Do a New Thing for Spring - 2021 Anniversary Edition

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jennywren
jennywren
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Can I join this please? I've got A Thing, I think
Sharkie
Sharkie
Feb 2021
10:07am, 17 Feb 2021
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Sharkie
Hello :-)

Tell! Tell! Tell!
northernslowcoach
northernslowcoach
Feb 2021
10:07am, 17 Feb 2021
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*delurks*
Does Mad Dog Jess need a walk a day?

Am trying to think of Newts for me
GimmeMedals
GimmeMedals
Feb 2021
10:07am, 17 Feb 2021
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GimmeMedals
The observing things en route can be the newt, thanks Sharkie. I'm already going out once a day for a run, walk or (since yesterday) a bike ride. I've taken to listening to podcasts or audiobooks when out so I'll leave the headphones at home and listen to nature.
Sharkie
Sharkie
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Sharkie
No-one has to ask to join. Just do it.
Sharkie
Sharkie
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10:09am, 17 Feb 2021
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Sharkie
Better and better Gimme. Then record/relate/recount in some way once you are home.
Mazlin
Mazlin
Feb 2021
10:13am, 17 Feb 2021
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Sorry MazzyH, and thank you!

Bonus newt thing for me today is sharing a name with someone else. This is not a thing that’s ever happened to me before!
CC2 Speedy Goth
CC2 Speedy Goth
Feb 2021
10:16am, 17 Feb 2021
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CC2 Speedy Goth
A new new thing every single day? I mean, it sounds good, but I lack imagination and can't even think of one thing for day 1!
BaronessBL
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CC2 New things don't have to be big things and can be new for this spring so if you have a tree near you that always comes into blossom in the spring the day you first see it this spring can be that day's new thing.
Sharkie
Sharkie
Feb 2021
10:24am, 17 Feb 2021
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You don't have to do a New Thing every day, CC but it's surprising how many things occur once you get going.

The things don't have to be big - start a new book, listen to some new music ( I listened to the entire top thirty last year - not all at once - something I probably hadn't done since my early teens. It was interesting if not always life enhancing exactly.)

It can also be noticing stuff - first time this year you see certain flowers, or trees come into leaf.

Eat something new, turn your work space around, do something with your 'wrong' hand. Throw something away - creates new space after all.

About This Thread

Maintained by Sharkie
starblackheartstar The sixth running of Do a New Thing for Spring starblackheartstar

Lent has a special and specific meaning to Christians but has become an secular season of denial and hair shirting that serves no positve purpose. No chocolate, no booze, no -er - other stuff.

Why not treat the build up to Easter - as a chance to celebrate and embrace NEW THINGS - that's what spring is about after all.

The first few pages of the thread give more ideas.

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