Consistency and aiming low. Let’s talk consistency.
Consistency is the lesson I take from 75 Hard. This is the 10th day into the program for me. I am learning how to do the same thing every day. Day after day after day.
Oddly, the app helps a lot. My simple mind likes looking at the checklist and clicking things off.
I am now terrified of not completing the 75 days.
I do not want the negative reinforcement of being a quitter. I crave the positive reinforcement of being a finisher.
To that end, it’s time to invoke my Inner Goggins. Remember all of the tough things I’ve done in the past? Long, hard trails. Long runs. I pride myself on finishing. I might not be fast but I finish.
Those are just mountain memories. There are other things I’ve finished by sheer determination. Kids and paying for education, for instance.
Grind. There is glory in grinding it out. (Glory for self). Funny that I remember these things and it shines a light on how negative and false the self-accusation “you’re a quitter” is. I forget the wins. I forget the self-discipline, the doggedness.
I am grinding out 75 Hard.