Hey Steve here. 

The 175 Project works because of the people in it. Not the pillars, not the prompts, not the hour itself the people. So, before anything else, here’s the deal we all make with each other when we join. 

This isn’t a list of threats. It’s a description of the community we’re building, written down so we can protect it. 

The Spirit of the Thing 

• We’re a practice, not a competition. Nobody here is winning or losing. Someone posting their 90th consecutive day and someone posting their first day back after three weeks off get the same welcome. Both showed up. That’s the whole game. 

• A missed day is never a failure. We don’t do streak-shaming, “back to day one” talk, or challenge-culture guilt not to ourselves, and definitely not to each other. If you see someone beating themselves up, your job is to hand them a ladder, not a shovel. 

• Encouragement is the default setting. Celebrate small wins loudly. Ten pages of reading is a win. A ten-minute walk on a rubbish day is a massive win. If your instinct is “that’s barely anything,” this might not be your community and that’s okay. 
• Honesty is welcome. Judgement isn’t. Monday Moans exist precisely so we can be honest about the hard stuff. Vent freely. But when someone else is venting, we listen and support; we don’t diagnose, lecture, or fix unless they’ve asked.
  
  

How We Treat Each Other 

• Respect is non-negotiable. No personal attacks, name-calling, mockery, or pile-ons. Disagree with an idea all you like never to go after the person. 

• Everyone’s hour looks different. Different bodies, budgets, schedules, abilities, and lives. There’s no “right way” to do the five pillars, so there’s no correcting anyone else’s way. Curiosity, yes. Prescriptions, no. 

• No unsolicited advice on health, money, or medical matters. Share what worked for you (“I found…” / “What helped me was…”) rather than what someone else should do. And nothing in this community is professional medical, mental health, or financial advice – if a member is struggling with something serious, encourage them to speak to a professional, and flag it to me or the mod team. 

• What’s shared here stays here. People open up in this group about their setbacks, their families, their heads. Screenshotting or sharing another member’s posts outside the community without their permission is a fast way out the door. 
  
  

What Doesn’t Belong Here 

• Selling. No promoting your business, coaching, MLM, affiliate links, or products in posts, comments, or unsolicited DMs. If you’re not sure if something counts, ask me first. 

• Spam and self-promotion. This includes “engagement bait,” repeated link-dropping, and DM-ing members with pitches. One report of cold-pitch DMs gets a warning; a second gets removal. 

• Hate, harassment, or discrimination of any kind full stop, zero warnings, immediate removal. 

• Shaming of any variety. Body-shaming, diet-shaming, “no excuses” energy, or mocking anyone’s pace or progress. We left that culture behind on purpose. 

• Misinformation dressed as fact. Especially around health, fitness, and nutrition. Personal experience is welcome; presenting it as universal truth isn’t. 
  
  

How Moderation Works 

Most issues get a friendly, private nudge first we assume good intent, because this community mostly is good intent. The usual path is: 

1. A quiet word – a private message explaining the issue. 

1. A formal warning – if it continues. 

1. Removal – if it continues after that. 
   
   

Some things skip the queue: hate speech, harassment, scams, and sharing members’ private posts outside the group result in immediate removal, no warnings. 

If something’s bothering you, don’t battle it out in the comments – use Facebook’s report function or message me or a moderator directly. We’d genuinely rather hear about it early. 

One Last Thing 

If you ever wobble on what’s okay to post, here’s the test: would it make someone’s hour easier to show up for? If yes, post it. If it would make someone feel behind, small, or judged – sit on it. 

One hour. Your way. Every day. Together. 

Best wishes,

Steve