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Find the oldest object in your house and work out what it is

15 minutes · Use what you have · Easy

A small, properly bounded project: Find the oldest object in your house and work out what it is. Start with a working first version, pay attention to what you notice, and leave yourself with something you can use, understand or show someone.

Worn old books stacked in a dark interior.
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Do it

  1. Clear a little space and decide what a finished first attempt looks like.
  2. Gather only the tools, materials or information needed for that first attempt.
  3. Work through the basic version slowly, checking each change as you make it.
  4. Test, use or observe the result, then write down one improvement for next time.

What next?

Keep the useful notes, photograph the result if there is one, then go and find something else to do.