The Issue With Change

When we say we want to change, or for things to get better, it often implies that we want it to be to a degree that we don't even have to think about it anymore; what we really want is for it to become an automatic part of us and our circumstances. 

This depth of change often eludes us not because of a sheer lack of willpower, but because of a misunderstanding behind the reality of change. Today, instead of focusing on fixing underlying systems, we've been taught to attack surface level symptoms. We've been told to just get up and sprint when we should've been learning how to walk differently. 

As much as we may want it to be, 99% of change isn't fast nor is it apparent in the process—it's quiet and surfaces in unexpected moments.

It happens in Tuesday morning decisions and Thursday evening choices, when the motivation of Monday and the fantasies of Friday have faded, and the mid-week realities have come around front and center. 

The secret of getting ahead is getting started. —Mark Twain

The other secret of getting ahead is staying consistent.  

The other other secret is getting started and being consistent with the right things. 

What is Change?

Change is a process. Often a frustrating and confusing process. What really counts as change? What is satisfactory? What are the thresholds? How long before we know if these new changes will come with unforeseen consequences? Some parts of change can be measured, sure, but this concept is just as subjective as it is objective. No wonder it's just as misunderstood as it is elusive. 

It's also misleading. It hardly ever looks like we think it will, and it almost never sticks around after those conveniently timed "21-day sprints." More often than not, we don't recognize the incrementality of change, but rather it takes seeing someone after a year who lost 40 lbs to say "wow, did you lose some weight?"

Change is one of our few guarantees in life. Life itself is but a cycle of constant change—biological, psychological, circumstantial. We arrive, we mess up, we learn, we grow, we age, we wither, and the cycle goes on. The paradox is that the more stagnant we become, the more averse we feel towards change. When we become stiff, we become brittle, and we are less able to bend and adapt with the unpredictability of the world. Change is going to happen to you, but the question is how will you handle it? 

Change takes courage, because real deep rooted change challenges that which is engrained in us, and how we perceive that which is familiar around us. The deeper the change, the deeper the discomfort. Lucky for us, we can learn to see discomfort as a positive sign and use that to our advantage. We can also take the moments that feel mundane and painful and categorize them as a necessary evil for a bigger, better picture, learning to welcome them with open arms and determined minds. 

But the best part? We can improve the process of change and make it a lot less boring, significantly less mundane, and a little less uncomfortable. How? Well, that's the secret of The Hundred Day Club. 

Why 100?

Because science shows it takes roughly 66 to 254 days to form a habit—and 100 gets you right over the threshold: long enough to build momentum, short enough to stay in the game. 100 days is, well, a beginning. A good beginning. 

It's more than just a round, even number. Look at it as the boundary between where you are now, and who you will become. 

100 days is an honest take on what change actually requires: it's not a soon-to-be nostalgic weekend workshop, or a fast burning moment of inspiration, but rather the accumulated momentum of small decisions, repeated over and over again until they become who you are.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. —Aristotle

Our Mission

We're interested in the person you're becoming, and we believe that person deserves better tools for the journey. We also believe that a shift towards realistic expectations and improved systems will ultimately lead to a more capable and connected generation. 

Better humans, better world.

It's that simple, and that difficult.

So Why HDC?

Because change isn’t easy. It requires courage, sacrifice, and commitment.

The Hundred Day Club is your reminder that progress isn’t linear, but it is inevitable if you decide it is. Inside are the tools, the support, and the space to turn intention into action, and it all starts with saying yes to 100.