Happy Post

Alright, so I still suck at both Doing Things and updating this blog, but at the beginning of the month, I finally completed another goal from The List!

068. Send Happy Post to 5 people

This goal was to do with making friends happy (or at least trying to) by sending unexpected postal goodness their way. Because they deserve to have nice things show up unexpectedly (makes a change from bills, right?)

I often intend to send 'Happy Post' to people for no reason other than 'just because', and it's something I do do from time to time, but never in bulk like this.

It always takes me forever to gather things to send, because I don't like sending someone just one random thing. If I'm going to pay for a 'small packet' sized parcel, I'm going to stuff it as much as I can!

Things I sent:
A combination of socks, notebooks, zines, bookmarks, jewellery, and a postcard to say "Hi!".
Different people received different things, hand-picked just for them, mostly relating to inside jokes, a hobby or interest of theirs.

I can't post a photo because...I only thought about that after packaging everything up.

But I can post about this now, because everyone received their parcels safely! Mission Accomplished!

August & September Roundup & 365

Flying Fish (218/365)

Alright, so I've been the worst person, and let this blog gather dust for an entire two months. Whoops.

Honestly, I haven't been up to much.
I went to Kitacon (an anime/nerd convention) at the end of August but other than that, and asides a few meetups with friends, life has been decidedly uneventful.
Mostly because I've not made the effort to make it eventful.
Over the past couple of months, I've lost a lot of my motivation to Get Things Done, and to Do Things. Everything takes more energy than I have, and more effort than I'm willing to put in. (Yeah I know, I suck.)

August 365 Project Photos. Click Here to view larger (on 365 Project page)

I am still working on a few goals, but really need to take another look at The List and decide how much I want to do some of those things.

Things I'm doing lately:

• Practising Japanese on Duolingo (not for a goal, but I'm on a 94 day streak! Yay!)
• Occasionally drawing hands (goal #001. Fill a sketchbook with artwork/studies of only one subject. I've a long way to go yet!)
• Gathering things for another goal, so I might actually do something I always intend to do, but take ages to get around to. (It's a cheating goal really, because it's something I do do, just not nearly enough).
• Trying to memorise every country in Africa (goal #033; I can name abour 30 off the top of my head)
• Continuing with 365 Project (goal #65)

September 365 Project Photos. Click Here to view larger (on 365 Project Page)

This time around, since I've missed two months worth of roundups, I'm not posting the individual photos from my August/September 365 Project, just screenshots from the 365 Project website. Click them to view the page and see the images at full size.

Please do go take a look, I've been practising with some different kit (70-300mm lens!) and some different concepts and techniques (high key & low key photography, 'splash' shots, surreal images, and more!)

And now, I'll go look at The List, and try to find some motivation...