30 Days Challenge

Why My 30 days challenge Approach Works

If you are facing a hard time doing anything for merely 30 days, here is a solution.

I can proudly say that so far, I have completed 34 30-day challenges in search of creating healthy and sustainable habits.

Here are the top explanations I observed in the past 1.5 years.

Daily commitment (tiny)

Doing something for only 30 days is easier to trick your brain than thinking I have to do the same thing a year or beyond.

You simply trick your brain into thinking that all I am going to do is for 30 days. So relax!

The award is in the excitement and enjoyment; if you start to enjoy the challenge, your brain will encourage you to do it every day.

In fact, your brain will find a way to accomplish it.

It also motivates you that anyone can find barely 10–20 minutes every day to accomplish a task.

I am done with most of the 30-day challenges in the morning.

Sometimes, I do it in the afternoon or evenings, but mostly, it is done in the mornings.

For example, if the challenge is to do 10,000 steps a day, I accomplished this challenge in the morning and evening.

However, if the challenge is to read 20 pages every day, I usually do it before bedtime or sometimes in the morning after having breakfast while drinking my black coffee.

It was hard to do my 30+ days cold shower challenge, but I tricked my brain.

Relax; it’s going to be hard in the first few seconds. Then, when you are in the shower, it’s not that bad.

Now, I am doing a 30-day cold plunge, and it’s not easy, but after each plunge, I feel energetic. Therefore, I keep doing it.

It would help if you found your trigger; it could be completely different from what works for you or others.

Give your 110%???

Failing is a part of the process.

All you have to do is give your 110%.

My grandmother used to say it was okay to fail, especially when I got low marks; all she asked was if I gave my 110%, and if it still did not work out, then no problem.

Change your strategy and do it another way.

There is always a way to find a solution, and sometimes it is pretty straightforward, and sometimes you have to work hard.

600 minutes

When I was doing my 20-minute reading challenge, my focus was to achieve the tiny task each day for just 20 minutes, but after a week, it was 140 minutes (20 minutes per day*7), then 280 minutes, and finally, I started to imagine 600 minutes reading task done in merely 30 days.

After a month, I completed 500+ pages or two books if you go at that speed, then 24 books a year.

The real results are in the compounding.

A merely 20-minute walk a day can significantly transform your body. The real success is in the tiny things.

Start simple

Start small

Compounding will play a major role in the long run.

30 days challenge questions

I struggled a lot in 2020 to achieve a goal for merely 30 days, but now it’s just so natural that I have done the following within no time.

The real progress is in the tiny steps.

You’ll be blown away by the progress you can create in only 30 days. Do not underestimate the power of routine.

Let me know if you have any questions regarding 30-day challenges or if there is any bad habit you are trying to break or building a new one.

After 30+ days of challenges to living a healthy and productive life, I wrote my experiential journey. Here are the links for easy access.

3.78 liters of water per day for 30 days, 20+ Squats per day for 30 days, Reading challenge for 30 days, Coffee, Sugar, 2-minute plank daily for 30 days, 20 Push-ups daily for 30 days , Walk 10,000 steps daily for 30 days, Long Walks, Power Nap, Extra Virgin Olive Oil daily for 30 days, No Shampoo for 30 days, Cold Shower for 30 days, 10,000 Steps, Skincare routine for 30 days, Meditation daily for 30 days, Mental Break, Sit-ups, Matcha, 2-Bananas daily for 30 days, Tim Feriss’ Morning Routine for 30 days, Floss daily for 30 days, Lukewarm Lemon Water daily for 30 days, Stretching daily for 30 days