Bring it 2021! Day 7 of 75 Hard

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Bring it on! I’m ready to conquer 2021 after the shit show of 2020.

I’m seven days into my 75 Hard Challenge, which might as well be my New Years Resolution.

I tried to start the day after Christmas and failed, but then restarted the next day. Now I’m seven days down and 68 to go!

How well did you start 2021 and when?

After the shit-show that was 2020, I was ready to start early. And I started by trying a 75 Hard before Christmas and failing. Then I reset for the day after Christmas and failed. So I started again. Now I am seven days in.

In the last seven days, it hasn’t been great, but I’ve lost a couple of pounds and been working out. I really want to get back into fighting shape.

I was a U.S. Marine at one time and in great shape. I loved being physically fit and then life got in the way for about a decade. Now I’m fat, old, and out of shape. I can, and am, doing something about two out of three.

Persistence is the key to everything. I’m learning that, again and again, the hard way through these 75 Hard Challenges.

I’ve been learning everything the hard way during my 75 Hard Challenges.

One of the things I’m remembering, and learning again, from being a Marine is “bring it on!” We use to say that to any challenge. Didn’t matter what it was.

Now I find myself saying “bring it” to 2021. I’m ready for 2020 to be a memory and ready for 2021 to be in full swing.

Bring on the challenge. Bring on the new year. Bring on the challenge.

Whatever happens and whatever it is, my attitude this year is going to be with the arrogance of a young Marine and say “bring it!”

What about you? What is your attitude towards the new year? What are you going to do this year? What goals have you set?

What challenge will you say “bring it!”

Ben Branam