Nobody puts baillee in the corner

A couple of months ago, I verbally said I was starting a new project on Halloween because it is my favorite holiday (aside from my birthday), but life has a funny way of intervening (making things terrible) to shift things to when they’re supposed to happen, so here we are.

Drumroll please. 

My new project is called TwentyMineTeen, and it involves 365 days of creativity. That’s right; I will be doing something creative every single day in 2019. This includes doing stand up, drawing, writing, and even cooking up Pinterest recipes. Now, I love y’all, and I love this blog because it helps me so much, but I simply cannot do 365 blog posts. I mean, I could, but they wouldn’t be the quality you’ve come to expect, and I’m not sacrificing my writing for this project.

Never fear. I have figured out a good solution: one hundred of these days will be blog posts. This doesn’t include Love is a Working Title, which counts towards the days of creativity, but not the 100 blog posts, if that makes sense. That means you are guaranteed 100 blog posts in 2019. What. A. Deal.

The only difference between 2019’s blog posts and the usual setup will be the titles of next year’s blog posts will have a bullet and number in the title. This way, I am held accountable, and you can also track which blog post we’re on. I’ll also be posting pictures on my Instagram account (Lisa_Frankenstein_) daily of all of the projects, so you can see the other 265 things I get into over there.

I also promise you these blog posts won’t take a nosedive in quality. They will still be genuine. They will still be published only as ideas come to me. However, some might be a little shorter than others only due to time. Other than that, I promise you they will still be the same old blog posts in my same old voice.

I honestly can’t wait for TwentyMineTeen because 2018 outright sucked for a lot of people I love and care about, and you know, for me, too. I’m most excited because this project is a continuation of a coping mechanism I’ve had for several years.

You see, every time I get swallowed up by depression, and I can’t get out of a funk, I think of one thing to look forward to during the day, even if it’s the fact I get to drink a Dr. Pepper after work. I feel like this project is going to help me a lot, and I hope in some crazy way, it helps you out.

That’s why I chose the title TwentyMineTeen. This is me reclaiming my year. Reclaiming my mental health. Reclaiming my creativity. Most importantly, reclaiming my life. Hence the title. I don’t want it to just be mine though. Do things for yourselves. Please go out there and do all the things and share them with me. I want to know others are also reclaiming their year.

Words can’t begin to express how excited I am for this project, and I hope you are too. The first blog post is coming at you tomorrow. Until then, my dear readers, make the last few moments of 2018 fantastic to make up for this incredibly difficult year. Next year, let’s get ready to fight for TwentyMineTeen.