If you follow me on social media, specifically Instagram, you’ll know I’m a big fan of daily projects. I’ve always said to other people, who are looking to grow their creative skills, that starting a daily project is one of the best ways to do so.

But what can you actually get out of a daily project?

Skill Building

This is, I think, one of the biggest benefits that can come from running a daily project. Whether it’s software competency, skill development, or even learning something completely new, daily projects give you the opportunity to learn and develop your skills through practical implementation.

Practical Efficiency

By doing something every day, over a long period of time, you’ll start to find yourself becoming more and more competent with the tools you’re using. Depending on the project that you start, you may find that this growth, and a firmer understanding of your tools, will benefit you outside the project too.

For example, I’m a freelance graphic designer, so my daily project enabled me to become much more proficient in tools such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Maxon Cinema 4D. These skills are then able to be transferred into my commercial work!

Idea Exploration

A huge benefit to running your own daily project is that it’s your own daily project. Have something you want to work on? Maybe you want to make posters like myself? Go for it!

With your own daily project, you can explore a huge range of different ideas and concepts. There’s no limit to what you can work on!

Practice Out of the Box Thinking

If you’re planning on running a daily project over a long period of time, you’ll inevitably run into a few roadblocks along the way. Whilst these may feel frustrating when they happen, I personally think they’re one of the best things about daily projects!

These roadblocks force you to think outside of the box, explore different ideas, or even look at an existing idea from a different perspective. Over time, after you’ve found yourself needing to overcome these creativity blocks more than once, you’ll start to find yourself becoming more adept at coming up with ideas on the fly.

Build Discipline

The very nature of a daily project is that you do something every day. Whilst at the beginning this may start to feel like a bit of a slog, you’ll soon start to build a habit of doing it.

If, like me, your daily project is closely related to your daily work, this discipline will become invaluable. Sometimes you might not want to make something, not have any ideas, or just not feel like it. It’s at times like this that your discipline will come into play. The more you can force yourself to work on your daily project, the stronger the habit will become, and the stronger your discipline outside of the project will grow too.

Constant Content

It’s 2020, so naturally, a lot of us are looking at ways in which we can use social media to grow our personal brands or attract clients. If you’re one of these people, then a daily project could be HUGE.

By working on something each day, you’ll soon find yourself with a huge catalogue of content that you can post to social media. We all know that consistency is the key to growing on social, so with a daily project you can be sure you ALWAYS have something to post!

Most Importantly … It’s Fun!

Having fun and enjoying the time you spend working on your project should be the number one thing you’re getting out of it. If you’re finding yourself not having fun after a few weeks of working on a project, it’s time to stop.

Of course, as we mentioned, it’s important to practice discipline. But it’s more important that you’re actually enjoying the project and having fun working on it!

Are you currently working on a daily project? Or has this convinced you to start one? If so, I’d love to see what you get up to! Please feel free to get in touch and share your project!