100 Days

Have you ever participated in a 100-day commitment?

On my personal IG & FB accounts I did two years of “365 days of gratitude posts.” That seems like it shouldn’t be a big deal, there is reason each day to be grateful, just pick five things every day and post them. But the dailiness of it could be difficult when I was out of my routine, on a road trip or changing careers.

I began the first one after my first year and half of being a widow. Life is different when you are widowed. People that used to talk to you no longer speak to you. I don’t know why that is, but it is. I have spoken to other widows who had similar experiences of being avoided by people whom they had counted as friends.

It was for myself and others who found themselves suddenly rejected, after suffering the loss of a spouse, that I began to write daily gratitude posts. For our spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical health we need to actively acknowledge and express gratitude for our blessings. It was my hope that my posts would inspire others to look over their days and see reasons to be grateful.

It has been several months since I have posted daily.

A friend, with whom I have recently begun training, was inspired by a reel we watched that said it takes about a hundred days to make a change. We do one workout and don’t see a difference and doubts ping our hopes. Quitting before getting into the thick of it seems like an option. We’re already doing nothing, we could continue that. But, what if? What if we did do something for 100 days? What would that look like?

What if I posted on my blog for 100 days? What if you did sit-to-stands every day for 100 days? What if she did planks every day for 100 days? What if he made his wife coffee every day for 100 days? What if we sent a thank-you text every day for 100 days? What if?

Let me know in the comments something new you would be willing to do for 100 days.