New Thing 360, New Thing Every Day: Complete One Year of "New Thing Every Day"

Can you believe I have been doing this for an entire year? It really has been an amazing experience that I believe has made me a better, more creative person. It is over now, though, and I am taking a break from this kind of thing. A few years ago I did "Idea Every Day", and now I have made it through "New Thing Every Day", and I have several other similar projects that I will consider for the future, but I am absolutely taking a break for 2018. It is bittersweet and I will miss it -- and the value I think I get from it -- but it is also a relief to not have to think about it every single day.

Here are a variety of facts about the experience.

Random thoughts, lessons, and information:

• I completed 360 of 365 New Things, missing five days for a combination of being sick, travel, and life overwhelm. I am okay with 98.6% success.
• Several life events made it much easier to come up with New Things, especially travel, switching jobs, going on an intense diet for my MS, and working on my MBA.
• As you might guess, my actual number of New Things, far exceeded 365 -- especially when travel was involved -- but I kept it to reporting on just one, and did not give myself any credit to be used on other days.
• Most of the time, this was a very fun project; sometimes it was definitely a labor of love, coming up with something new every, single day -- especially at the end of a long day when I had forgotten to do something appropriate. Thank goodness for the Internet.
• No, the person I sent an anonymous e-mail never figured out it was me.

My favorite/most personally impactful New Things:

• New Thing 299, New Thing Every Day: Reach the Best Physical Condition of My Entire Life (612, 10/29)
• New Thing 62, New Thing Every Day: Rush to Indiana After My Stepfather's Stroke (543 views, 3/4) 
• New Thing 168, New Thing Every Day: Be Awarded Chamber Ambassador of the Year (523 views, 6/20)
• New Thing 105, New Thing Every Day: Win or Settle a Law Suit (471 views, 4/17)
• New Thing 81, New Thing Every Day: Do a TEDx Talk (354 views, 3/24)
• Day 1, New Thing Every Day: List Five of the Top People Who Have Influenced Me and Write Them Letters (282 views, 1/1)
• New Thing 345, New Thing Every Day: Help Organize a Gun Exchange Event, Collect 41 Guns (223 views, 12/16)
• New Thing 333, New Thing Every Day: Finish My First Day as General Manager of KOPN Community Radio (194 views, 12/4)
• New Thing 5, New Thing Every Day: Fast for One Day (176 views, 1/6)
• New Thing 165, New Thing Every Day: Create a Pop-up Restaurant (167 views, 6/17) 
• New Thing 358, New Thing Every Day: Finally Think of a National Podcast I Want To Launch (156 views, 12/29)
• New Thing 68, New Thing Every Day: Go One Full Week Without Using Profanity (150 views, 3/9)
• New Thing 296, New Thing Every Day: Officially Propose the Creation of a National Veterans Entrepreneurship Center (129 views, 10/26) 
• New Thing 339, New Thing Every Day: Finish Reading My First Happiness Book (119 views, 12/10)
• New Thing 269, New Thing Every Day: Host the Inaugural HerTomorrow Event (116, 10/1) 
• New Thing 347, New Thing Every Day: Lose 50 Pounds in One Year (114 views. 12/18)
• New Thing 210, New Thing Every Day: Register for an MBA Program (94 views, 8/1)
• New Thing 154, New Thing Every Day: Start Following The Wahls Protocol, for MS (84 views, 6/15)
• New Thing 74, New Thing Every Day: Survive Ticketing for a Major Rap Concert (83 views, 3/15)
• New Thing 235, New Thing Every Day: Co-Organize "Breaking Chains, Making Ways" (45 views, 8/27)

Most read blog posts (400+ views):

• New Thing 322, New Thing Every Day: Eat Thanksgiving Dinner Following The Wahls Protocol Diet (1124 views, 11/23)
• New Thing 334, New Thing Every Day: Get a Marinara Bowl from Nourish (796 views, 12/5)
• New Thing 299, New Thing Every Day: Reach the Best Physical Condition of My Entire Life (612 views, 10/29)
• New Thing 66, New Thing Every Day: Visit the Giant Fiberglass Paul Bunyan in Mortons Gap, KY (579 views, 3/7)
• New Thing 327, New Thing Every Day: Accept a Job as General Manager of KOPN (545 views, 11/28) 
• New Thing 62, New Thing Every Day: Rush to Indiana After My Stepfather's Stroke (543 views, 3/4)
• New Thing 168, New Thing Every Day: Be Awarded Chamber Ambassador of the Year (523 views, 6/20) 
• Tomorrow It Begins: New Thing Every Day (472 views, 12/31/17) 
• New Thing 105, New Thing Every Day: Win or Settle a Law Suit (471 views, 4/17)
• New Thing 322, New Thing Every Day: Eat Thanksgiving Dinner Following The Wahls Protocol Diet (463 views, 11/11)
• New Thing 150, New Thing Every Day: Eat My Last Pizza for the Foreseeable Future, Maybe Forever (433 views, 6/1)

Least read blog posts (<30 views):

• New Thing 160, New Thing Every Day: Visit http://www.oddee.com/ (4 views, 6/12)
• New Thing 136, New Thing Every Day: Check Out http://www.staggeringbeauty.com/ (6 views, 5/18)
• New Thing 97, New Thing Every Day -- Post My Digital Photo Tour of Columbia on Facebook (6 views, 4/9)
• New Thing 13, New Thing Every Day: Visit www.zergnet.com (9 views, 1/13)
• New Thing 97, New Thing Every Day -- Post My Digital Photo Tour of Columbia on Facebook (9 views, 12/11)