A Year-Long Social Experiment

365 Days of Transformation

is a year-long social experiment exploring how self-recognition changes the way people live, decide, and grow.

It unfolds through short, shareable Notes to Self released across social platforms over the course of a year.

There is nothing to sign up for.
Nothing to complete.
Nothing to keep up with.

You participate simply by noticing what resonates.

What Is Being Explored

This experiment explores a simple question:

What happens when people consistently recognize their own growth instead of overlooking it?

Rather than focusing on achievement, productivity, or performance, this experiment centers on:

• integration
• self-trust
• nervous system safety
• embodied awareness
• sustainable personal momentum

It studies growth as a relationship, not a demand.

How It Works

A Note to Self is a short reflective statement designed to:

• Interrupt self-abandonment
• Affirm lived experience
• Validate inner shifts
• Reinforce self-trust

• Correct Negative self-talk

• Provide self-witnessing & Support

They are intentionally brief so they can be felt, not analyzed.

Some will resonate.
Some will not.

That distinction is part of the experiment.

How to Participate

Step 1:
Notes appear across social platforms throughout the year.

You may see them in:

• Instagram posts or stories
• Facebook posts or groups
• shared content from others

When you set the intention to expand your capacity you are met with the opportunity to do so, and awareness is the first step.

Step 2:

When you come across a Note to Self, you may choose to:

• pause and read
• save or screenshot
• add it to a digital folder
• place it in a physical Reflection Jar
• share it privately or publicly
• do nothing at all

Participation is self-directed.

The only guidance is this:
Follow resonance, not obligation.

Step 3:

Help others step into their own ripple of transformation.

Hashtags used to track the experiment include:

#NTS
#365Transformd
#WheresWaldo

You are not expected to search constantly.

Let what finds you be enough.

The Reflection Jar Practice

Many participants choose to collect Notes that resonate in a personal way.

This collection is often called a Reflection Jar:
A container to hold (and reflect back on) the growth we access but may not have the capacity to be present with (yet).

A Reflection Jar may include:

• realizations
• affirmations
• boundary moments
• quiet victories
• internal shifts
• reminders of capacity

It serves as a living record of personal integration over time.

Nothing needs to be added daily.
Nothing needs to be shared.

It exists for your own witnessing.

Why This Works

This experiment works differently than traditional journaling, challenges, or affirmation practices because it:

• removes pressure for immediate transformation
• supports the nervous system through validation
• builds trust through recognition rather than force
• allows growth to unfold organically

Instead of asking people to become something new, it invites them to notice what is already happening and then recalibrate.

The Social Experiment Element

This experience is intentionally decentralized.

There is no master list of Notes.
No guarantee of seeing everything.
No single path through the experience.

This allows the experiment to observe:

• what people notice
• what they ignore
• what they save quietly
• what they share
• how meaning emerges without instruction

The experiment is personal in experience
and collective in impact.

Over Time Many Participants Notice

• clearer decision-making
• increased self-trust
• less internal negotiation
• more grounded pacing
• cleaner emotional boundaries
• sustainable momentum

Life begins to feel less reactive and more inhabited.

What this isn't

This experiment is not:

• a challenge
• a productivity tool
• a performance metric
• a comparison exercise
• a personal brand campaign

You cannot fail this experience.
You cannot fall behind.

At the End of the Year

Many people realize they:

• grew more than they remembered
• accomplished more than they tracked
• trusted themselves more consistently
• moved with less urgency and less self-pressure

The collected Notes become evidence of lived change.

Not proof for others.
Proof for self.

This experiment does not require belief. Only attention.

If something resonates, keep it.
If it does not, let it pass.

Growth does not need to be forced to be real.

**Present Notes to self have been donated by private contributors. If you would like to participate please read the Participation Disclosure