Turn Resolutions into Routines

It's just difficult sometimes to kick off this podcast first thing in the morning . That's all right . We do hard things around here . This one is more difficult . Let me do it right . So we're not making sense this morning . We're not fully awake , but we're here . We're here , we're committed , and I don't know how many of these Monday morning podcasts We've done .

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Remember and stay , and so , wherever you're at in the world , I I let's kick it off . Well , let me get all the the intro stuff out of the way . So today , I think what we're gonna talk about , what I kind of highlight Martin Luther King day , we're gonna talk about you . We got people halfway through the do our things challenge .

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When I think about the do hard things , nation and upgrading your life , a Lot of a lot of the motivation and inspiration is to be a role model and a leader , mm-hmm , and I think the best way to to make an impact in this world is to make yourself better and Stand up for what you believe in . And here's a man who dedicated his life to doing just that .

He put himself in harm's way and Stood up against what he believed in and he promoted , and what I really appreciate about him is he promoted non-violence , right . In any time where people wanted to conduct violence to you know other people and he did it in a way that was I mean , we're still talking about him today . Yeah , so Made a significant impact .

Obviously , we still have some challenges in our , in our country in regards to you know some of those topics , but I I Just appreciate his leadership and the legacy that he left and doing things non-violent . I still , I've gotten a lot of conversation . People are like Well , I don't , I don't want to get it .

No , we don't want to get into politics , but we live in some interesting times and we need more leaders of character to step up Any any thoughts on that , angie ?

So we're like two weeks into our 28 day challenge for those that are actively participating . And have you . What have you learned about yourself ?

I've just been really struggling to find even the energy just to do the everyday life stuff , this this , this round , right now .

It's similar in structure but it's scalable . So there's , the community is doing that right now and and , yeah , anytime . You're doing anything like that when you're sick is not fun , but you're pushing through anyway .

I'm doing as much as I can to check off the boxes and , yeah , I'm , I'm glad it's here , I'm glad I'm I'm doing it and I really hope I'm really proud of everyone else that's doing it and I would love to see more people do it .

Like I'm I'm I haven't stepped on the scale until yesterday I stepped on the scale . I'm down six pounds , oh good , and I just feel like my energy is really , really good right now and so I feel I feel well . I feel my brain is foggy this morning , but when I wake up I feel pretty clear and I'm feeling I don't know .

I feel like I'm in a good routine and a rhythm and I'm noticing a huge shift in my energy and I think a lot of that's got to do with the nutrition . I think the as I'm training .

I'm training for a big endurance events the Ozark Expedition in April and I'm putting in a lot of miles , a lot of bike time right now and I hadn't been as good about tracking my macros and calories and getting the right balance where I need it to be . Probably , you know , before the challenge , heavy on carbs and then , you know , alcohol , not good .

But by cleaning that up and just making some modifications , like I'm getting a breakthrough . And because I wanted to trim down some weight and feeling really good and it's not , and that was the the biggest resistance I had is like , oh man , counting calories and counting macros , just , we talked about this , I think , last week , but not my favorite thing to do .

But by doing it and creating some systems it's become easier . And these routine things , they just get easier over time the more that you do them and figure them out .

But , as I and I think you mentioned something earlier I think it's critically important to just plan things out , like if you can manage your time ahead of time , like you're good to go , yeah , yeah .

Anytime you embark on any type of something new , like a new goal or a new journey , or You're moving towards something , you always start off with excitement and enthusiasm , but then that slowly wanes . And why ? Why does that happen ? And then we hit the Valley of Despair . We have to make the decision do I quit or do I press on ?

And if you can understand this model and I'll show the , I'll show the graphic , this on the training but it's that do or die moment , because what most people do is they quit and then they get a new goal and they quit and they go and they stay .

This , this trap of hitting stages one , two , three of the five stages and instead of changing the tactic , they change the goal . And what we need To do is tweak the tactic to make it more like when it starts to suck . How do we make it suck a little bit less and continue to push through , versus just quitting and changing the goal in its entirety ?

That's right there . That is the trick . That is what we have to master , that's we have to develop self mastery and discipline , and knowing that , hey , there are cycles to this . When I am here , what do I do ? Do I change the goal , the tactic or press on ?

And that those are really the three decisions that you have to make , and what most people do is they quit the change goal .

For the first three weeks I'm gonna stop and try this program because maybe this program is better . Just say the course man , just just keep doing it .

So we're even live streaming this on tiktok now , but we've been sharing our runs and our bike rides on on there . So , if you want to , if you want to connect with us and see us suffering over there we love to suffer with others bringing along with us . But , yeah , it's been a lot of fun .

I set up my Zwift so it's like a my bike trainer and you can see the virtual world that I'm riding in , which is super cool , and that's been a game changer when it comes to , like , indoor training , when it's when it's freaking cold outside . So you got to do what you got to do them to .

You know , make those hacks , so you're more motivated and excited to do it . So that's that's our we like to . We like to share our misery with others .

I went out on Saturday and I was on for 13 and I've been training with my pack since I got to carry a pack in April . So I had like 20 , 25 pounds and I used my trekking poles for the first time . See , a lot of you know endurance athletes user trekking poles and stuff pretty common with in the Adventure racing .

Because you got a pack does make a huge difference . It makes a big . Yeah , going up hills keeps you more upright . And yes , I thought I was gonna be kind of like it was kind of awkward initially but then once I got into it was like not a big deal .

So I would encourage , if you're doing like dogwood or something like that you see those guys out there with the guys and gals out there with the trekking poles give it shot .

It was so cold that the water crossings actually felt good because the water was warmer than the air .

And so you think you know , oh my God , this is going to be horrible , but it actually feels really good . I mean , it's just , it's the craziest thing . You know , I'm doing a cold water plunge but I'm like I got to stay under the water because if I let the air hit me , man , I'm just going to die .

So I saw something in the in the running realm this weekend because it's been a cold snap like across the country and this is an interesting thing within the running community is like some people are like I ran outside and I , you know , I encourage people to do it because I think there's a lot of mental toughness and grit to be had for , you know , doing that

. But it was like so cold outside it's like . It's like the type of cold where people like drive up to you and they ask you if you're doing okay , if you're homeless and need something to eat , like that's how cold it was this weekend . So I had my pack out there .

Even Mike Wallace he commented on my post , he's like his son was like is that guy homeless out there ? Because they drove past me Like , no , that's your day after getting after it . But I mean , it's like , really , it's that type of temperature .

We just don't see people outside and I just I personally encourage it because I think that it just if you dress properly , there's a mindset right . Everyone's like oh , are you ? It's the thing , are you doing okay ? Like it's just odd to see people out there and it's like well , we're as humans , we're capable .

So I did my run on Saturday outside and then there's a lot of people later on like debate on Facebook , when the running community like oh , you know , when it gets too cold you should stay on the treadmill and be careful out there .

And other people are like , oh well , you're just a , you're just a sissy for not getting out there and that , and I and Lacey ran her half marathon on Saturday as well , because we're on for the same thing on a treadmill and to me I think running on a treadmill for 13 miles is far harder than being out in the temperature , and she was kind of thinking the

same thing , like it's harder . So you get to choose your heart and all things and just you know your modality . It just doesn't matter and it's just kind of a ridiculous thing to be like getting like fired up about it in an argument and judging other people for how they do their hard thing .

Here in Missouri it was zero degrees with a up to a negative 30 wind chill , right , but you know you just all you have to do is just dress for it , whatever you want your heart to be , but to me , just like Jay said , I feel like running 13 miles .

I think , lacey , running 13 miles on the treadmill is so much harder than going out and zero degree weather and running outside , because I can dress properly for that and it's just . Running outside is so much easier to me and less boring and just .

I would just encourage people that if you're one of those like man , so cold out there , just go try it . Humans have been doing this stuff for centuries . You just got to dress properly and there's something .

Just it just feels really good Like the sense of accomplishment for , like you know what I did , that freaking hard thing it was cold and conditions were rough Just makes you feel good when you're done so . I just realized that people are going to call you crazy , no matter what you do , so Absolutely .

I don't know how to say her last name , I apologize . She ran a 10k in under 29 minutes . She smashed the world record by 28 seconds . So Agnes Nygdic . She's 22 years old and Broke the 10k world record in Valencia on Sunday with the time of 28 minutes and 48 seconds . First woman break 29 minutes . So she , not only did she break 29 .

She's destroyed it like . So it was awesome . So , yeah , that's huge 20 , 20 . That's , that's as fast as some people run their 5k . It's incredible .

This is a cool one too . Yeah , ladies , gentlemen , this is Samantha bow and she did a hard thing this weekend . She's been doing the 28 day challenge , been part of our community , getting after every day , checking in . She was a part of the shipy endurance runs this weekend , which was a endurance Relay and endurance runs . They .

They had team relays and they did some individual runs out there as well and the weather conditions were rough and she was part of a 20 mile relay negative four degrees , negative 20 degree wind chill .

They said that seemed like it was a good idea to sign up when it was 50 degrees about a month ago and they got out there anyway in these icy trails and we had a few friends out there getting after it this weekend . So it's pretty incredible to see the photos . I'm gonna lie , I'm not gonna lie .

I was a little jealous because I didn't know about the race until like last minute , but it was . It was a incredibly challenging Race .

Easily could have like said you know what , I'm not showing up , but they , they got together as a team and they completed it and some pretty arduous conditions and for that , samantha , we're gonna send you a do hard thing shirt for just inspiring others doing a hard thing this weekend .

Continue to be part of the community and sharing your journey with us on your 28 day challenge and Just think it's awesome . I just I love seeing photos like this , people getting out there and you know what , don't tell me it can't get to get done , and get out there and do it anyway . It's pretty inspiring .

I like the individual aspect of it . So Some of our other running friends are out there , so it's pretty cool . So hold on Sam .

So I just encourage you . If you've had a bad day , if you've had a day where you didn't do any of the tasks , that's okay . Jump back on the , jump back on the train . Yeah pick it up tomorrow , keep pushing through , because the you know , the worst thing that we can do to ourselves is not keep our , our word to ourselves .

And that's something that I read in the the four agreements book a couple years ago , and , and it's just , it's so true when you start something , see it through .

You're gonna have good days , you're gonna have bad days , but what's most important is that you finish the tasks that you started out doing and and by that you're keeping that , that Promise yourself , because you told yourself when you started this challenge that you were gonna finish it Right . So keep your word to yourself . Hang in there .

We're gonna have good days , we're gonna have bad days , and that's okay because we're all human and that's what we go through . But I just , I just encourage you to to keep trucking , keep pushing through and You're not gonna regret it , you're not .

We were talking about just that being impeccable with your word , that we were talking about the four agreements , because he just picked it up again . And yeah , holding yourself Accountable , being impeccable with your word , not only to others but yourself .

Yeah , finishing what you're starting , break the biggest habit that you can probably break is to you know , finish what you start and keep your word to yourself . That will be a game changer for you and I know when I started doing that more , my life began to change . So , right , hold Yourself to a higher standard .

That's what we talked about last week's training to so see you through commitment , devotion . Devotion equals discipline . It's new . Your devotion will enable you to

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