The 175 Project is a UK-based online membership community built around one simple practice: one hour a day, across five pillars — Exercise, Read, Learn, Meditate and Journal. It was founded by Steve Fowles for people who want lasting personal growth without the all-or-nothing rules, streaks and restarts that make most self-improvement programmes so easy to give up on.
The name is the practice: 1 hour, 7 days a week, 5 pillars. Split evenly, that is 12 minutes a pillar each day. In practice, most members blend their hour to suit the day they are actually having.
Exercise — movement of any kind: a walk, a run, a class, a stretch.
Read — books, long-form articles or audiobooks.
Learn — a course, a language, a skill, or a podcast that teaches you something.
Meditate — breathing, mindfulness or simply sitting still.
Journal — writing things down: reflection, plans, gratitude, whatever helps.
The hour is the container, and what goes in it is up to you. One day it might be 20 minutes reading, 30 minutes exercise and 10 minutes meditating. Another day it might be a 25-minute walk with an audiobook, then 10 minutes of quiet before work. The hour does not have to be sixty unbroken minutes, and on a hard week it bends. A shorter hour still counts.
Most habit programmes are built all-or-nothing: miss a day and you start again from zero. The 175 Project is built the other way. There are no streaks, no countdowns and no resets. Everyone misses days, and the next day is simply the next opportunity. What holds the practice together is community and structure, not willpower.
Each week has a shape in the member community. Monday Moans is the weekly reset: get it off your chest and move on. Traction Tuesday is for picking one thing to move forward. Throwback Thursday looks back at how far you have come. Finish Big Friday closes the week well. Sunday Structure sets your goals for the week ahead. Some prompts rotate fortnightly so they never go stale, and joining in is always optional.
Once a month, members join a live talk from someone further down the road: 30 to 40 minutes, followed by 15 to 20 minutes of live questions and answers. Upcoming speakers are announced on the Speakers page.
The 175 Project was founded by Steve Fowles. In March 2020, during the first UK lockdown and after losing his mum, Steve went looking for evidence on what actually helps — and then started doing it: meditating, exercising, reading, learning and journalling. Six years on, he has done at least an hour a day, every day, across the five pillars. He pieced that hour together on his own. The 175 Project exists so that nobody else has to.
Steve is also a certified Strengthscope Master Practitioner (steve-fowles.co.uk) and co-founder of The Syndicate Global.
Each of the five activities has been studied in its own right, and published research associates them with better mental health, cognition and wellbeing. The 175 Project summarises that evidence honestly, including where the effects are modest. A recurring theme is that the step from doing nothing to doing something tends to matter more than the step from something to a great deal. The 175 Project is not a medical or therapy service and does not replace professional advice.
The 175 Project is for anyone who wants a steady daily practice that fits real life: people who have tried all-or-nothing programmes and dropped out, busy professionals and parents who need an hour that bends, and organisations that want to support their teams’ wellbeing through corporate membership.
Membership runs for 12 months in a single payment. The founding rate is £175, around 48p a day, for the first 100 members, and it is held for the life of continuous membership. After that, membership is [STANDARD RATE]. Corporate membership is a flat per-seat rate based on team size.
Visit the membership page at 175project.com/membership. If you have a question first, email team@the175project.com.
The 175 Project is a UK-based online membership community built around one hour of daily practice across five pillars: Exercise, Read, Learn, Meditate and Journal. Members blend their hour however fits their life, supported by a weekly community rhythm and a monthly live speaker series. It was founded by Steve Fowles.
175 stands for 1 hour, 7 days a week, 5 pillars. It describes the practice itself: one hour every day, shared across Exercise, Read, Learn, Meditate and Journal.
No. The hour is the container and you decide what goes in it. You might spend the whole hour on one pillar, or blend two or three, for example 20 minutes reading, 30 minutes exercise and 10 minutes meditating. The hour does not have to be sixty unbroken minutes.
Nothing resets. The 175 Project has no streaks, no countdowns and no starting again from zero. Missed days are expected, and the next day is simply the next opportunity.
The founding rate is £175 for 12 months, around 48p a day, for the first 100 members, and it is held for as long as membership continues. Members who join after that pay the standard rate. Corporate membership is priced per seat by team size.
Membership includes the private member community and its weekly rhythm (Monday Moans, Traction Tuesday, Throwback Thursday, Finish Big Friday and Sunday Structure), a monthly live speaker series with Q&A, and resources for each of the five pillars.
Steve Fowles founded The 175 Project. Since 2020 he has done at least one hour a day across exercise, reading, learning, meditation and journalling. Steve is a certified Strengthscope Master Practitioner and co-founder of The Syndicate Global.
Yes. Exercise, reading, learning, meditation and journalling have each been studied in published research and are associated with better mental health, cognition and wellbeing. The 175 Project shares that evidence honestly, including where effects are modest. It is not a medical or therapy service.
Yes. Organisations can buy places for their teams at a flat per-seat rate based on headcount. Email team@the175project.com to discuss corporate membership.
Visit 175project.com/membership to join. For questions, email team@the175project.com.
