Playing With Numbers-Week 1

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No, I’m not playing the numbers, but my life is ruled by numbers. I monitor my weight, glucose, step count… The list is endless. I check the numbers daily, but I’m not good about recording them. Well, I set up a table to keep track of the required ones and added several other things that I just want to do, like record the amount of time I spend working on my next book, and whether or not I completed my Daily Bible Study. I ended up with six categories. Weight: I only weight myself once a week so if it’s down I get the points for the whole week. To get the points for the glucose, it has to be within the acceptable range. Step count: 12,000 steps which is four miles. I can usually hit 10,000 but I have to push to get to 12,000. The Bible Study is either I did it or I didn’t, and I have to spend at least an hour writing to get credit for that. If I make it over to the Y to swim three times within the week I can earn a bonus point. There are 110 days until the New Year. To get the point for the day, I have to hit 5 of the 6 categories. With the swimming bonus points, there are potentially 125 points. If I hit 100 points by the New Year, I get a prize. I haven’t decided what that prize will be, but I thought this would be a fun personal challenge. Do you reward yourself when you reach a goal?