Making A 30 Day Commitment

Alright guys, today is the day! It's time to commit to something that you will... or won't... do every day for the next 30 days. I've got some guidelines that I think might be helpful. They are as follows:

1. Make a list of all the little things you'd like to do for yourself, and another list of the things you wish you didn't do to yourself. The longer the lists the better.
2. Now, go through your lists and cross out all the things that have the word "should" attached.
3. Delete everything that takes more than ten minutes to accomplish.
4. Also delete anything that you would do, or not do, more than once a day. We're going for easy here. We're looking for something that you do one time, each day, so you can right away say, "OK, mission accomplished. Am I cool, or what!"
5. Mark off anything that would cost money or require resources that you don't already have available, right now, today.
6. Because we're doing a daily project, remove anything from your lists that isn't something you would, or wouldn't do every day for thirty days. A once a week commitment is great, but not right for this particular project.

Important Points:

• Whatever you choose to commit to needs to be something interesting enough or beneficial enough to give you a nice little pay off by the end of the 30 days. In other words, it must be worth the effort it takes to do it.
• Don't get complicated. Keep it simple. Simple doesn't always mean easy, but easy is good too.
• Shorter is better. If you make a decision to commit to something that will take more than 10 minutes out of your day, be sure that you really do have that extra time to allot for it.
• Choose something you actually WANT to do. This is very important! If you don't really want to do it, you'll do everything possible to sabotage your success.
• Be realistic. Don't set yourself up for failure by commiting to something you know you can't accomplish. For example: Saying you will do fifty push ups a day, when you can't even do five. In a case like that, better to commit to three push ups a day. Three is better than zero, and by the end of thirty days, you might even be able to do ten!
• Remember, this is a project designed to help us learn how to make small commitments to ourselves and keep them, it's not a challenge to make a larger than life commitment. Baby steps folks... we're taking baby steps here.

Also, very important:

1. Once you've made the decision about what you are committing to, write it down where you will see it every day. It may surprise you how easy it will be to forget to do it!
2. It's up to you whether or not you share your commitment with the other people in your life. I find that I'm more likely to keep a promise if everyone around me knows about it.
3. Be accountable. Post a comment here at The Prosperity Project every day saying "Yes, I did my thing." Alternatively, post it on your facebook page, our facebook fan page, your blog, or even twitter. You could write it on your calendar, put a sticky note on your refrigerator, text or call family or friends. It doesn't matter where or how, just that you write it or say it somewhere every day.

Are you ready?
What are you waiting for?
Go do that thing!