I have decided to follow the 10 precepts for 3 days a month. Theses are:
- Refrain from killing living things.
- Refrain from stealing.
- Refrain from unchastity (sensuality;sexuality;lust).
- Refrain from lying.
- Refrain from taking intoxicants.
- Refrain from taking food at innapropriate times (after noon).
- Refrain from singin, dancing, playing music or attending performances.
- Refrain from wearing purfume or decorative accessories.
- Refrain from sitting in high chairs, or sleeping in soft luxurious beds.
- Refrain from accepting money.

Now, considering i already follow the first 5, the jump to 10 is not so huge. Also, I already sleep on a thin mattress in the lounge which I roll up and put away already, and I generally sit on the floor means another rule is already taken care of. I rarely wear make-up or perfume, so all I need to loose are some ear-rings which I barely wear anyway, so there is another so easily taken. I do not eat much, for I feel it unnesesary, and I do not feel comfortable eating much, so having one meal in the morning is fine by me.

That leaves just money and sex. I do not accept money every day, but this may be a difficult one to adhere to considering this whole world (sadly) is based on money now, but I can refrain for 3 days. Sex, well, it is no problem to go 3 days without that.

I find these are basically a good moral code to live by. And although theres rules seem dated, they are just as relevant today as ever. If you look at the meal one for example; If you were to ask someone to go a day with just one meal, they would refuse most commonly. And considering the oboesity epidemic, people seem to be addicted to food. Eat to live should be the rule as per the excpetion, but it seems to be less and less common. People are eating too much, or too little. I feel specifically this excercise would help a person maintain a healthy relationship with food.

Also, when you look at the singing one. It is not so you may not be entertained. I feel it is to help you let go of the attachment to entertainment. Many people look to outside sources to be entertained. T.V. is the worst cuplrit. It lures you in with pretty pictures, and then it sells your subconcsious. How often do you watch television? Most people watch it too much. It is the same with the internet now, or cellphones.

Buddhism is the mid-way path. Letting go of attachment, and ending suffering. All on the mid-way path. For that is where the Buddha walked. Let Siddhartha, the first Buddha, show you the way.