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Treat today's post like a studio brief

by Veta Wade

Sunday 4 Jan. 2026 | 10:10 am AST ☀️

Dear Friends,

This is a gift for you. A New Year Gift you can enjoy individually, with friends, or with family!

Here are ten tiny prompts to help you prototype a more imaginative, resourceful, playful version of yourself, the same way you prototype products, experiences, workshops, and other projects you might have.

1. Look at everything like an adventure.

2. Be more resourceful – act like you are on a remote volcanic island with 3000 people.

3. Quit alcohol and actually pay attention to what’s in your head.

4. Get rid of the alarm clock.

5. Host meetings outside.

6. Take the camera off and walk in your Zoom meetings.

7. Loosen up and just doodle.

8. Take bad photos.

9. Make bad art.

10. Make your kitchen its own restaurant, name it, and make weekly menus. ( An idea that I got from Jenna O'Brien of Feeling! Magazine).

Treat today’s post like a studio brief. Pick one prompt, run a 7-day experiment, and document what happens in your sketchbook, notes, camera roll, or livestream.

I was going to make the whole post analog, but then I realised my handwriting might be too difficult to read.

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