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Yesterday I wrote about stopping to celebrate the win of 15 days. Then Any Frisella (the creator of this challenge) did a podcast to not over celebrate. People that over celebrate won’t win. Sounds right to me. I haven’t stopped to celebrate just about anything in my life ever. And it was what was missing in my life. I celebrated day 15 for about as long as it took me to write the post about it, and then I was on to work and the rest of the challenge.
I didn’t even celebrate finishing Marine Corps Boot Camp my first go through when most don’t. The drop rate in my platoon was crazy. I think about half that started with me finished with me. Then I went through a police academy where we started with 99 people and graduated 33, another reason to celebrate, but I passed on both occasions, just looking for the next challenge.
Now I will stop to celebrate for just a moment and reflect that, yes I’m doing a good job, and then go onto the next thing. No prolonged celebration, just something to see the accomplishment in my life. I’ve had a pretty good and exciting life, but failed to see that most of the time while I was doing it. Now I will appreciate that as I move into the next challenge.
At first I was pissed at Andy’s podcast, but then I saw the nugget in it I was missing. I need to celebrate according to the accomplishment. So when I finish this 75 Hard Challenge I will stop and celebrate with my wife for a couple hours and maybe even a 24 hour getaway someplace for me and her. Then I will be onto the next challenge.
Right now that challenge is today. I have to finish all the stuff and work and work some more and do my challenge. This morning my wife tried to derail me by wanting to leave earlier then we had talked about cutting off our out my morning walk. I had to work around that and I did. I had to watch the kid and had already told him he didn’t have to go on a walk with me. He was pissed when I was going to take him with me. But I walked without him in front of our house. I walked up and down my street for 45 minutes in sight of my house. Talk about boring, but I got it do.
Water I almost messed up yesterday by getting behind. But not today, already downing it and keeping up. Next is the progress pick, then the afternoon workout. Today is shoulders. Can’t wait!
Go do this challenge. You will learn things about yourself that contradict others, but the challenge is all about you and no one else. You have to beet you. You are your own competition, make yourself better then you where yesterday.
75 Hard I will Conquer,
Ben Branam