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Every day I stare at 1 Tens. You know what I mean.

But what if, instead of doing 10 of the same thing, I did 10 different things once a day for a month.

Think of what you could accomplish. A mile a day. A chapter a day. A new recipe, a compliment, an email to an old friend, an hour extra of sleep. Whatever it would need to be. But 10 of them. What would your ten be? And to avoid just pausing at that question, and then continuing to read what I’ve typed, think of the first three, and jot them down. Anywhere.

1 blog post a day. 1 mile a day. 1 extra glass of water.

When I thought of writing this, I thought it would be easy to come up with ten ones, but look at my shabby list I just typed, “1 extra glass of water?!” What’s wrong with me? Besides training for a marathon (still 4 months away) it’s much easier to think of 10 things than to even write down 3. Perhaps its the process of commitment we associate with writing, but I felt as if, in a week if I haven’t blogged each day I’m gonna have an angry comment about what a flaming liar I am. Perhaps fear and guilt are good motivators, but only superfically, and only temporarily. However, personally, the process of commitment can turn into a pattern that then turns into a practice and if I’m ever lucky enough, a theory or theorem (I’m not sure which).

So, what are your 10? At least post one, come on, I won’t hold you to it, but I might comment back on your blog.