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[figment]

I'm thinking about signing up for Thing-a-Day.
I'm already busy... would it be crazy for me to commit to making something every day and blogging about it? Or would it be a good motivation for me to do something I want to do anyway?

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[ilex_cassine]

Whenever I'm confronted with a "once a day" challenge it always winds up being too much stress.

But if I dial it down to a thing a week, I can usually do it- but that has disadvantages too, as far as its not as habit forming and only works when I pick a day of the week the activity is going to happen on.

However, sometimes it is more rewarding to do something every day.
This blog post seems relevant here:
http://www.happiness-project.com/happiness_project/2009/01/your-happiness-project-do-something-every-day.html

Thing-a-day does look like a fun thing to try. If its too much stress you can always ditch it and try again some other time its going on, so the risk level is pretty low.

[figment]

That's really interesting, the "every day, or once" idea. I can't make it apply to everything in my life (the gym, for example) but I like it!

I'm gonna give it a shot. I suppose if I fail, the worst case is I make it partway through the month and still have cool stuff.