# 13 minutes to spare Making a commitment to myself to write a blog post daily. This day I'm about 13 minutes from breaking it, and I have no intention of doing so. The practice of writing to me is freedom, and beautiful. The more I write the more ideas flow. Do you have a practice? Even if you're not an "expert" or you haven't spent 10,000 hours? Better yet - what do you default to when everything else melts away? When all obligations are handled, nobody is around, and it is just you, yourself and thy - the thing you do next is your practice. For a long time this was video games. Then it was using my phone. Now, thanks to an understanding of dopamine's control over the human brain, a promise to self, and undertaking of the path of the [[Watching the master|craftsman]], it is writing. When I got crystal clear on what I wanted my practice to be - more so decided than discovered - it impacted my life magnificently. I went from aimlessly wandering intellectually to now being fueled by the daily practice. When I have an idea, I write it down. Learn about something, write it down. Read, take notes. Journal for no reason without a prompt for the sake of doing it. It relieves the pressure of expectation - I have no idea what's going to come out the other side, who will read it, how it will land. I just write and publish. My hope is to make change happen in the world through my dedication to the practice, both in the repeated act of doing it as well as the work that is shipped from it. My message is still being refined. I know I want to bring the [[7 Core Disciplines|7 core disciplines]] into the world. But that's only the beginning. For now? The practice. Always. 4 minutes to spare.