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May Stew On That
by Rachel Stewart
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Have you heard of the 75 Hard Challenge? It’s essentially a physical and mental challenge that you do for 75 days; you work out twice a day, read a non-fiction book, follow a diet, drink enough water to fill a horse trough, I can’t remember everything else but it sounds terrible and I give such kudos to anyone who even attempts it, let alone completes it.
I barely have the physical strength to walk up a set of stairs without an oxygen tank, and I sometimes don’t even have the mental strength to make a phone call to schedule a doctor’s appointment, so I can’t relate to someone who chooses to do this challenge of their own free will. SO, while I am not prepared to do this difficult of a challenge, I do still like to push myself, so I’ve created my own challenge. It’s called “14-ish Days Hard-ish.” The first rule is that you can’t tell anyone to their face that they’re stupid. Which is arguably going to be the most difficult task on the list, but hopefully I will muster the strength to prevail. Second, only have 3 glasses of wine in the evenings. That one only lasted 20 minutes before I failed, but I’m going to try again tomorrow (failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of the success). Third, I’m going to limit the amount of posts I comment on the Community Watch page to 35 a day, which I know still seems excessive, but how else will people know that if a plumber is CHEAP then they probably aren’t going to be GOOD unless I tell them that? Fourth, only mutter “what the *$%^&” under my breath four times a day. I know, I know, seems impossible, but this is all about growth. Fifth, read 5 pages of a book each day. See? I’m such a grown up. (The book will absolutely have a shirtless man on the cover, but reading is reading, right?) I was going to add a sixth but got too lazy and don’t really want to push myself too hard, otherwise I’ll burn out. If anyone wants to join me on this journey of becoming a better version of yourself, well then just do it. You don’t need to tell me or anything. Good luck and godspeed!
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