Discipline: a Novel of Rebuilding One Day at Time

Alex Mercer had a plan for his life once. Somewhere between the layoff, the divorce, and the eviction notice, he lost it - along with the version of himself who used to keep promises.Then Cole Hendrix, a silent ex-Marine living alone on a stretch of land in the Cascades, makes him an offer: ninety days of room and board at Cedar Hollow, in exchange for one non-negotiable rule - show up, every single day, whether you feel like it or not.There are no lectures at Cedar Hollow. No motivational speeches. Just a woodshop, a wake-up time, and a man who has never once broken a promise to himself. As the days accumulate, Alex begins to understand that discipline isn't a personality trait some people are born with - it's a practice, built one small, unglamorous choice at a time.But practice doesn't mean immunity. When the real test comes, Alex will have to find out whether ninety days was enough to change who he actually is when no one is watching.Discipline is a quiet, unflinching novel about what it actually costs to rebuild a life - and what it gives back. For readers of The Alchemist, The Shack, and Atomic Habits who wanted the lesson wrapped in a story instead of a checklist.