I've discovered a Ten Day Diet Plan® that could lighten my load, make me a healthier and far more rounded person - probably knock years off my life.

It sounded great at first - then I started to procrastinate.

Which Ten Days® should I shed from my past life?

Apparently it has to be exactly Ten Days®. No more and no less. It can be ten consecutive days, or ten separate individual days. It can be two sets of five days, or any other combination, so long as it adds up to ten. You just think of the worst Ten Days® of your life and, using the strict techniques set down in the Ten Day Diet Plan® you expunge them from your memory. Then you move on lighter and less burdened, the stress of those bad old days no longer weighing you down.

And once they're gone, they're gone for good. They don't come creeping back into your subconscious like infamous bad pennies. It's a one-off process. You don't have to start the Plan® all over again to rid yourself of regained memories.

But which Ten Days® shall I discard?

I can think of plenty of days in my life I'd rather not recall - days that burden me with embarrassment, or bloat me with sadness, or cause me to wallow in the obesity of self-pity. They come to a lot more than ten.

So which should I jettison?

I've made lists and drawn lots. I've tried random selection and pins in paper. But still I can't decide which Ten Days® weigh me down the most. The whole situation is driving me to distraction. It's been Ten Days® since I discovered the Ten Day Diet Plan®. They've been the worst Ten Days® of my life.