Finding the time and a topic to write is perhaps the hardest thing about doing this project. When I went to Indonesia last year, I didn’t get to write a single post merely because I got no internet at home. As thesis and social life have started to drown me, I wrote less often. The posts became useless over time. But it didn’t stop me from writing anyway. I tried to write anything that I encountered, even though I would missed some days.

As 21 February is approaching very soon (the day when I started writing a year ago),  should I continue writing? Should I stop? Maybe I will. Maybe I won’t. It really depends. I’m getting VERY busy and I’m enjoying it, to be honest. My motivation is on the highest level. But I hope I’ll be able to write few posts per week 🙂