It began with a course assignment.

In Week 1 of my Motivation Coaching Certification, we were asked to keep a daily goal journal. In Week 8, we would submit the full journal and a short video reflecting on what the journey taught us about goals.

On paper, it was simple.

This program reflects my commitment to ongoing development as a coach. To build self awareness. To notice my own patterns and responses. To practice curiosity before stepping into conversation with others, so I can create space for them to do the same.

I entered the course with a goal I believed I should pursue: obtaining one new coaching client. It felt responsible, measured, important enough.

And almost right away, I pulled away from it.

At first, I judged myself, as I often do when a well intentioned goal quietly disappears. Then I learned new language that changed how I saw it.

Letting go of a goal is not failure. It does not happen all at once. It usually begins long before we notice. Sometimes stepping back is part of listening.

Listening more closely, I realized something simple. My goal did not excite me. I could work at it. I could push through. But it did not light me up.

And then another goal appeared.

I wanted to learn to crochet.

Not to make money. Not to move my career forward. But because I wanted to make tiny crocheted creatures for my daughter.

It felt hard. I had tried before and failed. Still, I wanted it.
One afternoon, I sat with a single piece of yarn, knotting and unknotting it again and again, until it was very clear that I needed lessons.

One lesson in, I was making scarves.
A few days later, hearts.
Two weeks in, small characters my daughter could recognize.
Then one day, I made a duck.

It was simple and joyful.
So I made another. And another.

Around that time, I remembered the journal I had left behind with my first goal. With this new passion, the answer was clear.

The journal would become crochet.

My project became a duck a day.
Each duck made by hand.
Each duck paired with a reflection.

There will be at least fifty six ducks. When the project is finished, they will be put up for adoption. The money will be donated. Each duck will go to their adopted home or to a hospital or care space, where a small handmade thing might bring comfort.

This all started with an assignment.

Stitch by stitch, it became

A Duck a Day.