A Custom Mood Theme in a Year

We've made it to Break Two!

For everyone following along with the Medium or Minimum Tracks, congratulations! You've reached a stopping point. If you want to start a new mood theme or keep going with one you're already working on, those are both great options, but so is sitting back and basking in the glow of what you've accomplished.

If you're following along with the Maximum Track, we're a little short of a third done as yet, but this is some major progress! This is a good time to start uploading some of your images, if you haven't already.

Now's also a good time to go back for any moods you've missed. Or maybe you want to re-do a few. Or perhaps you want to get ahead of some future moods? All good options!

While you can share completed moods at any time, this is also a good time to do that, with no official moods to work on this week.

Whether you do any of the above, or spend the next week just resting, I hope you've been having a good time at Mood Theme in a Year. Let's talk about it!

We're finally down to the last break! Some of you who've been following along may even have finished for the year! For everyone else who started in January or caught up between now and then, there's only five moods left to go.

What are you planning to do with this break, whether it lasts one week or four? Have you given any thought to whether you want to try for another mood theme next year? If so, this might be a good time to start planning for it (or even get a little bit ahead)! Still, there's also no need to do anything but rest during a break, especially since December is a busy month for so many people out there.

Whatever you plan to do for the next week-plus, I hope you have a great time!

We've made it to the fifth break! There's only one big part left, and then one tiny part (only five moods!), and we'll be done for the year! Wow, seems kinda monumental when you think of it like that.

Now is the perfect time to take stock of your progress: Think about how far you've gotten, how far you have to go, how far you want to go, if there's any moods you want to re-do or touch up, anything! Are there any moods you skipped over and want to finish now? Do you want to skip ahead to Part 7 and finish up those five moods early? And, of course, just taking an actual break is always a good option. I'm a firm proponent of relaxing!

However you decide to spend the next week, I hope you've had a great time on this project so far.

Part 6 starts next Monday, as well as another Minimal Mood Theme run.

We've made it to the third break! A whole week off before the next batch of scheduled moods.

There are lots of ways you can spend the next seven days. You can try to catch up on moods you've missed; you can work ahead and finish some moods early. You can share all of your Part 3 moods in a post here, or even all of the moods you've made so far total. You can tell all of your friends about Mood Theme in a Year and try and entice them into joining themselves; you can actually take a break, knowing that your mood theme can wait for a week. The options are endless!

On top of that, here's some official news: Starting next week with the opening of Part 4, we'll be running a "minimal mood theme" schedule parallel to the main suggested schedule. This will include all fifteen base/"root" moods from Part 1, plus the secondary/"branch" moods Relaxed, Silly, and Uncomfortable from Part 2, for a total of eighteen moods. Running this parallel schedule will allow anyone who wants to start at the beginning of the mood schedule, or who just wants to make a smaller mood theme, to create along with the community! It is my hope that this will make it easier for new potential community members to join in the fun. Going forward, the "minimal mood theme" schedule will run alongside Parts 3 through 7.

That's all for now; whatever your plans are for the next week, I hope you have a great time!

For anyone following along with the suggested schedule, we've officially reached the first break! Yaaaaaay!

There's a lot you can do before Part 2 starts next week:

• If you fell behind on any of the weeks, you can use this week to catch up
  
• You can organize your images and get them uploaded to your custom mood theme
  
• You can make a post to show off all fifteen of your current mood images
  
• You can take an actual break from working on your mood theme
  
• You can work ahead on any part
  

Plus a bunch of other silly options like learning to juggle, or making a three-day feast, or figuring out how to wear your socks on your head. It's break time!

Do you have any plans for how you're going to spend this break? Let's talk about it!