EXECUTE - Taking Daily Actions to build Lifelong Habits

At the beginning of each year, I sit down to reflect on where I’m at with my goals and ambitions and decide what I want my focus to be for the year. To help myself narrow down lofty goals, I pick one word to be my focus for the year.

My word for 2022 is EXECUTE. I decided this was the year I take intentional action to execute some of the accomplishments and dreams that I’ve had. I’m so glad I’ve had the opportunity to execute a couple of major goals so far this year (finish my master’s degree and travel abroad) but I’m not done and the year isn’t over yet!

SO, as I was trying to find inspiration and ideas for my next challenge, it hit me like a ton of bricks. EXECUTE.

I believe in coincidence, but I also believe God puts certain people in our lives for a reason. Recently my sweet friend (and brother-in-law’s sister) Caroline texted me about getting a group together to train for a marathon, triathlon, or any other kind of fitness challenge that we could all work towards together.

I know many of you probably gave up on your New Year’s resolutions months ago. But why? We still have 5 months of the year left! That’s so much time to really make strides towards our personal goals so that we can look back at 2022 and be proud of the action we took and the progress we made. 5 months is enough time to change your entire life. In fact, I’m a firm believer that one small step is enough to change your entire life. That’s what happened when I decided to subscribe to an online workout platform. I had no idea at the time that that simple action was going to propel me forward into a pattern of small, daily habits and choices that would truly change my life from the inside out.

SO, the idea is to pick a challenge, and then each of us take personal, daily actions to prepare us for this future challenge, whatever that may be for each person. Some may choose to run a marathon, some walk a 5k, some may choose to work towards being able to do 30 push ups or hold a plank for 60 seconds, or finish 80 Day Obsession from start to finish. The beauty of this challenge is that it is your own! YOU get to choose what you want to work towards for the rest of the year, but you also get a community of positive, like-minded individuals who are taking on challenges of their own alongside you! Together we hold each other accountable to show up and take those small daily actions each day, we encourage each other along the way, we learn so much about health, fitness, and wellness together, and we CELEBRATE our victories and accomplishments together!

This new challenge is going to kick off on August 8 and we will spend the rest of the year focusing on these small daily actions that we can take to make the MOST of our days, weeks, months, years, even our lives!

I will be sharing helpful information and resources along the way so that we can all learn and improve our overall health and wellness together.

And of course, it wouldn’t be a challenge without one of my FAVORITE parts of hosting these communities. INCENTIVES. Let’s be honest, I’m highly motivated by prizes and recognition! So, each day we will have a check-in that shows myself and the group that you are showing up and working towards your goal with the rest of us! Each daily check-in will earn you an entry into a drawing for some kind of reward (TBD). I LOVE getting to recognize and reward those who are showing up on a daily basis!

So start thinking about what challenge you want to work towards, because we are going to start holding each other accountable to show up and do our best! Bring your bestie! Bring your mom! Bring your spouse! While it feels scary at first, I promise doing it in community makes it SO MUCH BETTER! If you have someone who wants to utilize all of the AMAZING resources that Beachbody has to offer, please send them my way! I want to help as many people find the tools and resources they need to change their lives like mine was changed and I want to add allllllllllll the friends to our community here!

You can ALWAYS join us here: https://www.beachbodyondemand.com/groups/b79181e5-ef82-4516-8e12-5279e70cfb68/2442777