> Maybe the most obvious con: a tada list forces you to have an accomplishment each day so you can write it down, and this added stress to my day.<p>Maybe it makes more sense to have a box per week instead of per day. Or even per month!<p>At least in my own life I've noticed that focusing on daily output tends to be demoralizing, whereas if I look back over the months I am often amazed by what has come out of me.
I have a spreadsheet where I keep track of excellent work that others do, things that surprised and delighted me, or difficult situations they handled with professionalism. Makes me smile just thinking of it. It will be useful during an upcoming review.
Lovely paintings!
I kind of use my calendar to do this ... if I'm frazzled at the end of the week, it helps to see what I actually did as frazzle brain will have forgotten
that's a nice practice that I do from time to time. Like when my inner self critic starts being too critical ("I'm not doing enough" kind of stuff), or doing things gets harder for some reason, I incorporate the routine of writing done things at the end of the day, and when the situation normalizes I stop doing it. It's usually like a month or two
I managed to do this for most of the first half of the year, and it was very rewarding indeed. Somehow it sort of dropped off, and something was lost, so I think definitely something to pick up again this coming year.
I am impressed that in this age of AI they still feel the drive to make watercolor paintings, to be honest.<p>Sadly, at this point I would not even call it a challenge, but I would consider it more a pastime.
Speaking personally, spending the last few years saturated in AI talk has very much intensified my desire to practice tactile arts, including watercolor. I would almost go so far as to say I enjoy painting more now than it is such a clear oasis from digital life.
I think I see where you're coming from but, from personal experience, AI has not much to do with one's interest in learning how to paint or draw. I've picked up drawing again this year not only as a passion but it's something I can create with my own hands. It doesn't matter that AI can do it and can do it much better, it's that I can do it. For fun, for relaxing, for meditating, ...
How does the existence of AI make watercolor painting less of a challenge for a human?
Ai can't do anything like a good water color painting. Also they're physical, like any painting, they look different in real life
Why is that impressive?