The Challenge Culture Hope Unfiltered: Just the Basics

If you have been anywhere near social media in the last 6 years, a trend that might have caught your attention is the idea of a challenge. I know it caught mine at a time in my life when I was in desperate need of a change. In 2019, a concept was released by Andy Frisella called 75 Hard. While many people viewed this as being a challenge for physical fitness, it was anything but that. This was a challenge in mastering the basics. It was designed to ensure that you could actually set a goal in which you performed a set number of tasks every single day for 75 days straight. Fast forward into 2023, I have since had adequate time to reflect on this challenge and its direct correlation to our own lives, especially as it pertains to our health. Too often, we are distracted in our habits. Or to put it another way, we don't even think about the habits we have created that are generating the lack of quality of life that we currently have. In fact, most of the time, a majority of people don't even put the effort into evaluating their habits in order to get their house in order so that they can pursue the life they desire. They would rather be a cog in the machine that social media has generated. I believe this is rooted in the dull, dry, boring and basic nature of a habit. You see, building a life of significant value in mind, body and spirit is deeply rooted in habitual routines that are dull, dry and boring. This is because positive motion forward, or momentum, requires habitual consistency performed over time, not about an emotional state. So, take some time today to evaluate your basics. Maybe you don't have them. Maybe you do and you have created a toxic routine that is curbing your ability to chase down the live you envisioned. Regardless, the basics must be mastered in order to create the life you desire, and it all starts with your habits.