100 Smile Challenge!

Start salivating now… we have the prizes and everything… Here’s how it’s going to work.

On Jun 1st I will be posting my normal 10 smiles. Every day after that I will increase by 3 smiles, by the time July 1st roles around we’ll be up to 100 smiles. If you follow along and post at least once a week the smiles required for that day then you will automatically get a prize. If you are really on the ball and you post every day in the comments and keep with it then you’ll get a better prize. Encourage your friends, encourage yourself, and see if you can really do it. I’m calling it the Smile Detectives Scavenger Hunt. Heck, I’m not calling it anything official, it’s just to show everyone that it can be done. So… in list format:

1. To be eligible for a prize you must post at least one list per week in the comments between Jun 1st and July 1st.
2. The list you post must have at least as many smiles as are ‘due’ that day. (Check below for the amount per day.)
3. If you post every day between Jun 1st and July 1st with the number of daily smiles needed you get a better prize.

Pretty simple, all decisions on prizes and such are made by me as I own the website and I have to say something like this to be all legal and stuff.

Seek Smiles™

UPDATE 5/31/2010

So my dear followers, it’s time for the first 100 smile challenge, starting on Tuesday the 1st we will be slowly increasing the number of smiles we seek every day. The ultimate goal is to finish on July 1st with 100 smiles. Talk about fireworks. (That’s a 4th of July reference and a smile.) Here are some tips, and if you just care about the prizes, scroll to the bottom.

• Part of it is all in how you count.
• Doing more then 10 is easier when you are more specific. Instead of just saying “The conversation with my friend.” Mention the specific phrases that made you smile, you’ll probably get 3 smiles out of the conversation instead of just one.
• Try and keep track during the day. Carry a small notepad. I know this is more work, but if you are going to be a detective then you need your little notepad. It also slows us down for a few minutes when we pause to write them down. Most of us need those few minutes and don’t take them.
• Don’t look ahead too far, just notate the smiles, save some for tomorrow if you go over the limit, the memory of a smile often is a smile again.

Ok, I know you are all greedy, you wanna know the prizes…..

If you post at least once a week (in the blog comments, not facebook, twitter or anything else) and do the number required that day. We’ll send you a free pack of smile cards.

If you post every day and keep up with the schedule (it’s below) then we’ll send you that same pack of smile cards, and set you up with a  custom email forward from one of our sites. (10happythoughts.com, seeksmiles.com & seeksmileseveryday.com) So you can be you@seeksmiles.com.

If you keep up with the schedule your life will change, you’ll smile more, you’ll realize it, and you can ignore the crap we are up to our eyeballs in because you see the flowers growing in it. This is a challenge, for me too, I wish you all luck, and here’s to finding over 1700 smiles next month.