Welp. I’m jumping on the wagon. Sort of. I’ve heard a fair amount of whispers over the years of people doing this 75 day challenge. I’ve never been interested. Not because it’s not good stuff, but because it’s stuff I already do. Work out? Check. Drink water? Check. Eat healthy? Check? Don’t drink alcohol? Check. Read? Check.
Do I work out twice a day? No. Do I work out 90 minutes a day? No. But I work out nearly every day.
I’ll admit, I come in low on the water intake, but I drink water. I can’t tell you the last time I had alcohol. I rarely drink soda. I like juice for flavor, but often times I just don’t drink that much. So a gallon a day is a definite change.
I read. I’ve read 17 books already this year. I’ve usually got an audiobook, an ebook, and a physical book going all at once. The genres are pretty broad and there’s definitely self development in there so no issue here.
Eat healthy. That’s an over simplification. I do eat healthy but I could do better. In the event of doing the 75 hard, I’d like to focus on paying attention to my macros and getting a more appropriate amount of protein in my diet.
It’s the subsequent stages that have me intrigued. I don’t relish the idea of a 5 minute cold shower every day for 30 days, but I’ll try it. I like the idea of conversations with strangers. The world can always use a little more kindness. There’s an intentionality in doing the entire, year long challenge that is more appealing to me.
I’m thinking it’ll be a little different for me, but everybody’s journey is a little different. The rule is, you can add to but you can’t take away. So the rules already established by Andy Frisella can’t be changed, modified, or removed but I can add to them.
Workouts. He says 2/day for 45 minutes and at least one HAS to be outside. I’m going to add that, if I’m not traveling for work, one of the workouts has to be with my family. My loves are 3 and 1.5 years old. So this will be interesting. But I want to instill health and fitness in them. I want them to know that it’s important and that it pays off. Not just in physical ways either. The commitment to a task and the end results and all the positive side effects along the way. Plus, it’s a nice way to have some good family time.
I think I also want to be a bit more intentional with the book(s) I choose for this. I want to use this exercise to learn something. Maybe it’s doubling down on learning Spanish or maybe it’s learning a skill…or prepping for my new job. I haven’t landed on what this will be just yet, but I’ll get there.
I also want to journal this experience. So I plan on coming up with a template to record the completions of each task every day along with some detail. But then, some reflection. This will pair nicely with the required progress photo that is part of the base requirements.
Starting tomorrow. May 8, 2025
Book 1: Money for Couples by Ramit Sethi
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