Fatherly Grit: Thriving Through 75 Hard

Welcome to the twenty-fourth episode of the 75 Hard Challenge: A Dad´s Transformation Story. The latest workout so far in the whole 24 days, that's really super close. You can plan so much, but when life gets in the way, you just have to go through with it. Today I just have to see how I get the boys with friends, my grandmother, and the whole household under one hat without losing sight of my goal.

It's really exciting how you can live into the day and then just shoot yourself in the foot because you've neglected your planning. Listen in to this episode to experience my struggle to celebrate one more success in the final meters.

Welcome to the twenty-third episode of the 75 Hard Challenge: A Dad´s Transformation Story. I went out early today because my son had a field hockey tournament. The earlier you start with the family program, the harder it is to accommodate the 75 Hard Challenge tasks. You have to keep yourself disciplined and balance the family with the challenge itself. But if you think about it at the start of the day, it shouldn't be an issue.

Tune in and listen in to see if I could keep the balance today as well.

Welcome to the twenty-second episode of the 75 Hard Challenge: A Dad´s Transformation Story. It's really wild when you have kids and so much on the docket besides the actual work, today we had a parent meeting coming up and then our older son's big school party. Lots of small talk, lots of new impressions, a bouncy castle, and then us as helicopter parents who have to see that we don't lose the kids in the hustle and bustle. It's really not that easy to reconcile the 75 Hard Challenge on a day like this. We'll also talk about aspartame addiction for a change today, it sucks! I have discarded many of my self-harming behaviors, but this I will not get rid of, but I have resolved that by the end of the 75 Hard Challenge, I will get rid of this crap!

Tune in as I run the tasks side by side even on such an eventful day and listen to see if you can make it through the chaos.

Welcome to the twentyfirst episode of the 75 Hard Challenge: A Dad´s transformation story. I am still sick and really have to force myself to do the various challenges. It's really hard when you really have to try everything not to just give up because your body is on strike. The kids are also on the ropes a bit, so we're really more or less not getting off the couch today.

Tune in to hear if I got everything done and no damage done despite still being sick.

Welcome to day twenty of the 75 Hard Challenge a Dad's Transformation Story. It's back to school today as there is a parent-teacher conference coming up at my son's school. I'm at a point right now where I just need to take a quick nap at noon because my sleep rhythm is getting me completely out of sync. I'm hoping that starting next week it will be a little more relaxed, but the way I'm assessing work I honestly need to work on my self-organization and focus even more when I have a chance to retire for a bit.

Listen to this episode if you're interested to hear if I pulled my stuff off at 75 hard and how my cold is coming along.

Welcome to day nineteenth of the 75 Hard Challenge a Dad's Transformation Story. Today I rode my desk bike for the first time for 50 minutes and I have to say that it doesn't really feel like a workout. I'm moving and my heart rate is going up, but I think that this moving on the side helps me focus on my work, but it's kind of unsatisfying from a sports perspective, so I basically put in three workouts today. It's still a massive amount of work and putting the challenge behind me besides the kids is quite a mental effort, but it's a fate of my own choosing and I have to get through it.

Tune in to find out if I could pull off the challenge despite all the work.

Welcome to day eighteenth of the 75 Hard Challenge a Dad's Transformation Story. Today was once again a very challenging day because there is so much to do this week that I have to work complete night shifts and lack the time to work due to appointments, but somehow it must go. I found it exciting how the perception changes when you meet with friends and still have to stick to your rules and how there are reactions, but now I have to get used to the next 55 days.

Tune in to find out if I could pull off the challenge despite all the work.

Welcome to episode seventeenth of the 75 Hard Challenge: A Dad's Transformation Story. I finally managed to get on my gravel bike this week and tear off a few miles. It was a lot of fun because the weather was still very nice, then it drove us to the field hockey field because there were some games scheduled. It was a super relaxed Sunday and finally a day where everyone could switch off and just live in the day.

Tune in and listen to how the rest of the tasks of 75 Hard turned out for me.

Welcome to the sixteenth episode of the 75 Hard Challenge: A Dad's Transformation Story. Although we actually had no program today, the day was again unnecessarily stressful. We went out to the beach, but thanks to the massive traffic this took so much longer that we had to move our whole day's planning so far behind that I completely fell behind with my program, but at least we have once again met Marc&Daniel, that was really very nice.

Please tune in to know how much the completely overturned daily schedule made me swim and how I managed to work through all the points anyway.

Welcome to the fifteenth episode of the 75 Hard Challenge: A Dad's Transformation Story.

Today there is a barbecue party and accordingly, the day must be organized. Not only do several projects have to be completed, but the children also have daily points that have to be worked through. Besides, I give you an insight into my kitchen and tell you why I'm basically the only one who swings the wooden spoon in our household.

Tune in to find out if I got all the barbecue preparations done or if we're sitting in front of burnt sausages.

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