About Me

This is Recreating Hayes. My public commitment to becoming the version of myself I've been putting off.

For years, I made plans I didn't execute. Month after month paying for gym memberships and never going. Started projects and let them drift. I wasn't lazy. I was comfortable. Comfort is expensive when time slips away, along with the person you could have become.

This is where I document the re-creation. The gym sessions. The books that kept my attention. The goals I've been too scared or too busy to chase. I'm doing it publicly because privacy is where dreams die quietly. When nobody's watching, it's easy to quit. When others get invested, you've got no choice but to follow through.

What you'll find here:

Weekly reflections on fitness, personal growth, and the uncomfortable process of change. I write the way I think; conversational, honest, sometimes raw. Just a real person trying to figure it out.

Book highlights from the texts that shaped me: The Autobiography of Malcolm X, The Count of Monte Cristo, and whatever I'm currently obsessed with. Malcolm said his alma mater was books. Mine too. If I weren't writing this blog, I'd spend the rest of my life reading.

Finally Friday a weekly series where I share 3-5 things I discovered, used, or learned that week. Books, products, lessons, whatever was valuable. Obtain knowledge. Pass knowledge.

A newsletter that lands in your inbox with the best of what I'm building, thinking, and learning. No wasted time. No spam. Just the real work.

Some background: I grew up with my face in books, asking questions about everything. Religious texts. Philosophy. History. I've always been curious... sometimes to a fault. That curiosity led me to Malcolm X's autobiography as a young man, and it changed everything. His story of complete self-recreation showed me that your past doesn't define your future. Your choices do.

Now I'm living that. Chasing the goals I put on hold. Building the discipline I always talked about. Becoming the version of myself that baby Hayes in that picture above deserved.

This isn't about motivation. Motivation always goes away. This is about building a system, showing up when it's hard, and proving to myself that I can do what I say I'm going to do.

Why "Recreating Hayes"?

Because I'm not starting from scratch. I'm rebuilding. Taking everything I've learned from past attempts & every excuse and using it as fuel!

I read somewhere that you don't start from zero when you restart. You start from experience.

Connect with me:

Instagram: @recreatinghayes

Twitter: @recreatinghayes

YouTube: @RecreatingHayes

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