“Doing what’s easy will never repay you with a rewarding life.” -Me

I’ll never forget the night before I jumped into the #75hard program. It was a random Tuesday night in March – I had another day of battling the demons within. I was in the worst state of mind and was living my life in idle mode. I wasn’t showing up as a wife, mother, or an all over good human.

I remember my husband looking at me and saying, “What in the hell is wrong with you? You never seem happy anymore!” A man who rarely says a peep, even to me, and says that I knew something had to change.

I was mindlessly scrolling through Facebook stories and came across a friend's post about the success and her reason as to why she jumped in. I messaged her — She told me about it and sent me a podcast to listen to.

As soon as I tuned into the podcast, the tears were flowing. I was giving up on myself. I was letting everyone down, including myself, and no one else would if I weren’t willing to make the change.

The next day was Day 1 of 75hard. A journey that has forever changed me.

It’s called 75Hard for a reason. There is nothing easy about the process, but when your why was as scary as mine was at that point — I had to choose my hard, so here are the 3 Reasons why I did #75hard.

Reason #1:

I needed to be a role model for my kids and showing them that just getting by wasn’t doing it. Each day I need to commit to doing the hard things. The hard things are the most rewarding things you will ever encounter in life, and they will have a ripple effect on the others around you.

Reason #2:

I hated what I looked like in the mirror. The constant battle within would always win. I was straight disgusted with myself, but I also wasn’t doing anything about it.

Any time we would have an event of some sort to go to, I would vision an outfit that I would wear, and once I put that said outfit on, I would cringe with disgust at what I was looking at in the mirror. It would take me hours sometimes to feel slightly comfortable with how I looked, even to walk out the door. It was a toxic trait that led to massive amounts of wasted time and the most brutal discouragement.

You see, looking and insulting yourself in the mirror isn’t going to change anything. But taking action on the things you want to improve will! And, that’s exactly what I did.

Reason #3:

I was living in a state of comfort. I was doing the easy; “it will get me by” until tomorrow's tasks. And tomorrow would come, and I would hate myself more and wouldn’t see any changed.

What I learned is routine is everything. The magic was in the mundane things.

The littlest tasks become the most important when you are disciplined with consistency.

It was no longer a want but a need to prove that hard was possible, but I had to be willing to do what most people labeled impossible to get it done. I wanted to stand tall in my beliefs, knowing that I was showing up for myself, my family, and my community, truly embodying my best self.

You have to be willing to get wildly outside of your comfort zone and be motivated by doing the hard things to create the life you want and deserve.

The person I have been since doing the #75hard program is not the same person I was before. The old me would take years to push through the comeback. This program has taught me to live in the now, all the while working to become a better future version of myself.

Some days you will conquer, and others, you will fail. You must embrace failure because that’s what makes you stronger. So, when that failure happens, whether it be the next day, week, month, or year – show up for yourself and make that comeback!