All About Green

Today in honor of St Patty's Day let's take a POTD that has to do with something green. Feel free to step outside the box. Here is mine. You can check out my post at my blog.

Catching Up

Oppps...It seems like I have missed a week or two of inspiration. Knowing me it won't be the last time I will have a lapse. So today I will give you two posts to make up for lost time!

In honor of my faults, first I will talk about the fact that sometimes Project 365 is prone to missed opportunities. Has it happened to you? Have you missed recording some moments that you wish you would have included? My suggestion, if you are so motivated, back track and make up for lost time.

One of our 365ers, and a good friend of mine, Elizabeth, is a pro at playing catchup. On her blog she occasionally does a post about a whole chunk of time that has gone by that she hadn't recorded daily. Those posts are some of my favorites. Click here for a peek at her latest. I will also put a link to her blog on the side bar so you can check out her world when ever you need some extra inspiration.

Yesterday was Ash Wednesday in my religion. It is a day where my family and I make new commitments to our faith for the next 40 days to prepare for Easter. It is a yearly event, a part of our life, something to be remembered. This year I did not take a picture but simply wrote about the day. But here is my post from last year.... and I challenge you 365ers to document something about your religious beliefs.

40 Days February 25, 2010

Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, my favorite time in the church year, a time to focus on faith.

Two years ago I made this little jar that I recently found in the back of my kitchen cabinet. Today I resurrected it and refilled it for this Lenten season. It is stuffed with 40 daily Lenten activities for our family. Each day during Lent we take turns choosing a slip from the jar. The next day we all participate in the activity that has been chosen. Some slips of paper are to remind us of Jesus' sacrifice, like no TV for a day. Some help us grow as a family, like doing a nice thing for a family member. Some reach out to the community, like buying food for a food pantry. And some bond us to extended family and friends, like writing and sharing five things we like about Grandma.

When I was growing up we were always told to make a personal sacrifice during Lent. I still try to focus on that, but it is such a great experience to share the sacrifice and growth that Lent brings as a family.

I challenge everyone to do a similar activity, even if you do not celebrate Lent. Try sharing the experience with a spouse, your children, or a friend. Commit to an activity a day for at least 4 days, maybe it will stretch into 40. Hopefully it will enrich your life and bring you closer to God.

If you need some added inspiration I have a friend Anne who posts on a religious blog she created. She is a talented writer, often times writing poetry about her beliefs. You can find her here.

Snowy Post

In between the shoveling make sure you get out your camera and pen. This week make a post about the snow. How do you feel about the white stuff. Frustrated, energetic, content, cold, cozy? Try to take a photo that helps describe your feelings.

You can see my "Snow Day" post at my blog. Feel free to share your post or a link to it, below in the comments.

Ali Edwards 365 Inspiration

This week Ali Edwards posted a week in her life for her 365 book. I always find her blog inspiring, full of things I want to try to emulate. So I was excited to see her posting on a similar project as ours. If you click here you will be linked to her posts about her 365 album. I will put a link on my side bar so you can go from here to Ali's blog in a click.

State of the Economy Post

Since tonight is the first State of the Union Address for President Obama I have been inspired to do my own state of the economy POTD. My challenge to you this week is to do the same. Sometime this week post about the economy and it's affects in your world. Has it changed your spending? your income? or your appreciation of what you have? Are you worried? content? or maybe not affected at all? Do you have someone else's story to share? a prayer for someone who is hurting because of the recession? There are many ways to document this time in history that is so worth remembering. I will put up my "State of the Economy" post sometime today on my personal blog. Can't wait to see what you come up with. Share a comment if you wish to inspire us all.

POTD Adventure

I was thinking of giving you 365er the challenge for next week to reach beyond your everyday boundaries to take you POTD. To make an extra effort to stage a scene, or venture out somewhere that you normally wouldn't go to capture a moment in time.

I thought of the idea because today I was going to do exactly that. Check out my personal blog for a story on January 22nd titled All Dressed Up and No Place to Go part 1 and 2. In this case my POTD turned out to be a little more of an adventure than I had planned. An example that you never know what seeking your POTD may turn into.

So go for it. Venture out this week and take a photo, journal about it, maybe even write about how you didn't want to do the assignment in the first place. Take a mini adventure and feel free to share what you did in the comments.