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Summary

The webpage presents a collection of 35 life-enhancing 30-day challenges aimed at building healthy and productive habits based on personal experience and scientific research.

Abstract

The article titled "35 Life-Transforming Challenges To Try for 30 Days" encourages readers to engage in monthly experiments to foster personal growth and habit formation. The author, inspired by Morgan Freeman's quote on challenging oneself, advocates for these challenges as a means to adopt new, beneficial behaviors. The challenges range from digital detoxes and health improvements, like meditation, diet changes, and fitness routines, to financial management and skill development, such as saving money, learning new skills, and reading. The author emphasizes the importance of consistency, citing Dr. Maxwell's study that suggests it takes about 66 days to form a habit, although the challenges are designed for 30 days. The article also provides a disclaimer that the content is not professional advice but a sharing of personal experiences, and it includes affiliate links.

Opinions

  • The author believes in the power of 30-day challenges as a tool for personal development and habit formation.
  • There is a strong emphasis on the benefits of regular physical activity, healthy eating, and mental health practices.
  • Financial habits, such as saving money and creating additional income streams, are highlighted as important for personal growth.
  • The article suggests that engaging with new people, ideas, and activities can lead to life-transforming experiences.
  • The author acknowledges the difficulty of some challenges, like giving up sugar or coffee, but still encourages attempting them.
  • The author is open about the challenges faced and the learning process, suggesting that failure is part of the journey to success.
  • Reading and continuous learning are portrayed as valuable habits to cultivate.
  • The author encourages readers to follow their journey by subscribing to their Medium posts for more insights and shared experiences.

Challenges | 30 Day Experiments | Life Changing

35 Life-Transforming Challenges To Try for 30 Days

Amazing ideas to improve your life

Photo by Danka & Peter on Unsplash

Challenge yourself; it’s the only path that leads to growth. — Morgan Freeman

30-day challenges mean trying something new.

I always do 30-day challenges, which are different, healthy, fun, or even crazy every day for 30 days, which is the approximate number of days it takes to form a new habit.

However, recently, I decided to take a challenge for 66 days, which is more than double the 30 days. To prove my premises, I follow Dr. Maxwell’s findings, which clearly say it takes roughly 66 days to form a habit.

What is a habit?

A behavior pattern acquired by frequent repetition or physiologic exposure that shows itself in regularity or increased facility of performance.— Meriam-Webster Dictionary

I do 30-day challenges because I want to build sustainable, healthy, and productive habits.

I am super proud to say that I have completed 33 30-day challenges to learn and try new things. Sometimes, I do it just for fun, and you never know if it’s something that is going to transform your life.

Here are 30 challenges. You can literally try to complete each challenge for 30 days to build some new productive and healthy habits.

1-

Meditation for 30 days

2-

Absolutely no social media or max 90 minutes each day for 30 days

3-

Try a new diet

4-

If you are looking for a job, send out ten resumes daily for 30 days — if the job you are looking for is not available, try reaching out to 5 people in your profession over Linkedin for 30 days.

5-

Walk 10,000 steps every day to boost your health, especially mental health

6-

write a journal

7-

What about absolutely no makeup for 30 days?

8-

Declutter ONE THING every day

9-

Add merely $10-$20 to savings daily — that’s $300-$600 right there

10-

Absolute no coffee for 30 days

11-

Or at least absolutely no coffee at least 6 hours before bedtime

12-

Give up sugar — I failed this challenge multiple times, but it’s still on my list

13-

Speak to one new person every day

14-

Listen to ONE TED TALk daily

15-

Stick to a day daily spending budget

16-

Learn new skills — painting, drawing

17-

Drink3.78 liters of water daily for 30 days

18-

Go to bed at the same time for 30 days

19-

Publish one piece of content every day

20-

Get 8 hours of quality sleep

21-

Spend one hour to create another source of income — a side hustle

22-

Read 20 pages daily for 30 days

23-

Plank daily for 30 days

24-

20 Push-ups daily

25-

Take a nap each afternoon for 15–20 minutes

26-

20 squats daily for 30 days

27-

Drink a tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil daily for 30 days

28-

Follow a skincare routine every day for 30 days

29-

20 sits up daily for 30 days

30-

Drink matcha daily for 30 days

31-

Follow a successful person routine for 30 days — see if you can emulate or learn something new

32-

Floss teeth every day for 30 days

33-

Drink lukewarm water with fresh lemon juice for 30 days

34-

Stretch every day for 30 days

35-

Eat two bananas a day for 30 days

I hope you find this 30-day ideas list helpful.

I have done many from the list and then shared my experiential journey on Medium. Here is the complete list to read my findings.

I also write about the general philosophy of life. For your convenience, here are the links.

Mental Health/Brain Damage, Hiking, Cofee (New Research), Technology, Healthy Lifestyle, Life Lessons, Productivity, Learning, Money

Disclaimer: My posts do not include professional or health advice. I only document my reviews, observations, experiences, experiments, and perspectives to provide information to create awareness. My posts may contain affiliate links.

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