50 new things in 2023

[kindkit]

Inspired by, but not quite within the guidelines of, the Fannish Fifty 2023 Challenge, I'm going to try to get past my reluctance to try new things.

So, each week in 2023, I will watch a new-to-me movie or listen to a new-to-me album* and post about it here. (*For albums, I may have listened to songs from it before, but never the whole album.)

The state of the world since, oh, 2016 has made me increasingly risk-averse (with some good reason, frankly). But it's turning into a kind of metaphorical but personality-wide agoraphobia. I want to start taking baby steps into the unknown, and this is a nice low-stakes way to start.

Comments

[bead]

That sounds like excellent advice! I'd look forward to that!

[delphi]

Oh, that's such a great idea! I look forward to seeing what you post about, and I'll be taking a leaf out of your book. I've been meaning to watch more new-to-me movies in the new year.

[torachan]

Ooh, I should do this with music. It's not that I'm risk averse about trying new music, just that it takes a lot of work. I have to actually pay attention while I'm listening or next thing I know I'll have played a whole album and can't remember a thing about it.

[armadillo1976]

This is SUCH a brilliant idea. A simple way to do something about the "haven't read anything that isn't fanfic in months" feeling I get often. And it's usually not true, but it feels like it sometimes, so it's good to have a way of quantifying the untruthfulness of the feeling. Thank you for the idea! and I hope you don't mind if I borrow it from you.

[cathexys]

That sounds really good. I have noticed in myself that risk-averseness. Much of it is the comfort of the familiar, but I also hear you on that affecting other parts of my life.

Not sure I can commit to 50 new things, but I may try.

Thanks for the link!!!

[cathexys]

Oh, and I just read the link...I like your variation a lot better!

[dancesontrains]

Oh neat! Looking forward to your posts :)