Creating Challenge 2013 | 365 Days of Creating

As co-founder and co-host with Lisa Lauffer of Brilliant Chaos, a virtual community of creators, 2013 has ushered in a most exciting creating challenge. Below is the introduction posted on Brilliant Chaos' blog and Facebook group that describes Brilliant Chaos' 2013 Creating Challenge and my CHAOS goal for 2013...starting NOW!

2013 Brilliant Chaos Creating Challenge

The new year approaches, and at this time of year, many people create goals. Perhaps you’ve heard of SMART goals? Well, on Planet Chaos (the home of Brilliant Chaos), SMART goals are sooooo early-2000s. No, on Planet Chaos, we ask ourselves “What CHAOS do we want to create in the coming year?” This is our way of inviting you to develop your own Creating Challenge for 2013.

What exactly do we mean by CHAOS? Well, let us tell you:

C-Creation:What exactly do you want to love into existence?

H-How:How will you know you’ve accomplished it? What kind of parameters do you need to complete your creation?

A-Achievable:Can you realistically complete this creation in the time alloted? What resources do you need to do so?

O-OMG (Oh.My.Geefwidiousness!*):On a scale from 1 to 10, how geefwidious* is this creation for you?

S-Schedule:How long do you want to take to achieve this creation? How often do you want to work toward it? 

*Geefwidious®: A word of Brilliant Chaos’ Chaotish Language®, meaning full of wonder and discovery with a sense of satisfaction.

Here, at Brilliant Chaos, we will be creating our own CHAOS around the world. And you know what? We’ll be doing it brilliantly.  

What constitutes CHAOS? Here are some broad categories:

Project: What does not exist now that you want to have exist by the end of 2013? (Example: book, business, website, painting, building, etc.)

Time: How often do you want to create? For what duration? (Example: one project a day for the first week of the month.)

Learning: What new skills are acquired and/or needed? (Example: mastering watercolor painting or developing your website-building skills.) A mixture of all of the above.

So, in the coming weeks, consider what kind of CHAOS you’d like to bring to the planet. If you would like, post your commitment to CHAOS on this Facebook page along with any requests for support you’d like. We will host regular check-ins. As well, each of you may create a separate document (see “Files” tab and then click “+Create Doc”) that can list your individual commitments and requests for ready reference.

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Wendy’s CHAOS:

C-Creation: 365 Days of Creating: Designing and creating companies of people.

H-How: Daily activities to include one or more of the following: movement towards create companies of people - could be short-term, long-term, project based, relationship based, with/for creatives, healers and leaders; creating structures; prophetic art; watch videos; read books; experiment; prototype; research; relationship building; daily activities to include something visible to the naked eye, in plain sight; post it on personal blog daily; post link from personal blog to Brilliant Chaos FB page daily; be fully present when creating.

A-Achievable: Part of the daily process will be to determine the specific project goals that I’ll pursue throughout 2013.

O-OMG (Oh.My.Geefwidiousness!*): On a scale from 1 to 10, how geefwidious* is this creation for you? 10!!! I feel VERY challenged and excited by this creating challenge. Way out of my comfort zone!

S-Schedule: Every day in 2013, small steps, may take 5 minutes up to an hour or two.