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On September 2nd, I celebrated my 100th day in a row of exercise 🥳

If you had told January 1st Jess that this would be a milestone she'd hit this year, she'd definitely have scoffed at you.

I've never been an exercise kind of person, let alone a daily exercise person.

But here we are, now at 117 days in a row (186 days for the year!)

What's probably more exciting than hitting the 100-day streak though is the payoff that it's had.

Jess versus "The hill"

Back in March, when I first started exercising regularly, one of the things that held me accountable was doing it with someone else 😊

Vogel and I would take daily walks around a set circuit in our neighbourhood. This was not only good exercise, but a nice opportunity to spend time together and get outside.

Much to my dismay though, the circuit featured "the hill" 👀

Every time we tackled the (honestly not that impressive) hill, I'd tell Vogel he wasn't allowed to ask me any questions during our hill-based conversation because I could barely breathe 😝

Walk after walk, tackling the hill did get a little easier, but I never got to a point where I'd call it not "a struggle".

As we started to head into winter though, with the days getting shorter and the weather getting poorer, we switched outside walking for indoor walking.

I was glad to say good-bye to the hill and even more glad to say hello to a new walking pad! (I stand by it being one of our best purchases from this year).

Since May, I've been doing my daily walks indoors, away from the elements, with temperature control and on a nice flat surface.

That was until this week though.

On Tuesday, the weather was nice enough that Vogel suggested that we go for a walk together outside.

After months of exercising solely inside on a flat walking pad, I was a little nervous 😅

I knew the hill was waiting for me, and despite being eager to get some fresh air and a change of scenery, all I could think was "what if all my flat-lander walking has undone my hill-tackling progress?"

As we were leaving the house, I even pre-warned Vogel that I wasn't going to be very talkative when we got to the hill and that he'd have to do most of the talking (thankfully, this isn't a problem for him 😂)

We set off, making quick work of the flat section, started up the hill's incline...and walked up it without any troubles.

Sure, I got to the top a little winded, but nowhere near as out of breath as I had been back in March.

The part that really made it stand out to me though was that I could actually hold a conversation the whole way up (much to Vogel's dismay, given I kept interrupting his story 😝)

That's the real win for me.

Not the exercise streak, but what that effort has given me.

Yes, getting 100 days in a row of exercise is a cool milestone to hit, but "not feeling like I'm dying walking up the hill" is definitely a better one 💪

What progress could you make in 100 days?

Come September 23rd, there will only be 100 days left until the new year.

First of all, how did we get here so quickly? 😝

More importantly, how are we going to make those days count?

The idea - Commit to something small, but impactful, for the next 100 days

What is something that, if done daily over 100 days, would have a genuine positive impact for you?

While we can be tempted to commit to something big here, I encourage you to think about something almost laughably small.

Maybe for you it’s:

• A 5-minute stretching routine
• Drinking a glass of water before your morning coffee
• Writing one thing you're grateful for each day
• Reading two pages of a book
• Finding 5 things to declutter or dispose of

For me, it was "exercise". No specifics on how long or in what form, but I was going to do exercise every day.

Individually, these things don't seem life-changing.

The power lies in doing them consistently, day after day, and building up that habit for yourself.

That's where we start to see real pay-offs.

Change Your Life before 2026

The Change Your Life challenge is back for another round and we want you with us 💪

The long-story-short is that from October 1st to December 31st, all challenge members are going to be working on at least one thing that will have a genuinely positive impact on their lives.

Whether it's a health goal, home organisation, creativity, or anything else, we're committing to doing future-us the favour of getting started now 😈

If you want to get ahead on your 2026 goals, or make progress on your 2025 goals that you can be proud of, we'd love to have you as part of the challenge!

The introduction video below explains how to get involved, and how to join the community of over 1,000 other goal-getters who will be working alongside you!

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Let's take action

Thinking of an area you'd like to improve in, pick one thing you could do daily for the next 100 days that would have a positive impact.

It's okay if it's so small it almost feels silly to write it down. Write it down anyways.

Once you've got your "thing", set up a way to track your completion of it. This could be a tracker in your journal, checking off days on a wall calendar, or some other system that helps you easily see your streak.

I'm going to be sticking with my exercise; maybe I'll even make it to 200 👀 but I'd love to hear what you end up picking!

If you want accountability as you work on your 100 day streak, we'd love to have you as part of Change Your Life too 😄 Hit the button below to join the goal-getting community 😈

Until next time!

- Jess

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