Day 5

I realized there are some goals I need to stay on top of every day (numbers 12, 22, 32) and others that will require weekly, monthly, yearly, or other multiple occurrences to be truly completed (numbers 2, 3, 11, 16, 20, 33, 40, 42, 72, 73, 75, 91). To help me remember the ones I need to do more than once, I have created a separate page (link at the right) to help me keep track.

I also decided to record the poems I read every day; again, there’s a link to the page listing these. As far as poems go, I decided that if I really want to read a poem I have already read as part of this project, that’s okay. The goal is to bring regular poetry back into my life and sometimes nothing but Worsworth (or Poe or cummings or Frost, et al. will do).

As of Day 5, I think I am doing okay. Am about to write my good thing in my journal, but otherwise have completed the daily goals. Yesterday I mailed the first two postcrossing.com cards (#20). Today I took Axl to visit Gram (#73). May write another book review tonight or tomorrow (#2).

Even better, I have had a few friends and family members say they’re thinking about doing this, too. Very cool. Whether they decide to share their lists or not, I feel like this Day Zero Project is a worthwhile one that causes one to reflect on what matters (and yes, pie at Hoosier Mama is crucial).