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Every time I start a 365 I wonder if I'll see it through, get tired of it, and if people will start virtually throwing rotten tomatoes at me for clogging up their news feed with my weird 365 experiments.

But here we are. Or at least I am here. 365 hashtags later.

My favorite hashtag topics of the past year were the travel themed ones, the spreading sunshine to others ones, and the thought-provoking ones. I'm curious, were there any hashtag topics you liked? Hated? It's okay if you hated one, or two, or more. A couple of them I struggled with myself.

Did you try to practice or celebrate any of the hashtags? I held a Sunshine Party in February for friends, did a Service Sunday project in November (I also drank some wine in November *wink*), had some tasty sweets and drinks in May, and I went meatless during July Mondays.

As always happens when I pull together a 365, I learned. Even in the seemingly silly topics I still learned useful or interesting information and facts. I stored away a lot of ideas for future gatherings and projects and goals.



Do you have an idea for a future 365 installment? Pass it on to me and I'll consider it. I'd love to hear what you think would make a great focus for a full year of life!


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