Tough Start

As you may know, my wife Hannah has a 10k step streak going. She’s close to 220 days in a row. It’s been inspiring seeing her walk everyday and stay committed to her goal. Well, this isn’t a story about her success, it’s about my failure and what I’ll do with it.

As we were closing down 2024, I was thinking about what I want to do in the next year, and I couldn’t get over how impressive Hannah’s streak is, so I said to her, maybe I’ll get 10k steps everyday in 2025 to try and keep up with you.

January 1 rolls around and I head out for a 3 mile run and easily hit the steps. I had a hectic day on January 2. Lots of errands to run, work to do, and before I know it, I’m headed to bed with 7000 steps. The same thing happens the next day.

I made it a one day streak…. Might as well wait till next year to start fresh!

That was my mindset around habits for a long time. They needed to be executed perfectly or I’ll just try again another time. I’ve learned that nothing ever goes perfectly, and the most impressive thing about a streak is when you start back up after faltering.

My should be 6 day streak is only a 3 day streak. Not a big deal.

I’ll continue on as planned and see where it goes. After missing a couple days so early in the year, I’m nervous of the year long commitment because I better understand how easily it can slip away. For now, I’ll focus on the day ahead of me and not worry about the grandeur of the challenge.

Justin Miner

@justinminergain