#75 hard challenge – Mental Toughness and More

 I have always been that person that starts projects with a lot of energy, enthusiasm and hope but rarely sees it to the finish. Sometimes its almost till the end but not quite there. It is sad because years of these disappointments , I just have resigned to the fact that maybe I am  a lazy person and cannot help myself but fail. 

Well do I want to be lazy no, and it was by chance that I landed on Andy Frisella’s #75 hard challenge.This was on the numerous YouTube surfs that I go through when I am bored, which these days are all the time. So, I watched when some lady who has done it talks about her journey. Cut to several hours later and reading numerous such accounts I listened to his podcast. While listening I told myself. “Dude you need this, if you do this and complete it you can finally get rid of all those years of putting yourself down”

So what does the over excited myself do, well start it he very next day and what do you think happens, well I actually miraculously complete day 1 and think, hmmm this is a breeze and I can do this . But fate has other plans and Day2 I quit, not Day 50 or 72, you heard it right Day2. If you are reading his and have no clue what the challenge is then here is the quick low down on 75 Hard challenge

It’s a challenge for 75 consecutive days that means not breaks and if you screw up any one day the counter resets. What do you do for 75 days…. It looks simple just 5 things

1. Drink 1 gallon of water each day. That is 3.7ltrs of water for the Indians and people who don’t follow the gallon
2. Exercise twice each day for 45 minutes each. It doesn’t matter what the exercise is but one of these sessions must to be outdoors.
3. Follow a diet or eating plan. This is a diet of your choice, but the only caveat is that there is NO ALCOHOL and NO CHEAT MEALS
4. Read a minimum of 10 pages every day of non-fictional/ personal development / entrepreneurial book. This cannot be an audio book, it must be a physical book
5. Take one progress photo each day for the next 75 days

Well they look simple, don’t they? Think twice, the simplest of stuff are the toughest to follow, especially for 75 consecutive days. In his pod cast Andy explains each of the steps in detail in his podcast and the reasoning. The podcast has a lot of colorful language (read F#@$ and MF) so listen to it with your headphones on, definitely not with your kids around or at work. 😊. The Guy is intense and that’s what drew me to it in the first place. I thought well If you can do this it will break that pattern of what you have been telling yourself.

Now that you understand what the challenge entitles the biggest reason to fail was my mind. And to make things tougher, I didn’t plan just jumped. Well all those are excuses I know so I am going to restart this one starting Feb2nd Now that I have lived one day of it I know it will kill me, but I would rather try and die than have lived worrying about the “what if”.

Now it isn’t for the faint-hearted or if you want to live the victim life. For all those who are thinking well it’s a bit too much, it isn’t. It requires a ton of discipline and that is the whole point. It isn’t a weight-loss or body transformation challenge. That may happen as a subset of it. This is to help you build Mental toughness, resilience, self-assurance and confidence. It is like Andy calls it a Tactical Guide to Winning the War with Yourself. I want to, now more than ever to win the war. Do you? If anyone wants to join the challenge with me or has already given it to a go let me know in the comments. If you think I have totally lost my mind, then please comment too……. Would love to hear your thoughts