Whole Year Life Experiments That Would Be Interesting To Do
- Sarah Ind
- Aug 5, 2021
- 2 min read
Updated: Jul 31, 2025
A year of:
Buying only what you need (food, toilet paper, good books that you can’t get from the library or borrow)
Checking email only once per day
Cooking your way through a recipe book
Daily craft time
Doing a kind thing every day
Doing one nagging task per day
Doing the most important thing each day
Drinking a different herbal tea every day
Eating light at night
Emptying your email inbox every time you look at it
Fasting one day/night per week
Finishing with a cold shower every day
Giving a daily compliment
Giving a gift every day
Going to bed before 9pm every day
Having a juice or smoothie every day
Having a morning power hour
Having daily one hour quiet time
Leaving daily anonymous inspiring messages for people to find
Making a new dish every day/week
Memorizing a promise a day
Maintaining a minimal wardrobe
No negatives
No social media – only email, text and phone
No sugar
Only eating at mealtimes
Picking a flower or some greenery every day
Planting a plant every day
Practicing an instrument for 20 minutes a day
Praying for someone
Publishing a daily post
Reading a book a week
Reading a poem a day
Reading for an hour a day
Reading through the Bible
Saying something encouraging to someone every day
Smiling
Spending 15 minutes cleaning or organizing something every day
Taking a daily photo, doing something with the photos, like if they’re on an inspiring theme and would benefit others by sharing
Throwing out one thing a day
Walking an hour a day
Writing a book review every week
Writing a line/list/poem a day
Writing a thank you note every day
Writing what went well every night