I have decided to commit to 4 cycles. I am nearing the end of the first 6-week/42 day cycle, and I am enjoying it a lot. The way the six weeks creates a structure to my life. Ok, I am now on vacation for most of Cycle 1, but I still think that the rest of the cycles of this year will be fun little projects in my spare time.
Now, here is the schedule for my 2025 cycles
Cycle 1:
Theme: Writing “42420 OR 42421”
Start date: Monday June 23rd 2025
Weeks: 26-31
Release date: Sunday August 3rd 2025
Cycle 2:
Theme: xxx
Start date: Monday August 11th 2025
Weeks: 33-38
Release date: Sunday September 21st 2025
Cycle 3:
Theme: xxx
Start date: Monday September 29th 2025
Weeks: 40-45
Release date: Sunday November 9th 2025
Cycle 4:
Theme: xxx
Start date: Monday November 17th 2025
Weeks: 47-52
Release date: Sunday December 28th 2025
At the end of Cycle 4, the end of this year, I will decide if I want to continue these cycles, or go back to living without them.
I still do not know what the themes would be; will they all be writing projects? Or will they perhaps be different categories, little things I do for the focused 6 weeks? Like “Learn as much Thai as possible in 6 weeks” or whatever.
My documentation output here in Cycle 1 has been pretty bad, but I foresee that I would like to show the process more during other cycles. And then the “release” can be a final report, or a book, or a video that I have edited together, or something else.
Yup. This will be a fun challenge!