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I continue to move forward. Things in my business are taking way longer then I want them to. But I guess that is the first three rules of business playing out: It will take twice as long you think, cost twice as much as you think, and everyone thinks they are the exception to the rule. I’m not the exception.
So I keep plugging along. I’m starting to worry about the hole ball out thing. Will I get any money from it? I guess I shouldn’t bet on it. That just means I need to get to work harder on my side business to start making some money. I might publish a guid on how to do 75 Hard. Wonder if anyone would buy it?
I continue to move forward with the challenge. Today is Day 45 and I got everything done. I’m am getting excited about my weight because I am down over 25 pounds from my highest and exactly 19 pounds since day 1. That puts me at an obese 328.6. But it’s going the right way. It took me over a decade to get this big and will take time to get back to normal. So I’m optimistic about being where I was a couple years ago under 330. I will continue forward. The diet is working… all be it slowly.
The walking has gotten easy and boring. So in true Marine Corps fashion I found an Alice pack from back in the day. Filled it with a steel plate and other crap and it weighs in at 47 pounds. I did my first walk yesterday of 3 miles with that on. Tomorrow I will do the same thing. I’m just trying to make it a little harder on myself.
Going through voluntary hardship is a good way to be able to conquer anything when it comes. The Covid-19 Virus and staying at home is nothing for me. Just a little more discipline about wiping down surfaces, staying away from people, and washing my hands. I can take care of that easy.
Some of my friends can’t take it. They keep going to the store with their families saying it’s a necessity. Some how I figured out how to get food and other things delivered to me.
If you are going through this challenge I hope you have enough discipline, will power, and respect to stay at home. Some of you in the medical field, law enforcement, and a bunch of essential fields (like power generation, garbage, and sewage) have to go out. And I admire you for putting yourself and family at risk for the rest of us. The rest of the people I see are going to contribute to the numbers of dead.
I can only control what I can control. I keep talking to my friends and helping them get set up with food delivery places. You can bet I’ll be staying away from them.
Is this time in life hard for you, or have you adjusted easily? Are you staying home and taking care of your family as much as possible or are you out and about contributing to the spread of the virus? Are you continuing the 75 Hard while this is going on?
Let me know in the comments how you are doing.
75 Hard I will Conquer,
Ben Branam