Why the number 100 is important is a mystery to me. There’s the century in cricket, the 100 metres sprint (which used to be the 100 yards sprint), 100 miles per hour is an instant driving ban if the police catch you, and for the purposes of this, 100 press ups.

Someone once told me never to trust a number that ends in a zero. And I have a joke!

A farmer had 97 sheep. After he rounded them up, he had a 100.

There’s a numerical spread of numbers where numbers ending in 1 are more common than numbers ending in 2, all the way to 9. I don’t know about 0, I’ll look it up some time. This makes catching financial fraud easier than it would be if there wasn’t a known pattern.

In real life, zeros will be less common. Than other numbers. The point I’m trying to get to is that 100 is an arbitrary figure. We give it meaning, but I’d rather have £101 than £100. Numbers 13 and 7 have meanings people like to attach to them, and that makes no sense at all.

Just to be different, I’m deciding to do a 99 press-up challenge. All I need to do is keep doing press-ups every day. This is something I used to do, and something I can do again. The outcome is pretty impressive considering the short amount of time it requires each day. People notice a small change in shoulder size, and I can feel it too. This is feedback that I’m doing something right. And looks are very important. There’s no reason why I or anyone else wouldn’t be doing this. It’s free and no one can see you do it. There’s only one you, so care of yourself

In truth, 20 press-ups a day you do a lot of good. I don’t know when I started, but I should be happy about that and keep going.

Flight update:

We’ve just flown through the wake of a much bigger plane. That was a short, sharp shock! I think it’s happened to me once before. When it happens, it really makes you feel alive! All ok now. Phew!

In life, the trick should be to get the most benefit from the least effort. There’s no need to do more than you need. There are times to really pay attention to things and it’s so easy to let things slide. Old habits die hard, but if I can do the good habits I know how to do, the bad habits might learn from the example.

I’ll let you know how I get on.