The 30/30 Challenge

This program is about teaching you what change looks like. It's focused on addiction, habit replacement and time management. Perspective change is such an important part of this. Have goals but break those goals down and understand there are systems behind everything. A lot of these systems are intertwined so getting comfortable in one area will help your growth in others. If you grease one gear the machine will work a little better. If you keep greasing gears eventually the whole machine will be in tip top form.

One perspective change is to break things down and see the big picture like a puzzle. Fitness, diet and mental health are the main categories. Each category has its own set of puzzle pieces to figure out. This type of thinking allows you to direct your energy on one thing at a time. Efficiency is crucial because life is life and a lot of us don't have the time or energy to make big changes. Most videos in the playlists are short 5-15 minute clips.

Take diet for an example. What is the system behind that? We are all addicted to food so understand you’re literally fighting an addiction here. Just that alone is hard enough. You probably have habits and comfort foods that are ridiculously delicious by design. There are routines around going out to eat and social events. A lot of the time these habits are out of pure time management. Put a box in the microwave or hit a fast food place then boom dinner is served. Are you eating out of stress or depression? There are so many variables that go into this and everyone is different. That's why this program doesn't exactly tell you what to do. It shows you what the process of change looks like so you can apply it in your own way. 

To get this “diet” thing under control it goes back to addiction, habit replacement and time management. This same process applies to every department along the way. You have to start understanding what you're doing first. Some of the puzzle pieces around diet are recipes, fasting, gut health, inflammation, meal prep, immune system, probiotics and prebiotics. Don't aim for perfection, just start getting an idea of what each piece looks like. This will take some time but it's done in short segments.

Start with fasting because it's very effective. Think of yourself like a lion. Lions stalk their prey then sprint for the kill. Then they sit back and relax before they need to repeat the process. Sprint relax sprint relax. Take a week to sprint by focusing on videos in the fasting playlist. Get an idea of why and how it's done. After that try to apply it to your life. This is the relax and focus part. Maybe start with a short fast a couple times a week. Play around with times until you get comfortable with it then move on to another puzzle piece. Rinse and repeat this process. You're building a snowball that's rolling downhill. The bigger it gets the faster it goes.

Starting a journal really helps with finding addictions and habits. Write them down and be aware they are there. No need to kill everything at once just be aware there are little addictions controlling you all over the place. This is where the habit replacement and time management comes into play. Learn a few recipes and start trying them out. Even one a week at first is better than nothing. Change is change. Figure out how much time you will need to set aside.Time management is needed to replace habits like pizza for dinner. Look into easy meal prep and figure out how much time that will take. Meal prep will save you time and keep you on track.

There is no right or wrong way to start applying this stuff. The whole point and goal is to start trying things. Get a feel for what change looks like and just try it. If something doesn't work, watch a few more videos and try something different. Maybe choose a different time slot. Keep showing up and eventually you will have a well oiled machine.

The last and most important thing is a new focus on your mental health. It really is the glue that holds everything together. Do the practice below in the ground zero section. Learn different ways to meditate and start writing things down. Reducing the chatter in your head brings a new level of calm and happiness. This will help you be more introspective and real with yourself. You start to see things for what they are and not for what you want them to be. When that happens discipline becomes a lot easier. You start to feel good about what you're doing and it feels good to feel good. It's such a big driver. 

From drug addiction to fitness goals this same process can be put in place. It works because when you start feeling good you want to keep that ball rolling. If you’re feeling good and every time you drink you feel like shit slowly the drinking becomes less and less. This gives you something to run from and that's more powerful than a goal you're running towards. Just keep showing up and understand where you're at. Fall in love with the process, not the final goal.

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