I’ve gotten to a stage in life where I cannot afford but take care of my health and my life, and seriously at that. There’s so much to do, and there’s so much fun to be had — and I can’t afford to leave so soon.

Starting from today, 17th of January, and for the next 29 days, I am committing myself to 20-minutes of daily exercise. But this is not a test to find out if exercising is right for me or not. The benefits of regular exercise are well documented, and I personally start to experience some of these benefits after just 3 days of regular exercise.

So why not a life-time exercise plan? Why 30 days? I’ve been here before. So many times in the past I’ve set out with grand exercise plans — all of which, like New Year Resolutions, fall off after just a few days. That’s why this time round I’m setting for myself a very modest goal: 20 minutes daily exercise for just 30 days. And then wait and see what happens.

So what will be my regular exercise? Nothing fancy. There’s no gym nearby… so I’ll simply be doing 20 minutes of running every morning.

And throughout these 30 days I am going to share my progress here. So if you’ve not done so already, subscribe to my RSS feed, or follow me on Twitter to receive notification of all updates.

If you’re wondering why my blog has turned pink overnight, here’s why: I’m going Pink For October.

Pink for October is an initiative started in August of 2006, in which sites all over the world change their templates to include the color pink, in support of Breast Cancer Awareness, because October is the month of Breast Cancer Awareness.

So what does that men to you, me, and this blog?

Throughout the month of October, this blog will spot the present pink colors (and more pink stuff in the coming days). In addition, I want to read a lot about Breast Cancer, and share my reading with you.

If you have a website, join in this all-important event, and lets all go Pink For October to raise awareness about Breast Cancer, and to support Breast Cancer research.

Head over to the official Pink For October website, and pick your choice from the available tools and lets go pink together.

Are you going Pink For October?