\n I gave a subject every day for members to post a photo of.\n<\/p>\n
\n I hoped during 2020 that it would help, by members looking around them a bit more, either in their confines of home, or, if able, on short breaks outside or by looking back at photos of happier times with the hope they would return.\n<\/p>\n
\n I decided a few weeks ago to have a \u2018star of the day\u2019 picking out what I felt was the best photo.\n<\/p>\n
\n My idea was that members might try and improve their photography skills or pick the best photo they had of a particular subject.\n<\/p>\n
\n Unfortunately, this wasn\u2019t a popular idea; a few members messaged me saying they were leaving the group because the competition element, as they saw it, was no longer \u2018fun.\u2019\n<\/p>\n
\n I found this rather interesting as there was no prize involved.\n<\/p>\n
\n Those who were chosen were thrilled, with some saying, “Thank you, I\u2019ve never won anything before.”\n<\/p>\n
\n My mantra when taking part in a quiz is \u2018it\u2019s not the winning \u2026\u2019.\n<\/p>\n
\n I have a friend who says it is.\n<\/p>\n
\n The difference between us is that she usually does and I usually don\u2019t!\n<\/p>\n
\n I\u2019m an avid fan of GBBO, Sewing Bee, and Pottery Throwdown.\n<\/p>\n
\n The contestants often say that taking part has improved their skills, their confidence, they have learnt new things, and they support each other.\n<\/p>\n
\n I\u2019ve never seen a sore loser.\n<\/p>\n
\n You obviously can compete against yourself.\n<\/p>\n
\n Athletes are always striving to beat their personal best.\n<\/p>\n
\n Why can\u2019t you try to make your best-ever cake, knit your best-ever jumper, write your best-ever story, and take your best-ever photo?\n<\/p>\n
\n Many WIs have competitions, often tied to the subject of the meeting.\n<\/p>\n
\n A bit of fun, encouraging you to do something different, stimulating your brain cells.\n<\/p>\n
\n I stopped the star of the day; those who left came back.\n<\/p>\n
\n Interestingly, I\u2019ve noticed the photos have improved, so maybe my idea wasn\u2019t so bad after all.\n<\/p>\n
\n Contact us at admin@norfolkwi.org.uk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I gave a subject every day for members to post a photo of. I hoped during 2020 that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206204,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-206203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}