TikTok “75 Grow” Is the Gentle Wellness Challenge We Deserve ...Middle East

As we approach the end of the year, we're encouraged to be better: lock in, transform, emerge unrecognizable. Push your limits by committing to a regimen with strict rules and challenging requirements and you won't regret it. If it feels intense - impossible even - you know you're doing it right. But do these unyielding standards really elicit meaningful change? Margaret Duncan (@bad_art_every_day on TikTok) believes there's a better way. Her version of a transformative challenge is called 75 Grow, and it's already gaining traction on social media.

The premise of 75 Grow - a play on the infamous 75 Hard - is simple: instead of buckling down for a tough (and largely unsustainable) program, you choose three habits you'd like to "grow" over the course of 75 days. The only catch is that you must pick one goal for each of the three categories: movement, avoiding avoidance, and practicing creativity.

Movement-oriented goals might mean adding an extra 10-minute walk to your routine, getting to the gym four days a week instead of three, or even making recovery a bigger focus. Avoiding avoidance is all about doing the things we tend to put off (think errands, stressful phone calls, and chores). Practicing creativity encourages you to prioritize the hobbies and passions that give your life flow. You might decide to pick up watercolor painting, take a writing class, or start learning to play an instrument. "Purposefully, these are broad categories that I encourage people to get specific and measurable with," Duncan tells Popsugar. "The biggest thing is making the challenge small enough."

In an effort to pursue growth in a way that requires consistency, but not a strict "lock in," I decided to set some goals for my own personal 75 Grow. Read on to see what I landed on, and how the challenge is going (so far).

Setting 75 Grow Goals

Guided by the three categories, I chose goals that felt attainable, but still appropriately challenging. Per Duncan's advice, I tried to think of habits that would help me feel like my best self . . . not an entirely different person. "Especially in these challenges, the language is often about 'locking in' and isolating from those around you while you hyper-focus on two workouts a day," Duncan says. "I think those kinds of challenges can and have been really helpful for many, and I think they have led to repeated failure and a sense of stuckness, guilt, and worsened brokenness for just as [many], if not more."

In an effort to undo my own stuckness, I thought about how I wanted to feel at the end of 75 days and landed on the word "strong." As a person with a chronic illness, I've spent the past few months in and out of hospitals and doctor's appointments, making it hard to maintain a consistent fitness routine. Now that I'm on the mend, I'd love to get back into a good routine of any kind. So for my movement goal, I plan to start small with daily walks, eventually working back up to full-length gym sessions. Ultimately, consistency is the most important factor.

Avoiding avoidance seems intimidating, but I'm glad it's a part of the challenge. In fact, I used to set aside a "scary hour" for answering calls, opening mail, and responding to emails I had been avoiding. But these days, high-energy chores like laundry and grocery shopping are the things that I tend to put off. Therefore, I've decided to set a reminder every week, motivating myself to get these tasks done with the help of small "rewards" (a fun drink, a long drive with the windows down, etc.).

For practicing creativity, I've made it a goal to finally finish my scrapbook. I make one for each year of my life, but my 25th year needs a little more love. I aim to set time aside to print photos, doodle, and document my memories (all with "Gilmore Girls" in the background, obviously). For me, this goal doesn't feel like a burden. It's a creative hobby I genuinely enjoy, but that often falls to the wayside, making it perfect for my 75 Grow.

Tips For Success

An important note from Duncan: it's OK if your goals don't work out right away. "View this as an experiment," she says. "Try it out one way for a week, then review your data. Ask yourself (not chatGPT) what worked and what didn't, what felt easy and good and what felt challenging." In my case, I realized I could increase the intensity of my movement goal by doing a short yoga flow in the morning, and a gym session at night. I also got a lot done on my 25-year-old scrapbook, so I started working on this year's book (even just organizing photos and cutting scraps out of magazines counts).

"The biggest thing I've learned in creating 75 Grow originally and over the past year is that the primary skill we are building is the ability to tolerate and show up for practice, every day," Duncan says. So long as it works for your life, keeps you motivated, and continues to spark joy, you're doing it right.

How Should You Expect to Feel Afterwards?

One of the best elements of 75 Grow is how it de-centers physical progress. That said, how do you know if you're doing it right? "The commitment and the habit to return to a journal, a note on your phone, or a habit tracker on your fridge is the biggest sign of success to me," Duncan says. "Did you escape the cycle of only offering perfect actions and then falling into quitting and exhaustion? If yes, you have been successful, in my mind, to the principle of 75 Grow."

Growth looks and feels differently for everyone. The habits I chose for my 75 Grow are highly personal, and someone else might take the challenge in a completely different direction. But ultimately - even with our various goals - we're all working towards the same thing. And truth be told, I'm already seeing progress on the physical and mental front. "This challenge is about growing and making daily efforts to get ourselves growing," Duncan explains. Rather than transforming and "fixing" us, "I hope it makes us more deeply feel like ourselves and in community."

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