I had the idea today to start generating more ideas on a regular basis, to find any semblance of creativity that still exists inside me.
This morning while journaling I came up with this list:
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Bacon and maple flavoured kombucha.
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Monthly contributions to https://thelocalist.substack.com/— thoughts on becoming reacquainted with my city
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Weekly coffee club: same time and location; whomever shows, shows.
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Urban bocce league.
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A website that collects nothing other than my random / stupid ideas.
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Spray-paint & stencil T-Shirt Pop-Up (with J.K.)
- bring-your-own-shirt
- Banana Kingdom station; banana prints
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Roy McDonald Day: a day to celebrate all things Roy (a mini-media festival)
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Bookshop notes drop: items placed into books in used bookstores.
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(not entirely new) Yours To Discover: large canvas with Ontario postcards mod podge onto it.
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Brainstorm an ideal PhD for me.
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An unofficial history of ... (some random object).
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Start handmaking my own notebook / journal inserts for my A5 notebook cover.
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A presentation on, How to Make Fudge. Me having been a Fudgemaker and all.
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Blackout Poetry in Books I don’t care to read.
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Merge two boardgames into one: swap pieces, or integrate graphics from one into the other
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Create a card or board game
- Carcassonne like game, in cards
- Albert’s New Year’s game in cards
- Albert’s New Year’s game in tiles
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Hockney Style Photo Collage of ?? (and print it for the wall)
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Build a bike from scratch (with Squeaky Wheel — London Cycle Link)
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Write a short story— less than 1000 words. About, well anything.
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Write a children’s story. Less than 250 words.
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Start a social club.
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Write mini sagas for all fiction works I read
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The list above isn’t all that bad for idea generation, a practice I haven’t completed in some time. The highlighted items are likely easy wins, low-lifts, or things I can collaborate on with James that might not take that much work.