commitments

Back in the day, WAY back in the day, a yoga teacher of mine talked about sadhanas, making a 40 day commitment to something, saying that after 40 days whatever it was you started or stopped would become part of your normal routine. I excelled at this. 

I gave up sugar.

Wheat. 

Hot chocolate.

I climbed 10 flights of stairs in my building. 

I meditated, starting at 60 seconds and eventually upped it to 30 minutes a day. 

That's how I started blogging. 

Some of these I stuck with—I still meditate every morning. Others were short term time investments. Some, like sugar and hot chocolate I give up regularly and slowly slip back. Over and over. 

Writing lasted for years. I was working on my last book and was terrified that someone would ask me what my writing process was and I didn't have one so I started a daily practice, starting with those 40 days. Note: no one ever asked. 

I haven't done one of these in a long time. I'm not as obsessive as I used to be and try more for everything in moderation than absolutes. But, rebooting my writing practice feels like it needs me to sign on the dotted line somewhere. I started this blog thinking I'd write every day and then waffled about post 2. But, here I am. 

38 more to go.