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Rise in Year 2020

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Today, I’m sharing thoughts about how we will Rise in Year 2020.

Welcome 2020

Create Your Life

We’re almost a week into the New Year

Last week, I released updates the NEW Anna Aspnes Designs.

And we’ve been working behind the scenes to fix ‘all the things’ ever since.

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So today feels like the beginning of 2020.

And a new decade?

In theory it’s not, but if you’ve been around here long enough, you know I march at the beat of my own drum.

  • Ella is back to school today, with Luke following tomorrow.
  • Monday is a much ‘tidier’ way to start the week.
  • And I’ve never been good at being told what to do [insert big grin]

So, I’m going with it.

Aim to Make Mistakes

Messing up is GOOD

These words left a timely lasting impression.

During my last yoga class of the year on New Year’s Eve:

“I hope that in this year to come,

you make mistakes.

Because if you are making mistakes,

then you are making new things,

trying new things,

learning,

living,

pushing yourself,

changing yourself,

changing your world.

You’re doing things you’ve never done before,

and more importantly,

you’re Doing Something.”

Neil Gaiman.

Member of the Scaredy-Cat Club

Yes I am

  • I am a HUGE introvert.
  • I play it safe most of the time.
  • I do not like to be seen.
  • I’m most certainly NOT a risk taker.
  • I’m an A-Type who hates to fail.

Which basically means I could be SO much MORE in my art and life.

Rise to the Challenge

Revisiting the One Little Word movement

I haven’t chosen one in several years.

And I wasn’t intending to do so this year either.

But RISE sort of found me.

I’m using it to push through those moments where I am scared.

To have a more ‘YES I CAN‘ attitude.

Are you with me?

Intention to Act

Writing it ALL down

The idea is that you bring to life what you have in mind.

FOCUS leads to AWARENESS which then stirs ACTION.

My List:

  • Start my weekdays at 5 am.
  • Aim for 8 hours of sleep.
  • Move my body daily.
  • Continue practicing yoga.
  • Nurture my creativity.
  • Paint at least once per week.
  • Eat at least 10 servings of veggies/fruits a day.
  • Stay innovative in my Digital Artistry.
  • Create MORE [aalogo] Classes.
  • Listen to my intuition but brave the FEAR.
  • Learn from mistakes.

And Your List?

  • List your Top 10.
  • How will you make your life and artistry better in year 2020?
  • Now create a photo artistry or scrapbooking layout to memorialize your intentions.
  • Post a link here in the COMMENTS to your layout.
  • Chance to win a $10 GiftKard to the Anna Aspnes Designs store.
  • Random winner to be selected Monday January 13, 2019 around 11 am EST.

Maybe I can also help you reach your artistry goals.

***Edited***

And the winner is:

Congratulations Carol Gary! Emailing you your $10 GiftKardz.

Thank you all for participating!

I hope this little challenge helps you manifest some good intentions.

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  3. Inspiring list, Anna! My oldest son and his wife sent me photos of the vision boards/collages they made on New Years Day. So proud of their creative approach to intentionality! Have a list in my head…need to translate it into art! Thanks for the challenge!

  4. This is my 4th year defining a “one little word”; for the past 2 years especially, this has been so helpful to me. For 2020, I chose the word “listen”, taking last year’s concept of presence to a deeper level. On the right I also have my 10 focus areas, not really goals, just things I want to continue to focus on.

    https://ozone.oscraps.com/gallery/data/1351/001-One-Little-Word.jpg

    Dear Anna, let me wish you a happy new year and good luck with your goals, especially the 5 am thing 😉 Looking forward to another year of enjoying and using your artistry. And thank you for the wonderful megapack.

  5. Happy New Year to you, Anna! Boy, do I ever relate to your words. I so need to get things out of my head and onto paper (or computer as the case may be). I think part of my problem is actually choosing (Top 10, Intentions…pick something) and then committing—i.e., writing it down. My mind is a jumble. I have trouble making decisions because I want to DO IT ALL. Confession finished. This is a great time to start anew. My “word” is actually 2: “DO IT.” I will try to meet your challenge! Thank you, Anna.

  7. I loved this Anna and your approach to life and art. I plan to practice in Photoshop every day this year (or at least every second day) and hopefully take more aA Classes.

  9. This challenge was a wonderful exercise for me to personally review 2019 and think about what I really want. I’m grateful for the extension to this challenge since it gave me a chance (time) to put my thoughts and list together on a digital page. My page is full of personal symbolism and a reflection of my list. And I should note that my list is somewhat a summary of my 5 pages of lists that I made. https://ozone.oscraps.com/gallery/data/1351/2020-List-Change.jpg

  10. I find we are similar in a lot of ways Anna. I’m also a member of the Scaredy-cat Club! I prefer the safety and calm of my home to battling traffic and being in crowds. Thank goodness I live in a rural area. I also don’t like to fail. I tend to freeze and procrastinate for fear of making a mistake or getting out of my comfort zone. I have had many successes in my life and I do enjoy learning something new but the fear of starting a new project always brings out the procrastinator in me. Once I get going I really enjoy the process, as long as I don’t think too much. I copied and printed the quote about making mistakes. It’s wonderful!!! For me, I’ve found that if I take on projects in small manageable pieces and focus, I have a better chance of succeeding. I’m so appreciative of your sharing your art and talents with others. You give us all inspiration for creating our own digital art and scrapbook pages. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!!

    1. Hi Tina, I think we creative all have a bit of the fear in us and I too am a home-body. I’m actually finding the more I face my fears, the better the experience and I have and less scared I become overall. It’s quite fascinating! I love that you’ve found an approach that works for you – Baby steps and not overthinking the process are 2 very powerful approaches to making the magic happy. So honored to be in this space to inspire and guide you.

  11. Glad you extended this. Here’s a link to my layout: https://ozone.oscraps.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=423725&title=2020refine&cat=1351

    Also, I just wanted to mention that I’ve really been enjoying your products the last several months. I really love the artsy look and style, but it’s taken me a while to transition from a more conventional digital style with lots of elements and clusters. I think participating in the December Project 2019 as well as your Artsy Doubles class really helped with the artsy page creation process a lot! Thanks for all you do to inspire!

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