Daily Delight Disrupt

(Daily) Delight~Disrupt

A chance to spark delight in our lives, while reconnecting with each other and nature #DailyDelightDisrupt

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The problem

Contemporary social and environmental problems can feel complex, insurmountable and disempowering.

But what if we reconnected to turn these problems around? And we did so through simple, collective and delightful moments – with all our playful moments adding up to a massive shift in our attitudes and actions toward each other and our planet.

Our strategy

(Daily) Delight~Disrupt cultivates a grassroots movement of delightful, repeatable and scalable weekly practices to generate massive social and environmental change through connection, commitment and care. These playful moments – focused through themed days of the week (e.g., Tree-hugging Tuesdays, Feast Fridays, Screen-free Sundays) – help people experientially manifest creative and restorative ways of being, disrupting the destructive status quo.

“(Daily) Delight~Disrupt is a viral social movement of personal embodied playful actions that allows people to reconnect with each other and the places they care about.” - Dr. John Carr, project co-lead.

Our progress

The project team has developed a for each day of the week and an easy and fun platform for individuals, groups and organisations to spread delightful disruption.

“Every day of the week is an opportunity to grow the world we want while leaning into the pleasure of reconnecting with each other and our environment.” - Professor Tema Milstein, project co-lead.

Our calendar of daily delights

Animated GIF of Daily Delight Disrupt Screen Free Sunday illustration

#ScreenFreeSundays

A day for human and nature connections, not Wi-Fi connections. Unplug to reclaim your attention and time.

Party platform – throw a no-screen dance party. Check everybody’s tech at the door. Let loose!
Sunrise/sunset – watch with a friend. Take a mental photo.
Look up! – make eye contact. Take out the ear buds. Put your phone away. Start a conversation with someone new. Scroll the sky.
De-tech to reconnect - team up with friends. Add a screen-free hour to this day every week, until you have a whole day free to enjoy.
Sleepyhead – think the internet is weird? Try what your brain comes up with when you nap. Enjoy the original, all natural, no guilt, hallucinatory

For more playful moment ideas for Monday, visit the Delight~Disrupt Inspo Library.

Daily Delight Disrupt Minimalism Monday animated illustration

#MinimalismMondays

A day to indulge. Life has gotten too complicated - spend less, enjoy more, at no cost to you or the planet.

Swap it out – host a workplace/neighbour/friend clothes swap. Refill your wardrobe with only things you love.
Maintain & gain – give some love to a tool or object you use a lot. Clean, lubricate, decorate it.
One thing – leave home with only one item, such as your phone or wallet, and experience a whole day footloose and fancy free.
Give it away – gift one of your belongings to somebody who will use and appreciate it.

For more playful moment ideas for Monday, visit the Delight~Disrupt Inspo Library.

Daily Delight Disrupt Tree Hugging Tuesday animated illustration

#TreeHuggingTuesdays

Reconnect and let nature recharge you.

Barefoot break – grab a friend, go outside, take off your shoes, and feel the earth as it feels you back. Scientifically proven to improve mental and physical health. Reimagine – and relish – how we move within this big wide world.
Time to smell/feel/taste/hear/see the roses – run your hands over rocks and bark of trees, dance in the rain, close your eyes and listen to sounds near and far.
Surprise soil – throw seeds leftover from fruit into a soil pot in your kitchen or dig your food waste into the garden. See what grows!

For more playful moment ideas for Tuesday, visit the Delight~Disrupt Inspo Library.

Daily Delight Disrupt Wayfinding Wednesday animated illustration

#WayfindingWednesdays

Reimagine - and relish - how we move within this big world.

Get lost – do a deliberate wander without a map. Notice where you are pulled (and go there) and repulsed (and don’t go there). Enjoy new experiences, ask people for directions.
Transit lottery - jump on a bus/train/ferry you don’t normally use. See where it takes you.
Delight in the new – each week, make a mental map of new-to-you delightful places (a pocket park, a funky alleyway). Today, go to one.
Ditch the car – try a new transit mode, ranging from motor-free to public. Note how your experience deepens or broadens. Invite others for an alterna- commute party to work or school.

For more playful moment ideas for Wednesday, visit the Delight~Disrupt Inspo Library.

Daily Delight Disrupt Thankful Thursday animated illustration

#ThankfulThursdays

Let's bliss out. Lean into gratitude for Earth and each other.

Award season – think of somebody (or something!) you appreciate and thank them. Or give a stranger a sincere compliment.
Insta-disco – find a place outside. Bring music. Dance freestyle with friends. Invite passers-by to join in.
HumAnimal – befriend another animal, critter, or bug. Build trust. Enjoy being befriended back.
Gratitude graffiti – chalk a positive message on the sidewalk (e.g. ‘Feel the love in every step’).

For more playful moment ideas for Thursday, visit the Delight~Disrupt Inspo Library.

Daily Delight Disrupt Feast Friday animated illustration

#FeastFridays

We all eat. Let's cook up delight beyond the meal.

Stone soup party – collective cooking. Just a pot, water, and stove. Friends each bring one ingredient they already have for the pot. Funny and likely delicious.
Forage – food is growing everywhere and goes uneaten. Learn to identify, respectfully gather, and cook plants where you live. Draw chalk signs with names and arrows to edible plants growing along the sidewalk to spread knowledge.
Delight your neighbours – when you bake, make enough to share.

For more playful moment ideas for Friday, visit the Delight~Disrupt Inspo Library.

#seekadventuresaturdays

Here's your chance to freestyle. The sky's the limit.

Be inspired by the Library of Playful Moments.

Animated illustrations by Dani Kimball.

Our impact

The project team has grown from the founders to dozens of volunteers, delightful disruptors, and partners around the world. The concept has been met with enthusiasm from industry, government and communities.

SBS invited the team to activate their employees for Earth Day and the City of Sydney Council invited them to activate people inside and outside Sydney Town Hall. And, partnering with more than a dozen campus organisations, (Daily) Delight~Disrupt helped bring their radically simple and fun way to enhance well-being to ��¼�’s Mental Health Month.

Through volunteers and early adopters, the project has spread to countries as diverse as Germany, Iran and China. Such events have further developed the concept and strengthened its impact, informing scaling-up plans to ignite systems change at national and global scales.

“I've been researching and teaching ecoculture jams for two decades. These embodied playful collective experiences enable a profound shift in people's belief in their ability to make positive change. The act of ecoculture jamming itself creates transformative experiences in which people co-create a better more caring and connected world.” - Prof. Milstein.

So, try out being a delightful disruptor! Pick a theme day that delights you, try a playful moment that brings you joy, and turn up the impactful fun in your life or your organisation. Partner with this project to enhance your organisation’s connection, effectiveness and creativity.

To learn more and get involved, please click the link below.

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