Jake and I were listening to Gladwell's new book Outliers on the way to Los Angeles a few weeks ago and amongst many other interesting points, one of the things he talked about was the ability to master anything by putting 10,000 hours of work into it.

This is a well-talked-about number: 10,000. It comes down to about three hours a day, everday, for ten years. It may seem like a long time to you but it somehow didn't to me. Instead, it got me thinking. If I were to spend three hours of my time for ten years on something, what would I want it to be? What's the one thing I'd want to accomplish?

The thing is, there are many things I wish I were better at: photography, painting, mixed media, physics, math, psychology, swimming, tennis, running, drawing, languages...Just to name a few. But if I were to accomplish one thing, I always come back to the same one: writing a novel and getting it published.

I want to write. I want to get published. Not self-publish. I cannot explain the reasons. It's just a craving I have. I don't need it to be a bestseller and I don't need to write five more. Just one book published by a reputable company would make me feel fulfilled. Ten years ago, I was spending a lot of time writing. Now: none.

So it got me thinking...if this is really my biggest wish, maybe I should start spending some time on it. Shouldn't I?

If you were to spend 10,000 hours mastering something, what would it be?