October 28, 2008
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An Interesting Challenge
Someone I know gave me a challenge yesterday. He challenged me to come up with something I could commit to doing every day for the next 100 days. It needs to be something at least vaguely productive, so promising to drink a glass of wine every day wouldn’t count (drat!), and I’d need to commit to doing the same thing every day. His idea is that everyone wants to improve their lives (or at least change them), and that you can try doing it 100 days at a time. He got me thinking about it (which I think was his goal).
So, what I’ve come up with so far is (1) writing something every day, either on this blog or in a private diary, (2) meditating for a short period every day, (3) yoga every day, or (4) aerobic exercise every day. I need to think about it some more, and see if I can come up with more ideas.
The challenge intrigues me.
Comments (5)
I like this lots – and I wonder, from my own point of view, if coming up with a list like you have – and promising to do SOMETHING on the list every day would be better. (means that on days when you feel like doing yoga – you do it, but on crampy icky days, you could write or meditate.)
It appeals to my attention span this way
@Wandersinger - Yeah, I suggested that as well, but he was insistent that the commitment be to do the same certain thing every day. Of course, you aren’t bound by his quirks (any more than I am!)!! What I find interesting is that I’m having trouble coming up with things that I feel I *can* commit to doing every day for 100 days. What does that say about me?
I think it says that you are a realist.
Perhaps commit to eating your 5 vegetables a day? Drinking a litre of water every day? Taking a vitamin supplement?
I think the only things I’d be likely to committ to doing every day for three months are things that take no more than 5 minutes more than what I do “normally.”
so – I walk to work instead of bussing – better for me and takes actually LESS time. So -I do it every day rain or shine. I don’t on the weekends, though.
I know – floss your teeth?
T
I like that; it’s an intriguing idea. I think the hardest thing is to apply it to something you like enough so that you don’t get burned out on it… so while I’m sure 100 days of practice would lead to great leaps and bounds of improvement in, say, an art or craft project, I think that something along the lines of committing to read a chapter or two of a book each day– or something else more mental than physical– is far more likely to stay palatable.
) Good luck!
I find this an interesting challenge since I have a problem with being able to commit to a couple of things. If I was to do it then either meditating for a short period every day or stretching each night before I go to bed would be the ones I would pick.