Alter Your Life in 30 Days

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Alter Your Life in 30 Days

This post is inspired by Matt Cutts’ Ted Talk titled “Try something new for 30 days.”

I am typing this post at 9:19pm at night.  I got up this morning and commuted an hour and half to work and an hour and half home.  I usually like writing early in the morning but that was not in the cards for today.

Now, I normally do not face such a long commute but today was an out of the ordinary day.

If you have spent any time on this blog you know that I am a proponent of change or, better stated, transformation.

I am more interested in being able to invoke lasting change at will.  It would be fun to spend a little time each month figuring what is going to be better about me the next month.

See The Actual Ted Talk Here –

Now, this in no way, implies that I am unhappy with who I am but I am definitely not a person who considers himself satisfied.

Most of the time I resist that change is simple, even though I know that is the case.  I have been guilty of thinking that I need to know something or have some special skill to get change and have not put in the time or effort to acquire that skill.

In this talk, Cutts lays out a simple plan to make small changes every day for 30 days.  30 days is about the time it takes to build a new habit.

Cutts recommends starting with something simple and then expanding into more complicated territories after one becomes reliable to do complete the gas for 30 days.

Now, the questions, is what habit or skill would you like to invent or create for yourself in the next 30 days.

Make it exciting and dedicate a little time each day to fulfilling on that skill.

Enjoy and please feel free to share what you came up with.