12 New Things Challenge

Ever wish you  would have time to learn something new?

Like a Warm Cup of Coffee is doing a 12 New Things Challenge. The idea is to challenge yourself to learn twelve new things in the next year, one for each month.

Is there twelve new things I'd like to learn? It didn't take long to come up with my list. But the problem is that  I don't want to wait a year- I want to do all these things in the next month! Hmmm...could that be why I get too many things started and nothing completed? Or feel like my mind is whirling in a million directions and there is so much more I want to do that I never find time to do?

I can see the value in focusing on one new project each month. So, even though I'm a month late, I'm jumping into the 12 New Things Challenge.

Here is my list...

August - Read Getting Organized in the Google Era and utilize some of the tools it describes. - in progress

September - make homemade laundry detergent

October - sew a head covering that I'm truly pleased with

November - purchase a digital scrap-booking program and learn to use it

December - make homemade lotion

January - make homemade soap

February - make the perfect whole wheat artisan sourdough bread

March - make whole wheat cinnamon raisin bagels

April - make mozzarella cheese

May - make homemade garden fertilizer

June - dry kitchen herbs for winter use

July - make a fluffy whole wheat biscuit

Some of these projects are a quick afternoon project (I think). Others I know will take hours of experiments and possibly quite a few failures before success. And some may not ever see success but I'd like to at least  make an attempt.

I'll keep you posted on the results. Anyone want to join me? I'd love to see your list of 12 New Things!