April, 2025
Once a year starting in mid-February, there is an Instagram challenge many artists participate in called the #100dayproject. I’ve done it myself more that once, and the habit of daily creativity and accountability has been really fun.
I was going to create and post something visual every day this year again, I really was.
But the truth is, right now that felt exhausting instead of exciting.
Then I thought, what if instead I promised myself jus tone extra hour of sleep for 100 days?
So, my #100dayproject is invisible this year – it’s a commitment to finally get in the habit of more than six hours of sleep a night. I’m lucky, I have the time now that I didn’t have before, I just don’t have the practice, so this seemed like a perfect opportunity.
I suppose I could have fed somekind of creative visual tracker into the algorithm every day, but for now you’ll have to take my word for it – it’s working!
March, 2025
Those of you who are artists on Instagram, or follow artists on Instagram may be familiar with the #100 day challenge. A big part of the challenge is to make a long-ish term commitment to an artistic project of your own design and to regularly share whatever it is. That makes sense when your project is somehow tangible – the written word, the painting, the piece of music.
For whatever reason, this year I felt inspired to a different kind of creative discipline, one that I sense might unlock new creative energy if I can just stick with it, and 100 days seemed like a good start.
The problem is, my project this year doesn’t produce anything visible.
My #100day project, you see, is to commit to at least 7 hours of sleep every night.
I know that’s still only the minimum recommendation by many sources, but it would be a good improvement over the 6 or so I’ve been getting for as many years as I remember.
I really only started in earnest last week, once I completed a cross country drive and adjusted to the time zone chaos caused by that change. The secret for me seems to be shutting it down by 11 p.m. because I seem to have to grab the extra hour in the evening instead of the morning.
It’s going pretty well so far, but I guess you’ll just have to take my word for it!
