Pride, Work, and Necessity of Side Projects: Nicole Zhu’s Reading, Writing and Chronicling—at a Proactive Pace

What are you working on—on the side?

My longest-running side project (now in the middle of Year 3) is reading 52 books in 52 weeks. Last April, I also participated in #The100DayProject run by Elle Luna and “The Great Discontent”, and wrote 750 words every day for 100 days. Then in November, my sister and I collaborated on a project called “write your sibling” in which we mailed each other handwritten letters each day over the course of 30 days. (If you can’t tell, I’m really into numerical pro...