sennashi_dorei

So, currently there are 100 AoT projects available to do. I have done probably at least 40, maybe as many as 50, I don't know. I did 10 of the 25 that came out last year, almost all 25 of year 2022, maybe about 5-10 of 2023, and something like more than 5 of 2024. Like many folks probably think, it seems cool to finish the entire set. But, I am struggling with this because... anytime you want to finish something, you sometimes feel like you want to start it. So, even though I have that many already finished, I keep reviewing all of them, thinking I will just do all of them, because start to finish. There's not any necessity to do that, but it's that completionist thing.

Another issue is, what size to fold of what. I'm not super amazing at everything... I sort of want to fold the first 50 on standard size origami paper. I already did most of 2022 on 10" square papers. I sort of want to do all 100 on the 10" paper... but the 16x projects should mostly be veeeeery simple on that size paper, so it sort of seems like a waste, except they actually are a little difficult on standard size paper, so I'm not sure what to do there.

Having all these decisions that look like where to start, is holding me back from getting any of them done at all. I sort of want to just have a large supply of grids available so I can just go through them one after another, that is how I generally approach it when I start taking them on. I currently have a bunch of standard paper 16x grids, and 10" 24x grids, but not a lot of the 24x currently. So... We'll see. I decided not to prioritize finishing the first 75 as soon as I found them, it felt like.. there is more to origami than just this set, so I spent a lot of last year doing many different projects by different artists. I did do many tessellations, and I also did some animals, amoung a few other things like containers etc.

I'm not definitely going to finish all of them this year, but it does seem quite likely. Another goal I have set out... well I got a bunch more gift wrap which is something like 2 feet that I can make in squares, but I am focused on cutting those into as large as possible hexagons, and then folding grids that large, just because. I already did one that is a 64x grid, so my idea is to keep practicing making 64x grids until maybe I feel comfortable enough to try to make a 128x grid. I anticipate that I am going to make my first 128x grid this year, but it is not definite yet. I am currently not folding on grids this large yet, I am just preparing them to work on for when I am ready. Have done 32x projects, but usually squares. I have some fun projects to look forward to.

Ankle is feeling semi ok, it is possible that I will go ice skating tomorrow. It is snowing outside!!! Today was a nice day.