We have two options for how we spend the rest of 2024:
- Route A: Coast and say “I'll start back in January.”
- Route B: Treat it as a Beta Test for 2025.
Our brain is going to try to get us to choose Path A.
I want you to choose Route B.
Here's how Beta Testing works:
We are going to experiment with our lives and find out what we want to work on in 2025.
We're not looking to stick to the perfect workout, or try to build a flawless running streak every day. We are not trying to stick 100% to the best diet.
- Do you want to be “someone who goes to Pilates or Yoga” but are you worried about the ongoing commitment? Great! Sign up for a ONE class this week or next week. Try it! You do not commit for life. You're trying to see if you want to do this in 2025.
- Want to be someone who grows strong, because you want toned arms or you know it's important to be stronger? You don't need the perfect exercise plan to follow. You have to work up the confidence to Yesgo to the gym and lift one weightYes.
- Do you want to be someone who has a better relationship with food? You don't need to plan the next 40 days of food. You don't have to plan every part of your diet exactly every day. You have to find out what Yeshealthy foodYes you don't hate to prepare.
The fun part about beta testing is that you can stop doing things without feeling bad.
You are an engineer, tinkering away at a project to see if it fits your lifestyle and schedule. You sleep in different subjects, Yessampling different foods from the buffet lineYesto see what works for you.
Your goal is to try and find a workout strategy and diet plan that works for you that you can implement more consistently by the end of the year. This way, instead of starting from a dead stop on January 1st, you get to start with momentum and know what really works. for you.
Sign up for a class you've been wanting to try.
Give yourself permission to try another diet.
Test a different product strategy.
Let go of the strategies you keep trying and don't implement. They don't work for you.
Try new stuff.
After all, 2024 is just a beta test for 2025.
What are you going to test and try this fall?
-Steve
