a year of killing comfort

what is a year of killing comfort?

some good habits I once had died. I want to bring them back. one habit was the KC3. or, the three pillar habits of killing comfort. the KC3 are:

• hard thing
• one thing
• hormesis

further explanation of each:

hard thing:

in my book, killing comfort, I wrote “the hard things equation.” which is, pushing forward against your own desire + daily over decades = a hard thing.

a hard thing is something you do, that goes against the grain. if your desire is to sit, then you walk. if your desire is to eat pizza, you have a vegetable.

but you don’t perform a random hard thing each day. a hard thing needs a time frame. that’s where “daily over decades” comes in. you commit to the hard thing until it is no longer hard, or it becomes a habit. automatic.

for some this can take a month. others a year, or years. once it’s automatic, you’re not done. you pick a new hard thing. practice putting yourself in uncomfortable situations and doing the thing anyway. in a decade, you will have stacked enough hard things to change your life for the better.

one thing:

a commitment to doing ONE THING today that connects to the future version of you. some call it goal setting. but this is goal achievement. anyone can set goals. this is the daily discipline of doing one thing every single day that drives you towards your goals. no matter how small the thing may be.

hormesis:

by definition, Hormesis is a biological phenomenon where mild or moderate exposure to a stressor triggers an adaptive response, ultimately making the organism more resilient.

short version: what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.

if a human being were to come with an operating manual, hormesis would be chapter 1, but people treat it as optional.

want to increase your fitness? hormesis required. want to lose weight? hormesis required. want to build a business? hormesis required.

anything worth doing will run you through a hormetic cycle. you should do one thing each day that counts as hormesis. for me, that’s fitness.

so back to the original question…

what is a year of killing comfort?

it’s doing those 3 things every single day. documenting the process. seeing where you end up.