I want to do another project like DatingAmy.com, but not with dating (or 50, necessarily). I’m bored and in a rut lately, I probably have been for some time and just didn’t realize it.
I’ve been reading the book Yes Man by Danny Wallace. I had seen the Jim Carrey movie and liked it, but the book is much wittier. And British.
It’s inspiring me, I just don’t know in what way yet. Saying yes to everything sounds expensive, for one thing.
I took the problem to twitter. Mark Henry, a local paranormal humor writer said: Three words, Crime Spree Amy.
Sam Gemmill, another British writer says: ” Just say no to everything instead. I’ve been doing it for years, works great.”
Years before I did Dating Amy, I had an idea to try one thing I’ve never done every day. At this point I’ve done so much that a lot of the more interesting things I had never done have been… did. Also, as a friend of mine pointed out at the time: That would be really hard.
Go to 50 different religious services/events. Not just on Sundays or Saturdays. Funerals, brisses (sp), first communions, Baptist concerts, Buddhists meditations, Episcopal potlucks, secular humanist meetings, etc. Your own, better version of the PRAY part of Eat, Pray, Love.
My current work-in-progress has a lot of religious stuff in it. Glad you think that would be interesting. My cater-waiter experience alone covers about 50 different rituals…
Reminds me of the Seinfield episode where George is tired of his string of bad luck so decides to do everything opposite…
good way to stir the pot on that boredom thing. Me? I just turn the toilet paper roll the other way. *wink*
It’s funny because that’s in my next book. George does the opposite. It’s actually really profound. The toilet paper *has to* be over, not under, though. Some universal laws cannot be changed.