7 New Year challenges to change your life in 2024:
21-Day No-Complaint Experiment:
Popularized by Tim Ferriss and Will Bowen, this challenge involves not complaining, criticizing, or gossiping for 21 consecutive days. Every time you slip, you start over.
Popularized by Tim Ferriss and Will Bowen, this challenge involves not complaining, criticizing, or gossiping for 21 consecutive days. Every time you slip, you start over.
30-Day Minimalism Game:
Proposed by The Minimalists, you'll get rid of one item on the first day, two on the second, and so on, leading to decluttering and simplifying your life.
Proposed by The Minimalists, you'll get rid of one item on the first day, two on the second, and so on, leading to decluttering and simplifying your life.
75 Hard:
A 75-day challenge that develops mental toughness (invented by Andy Frisella).
It involves eating nutritiously, drinking a gallon of water, reading 10 pages of non-fiction, taking a progress photo, and working out 2x (one must be outside).
A 75-day challenge that develops mental toughness (invented by Andy Frisella).
It involves eating nutritiously, drinking a gallon of water, reading 10 pages of non-fiction, taking a progress photo, and working out 2x (one must be outside).
Tech-Free Saturdays:
Take a ‘screen sabbatical’ one day every week (Credit: Brad Stulberg). The goal is to reduce screen time, unplug from the constant influx of digital information, and reconnect with the physical world around you.
Take a ‘screen sabbatical’ one day every week (Credit: Brad Stulberg). The goal is to reduce screen time, unplug from the constant influx of digital information, and reconnect with the physical world around you.
52-Week Money Challenge:
A savings challenge where you save $1 in the first week, $2 in the second, and so on. By the end of the year, you'll have saved $1,378 (not counting interest).
A savings challenge where you save $1 in the first week, $2 in the second, and so on. By the end of the year, you'll have saved $1,378 (not counting interest).
3-Day Phone Charger Challenge:
Move your phone’s charger outside of your bedroom. Your phone's morning alarm will spring you out of bed, making you less likely to hit the snooze button. Easily reclaim 10 mins daily, 60 hrs yearly.
Move your phone’s charger outside of your bedroom. Your phone's morning alarm will spring you out of bed, making you less likely to hit the snooze button. Easily reclaim 10 mins daily, 60 hrs yearly.
Morning Pages (Daily Journaling):
Inspired by Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way, it involves writing three pages of stream-of-consciousness thoughts every morning. You’ll declutter your thinking and generate creative ideas.
Inspired by Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way, it involves writing three pages of stream-of-consciousness thoughts every morning. You’ll declutter your thinking and generate creative ideas.
My advice: Don’t try to do all of these at once! 😅
Commit to one fully, have fun, encode the habit, and then try another.
My first challenge of 2024 is the “No-Complaint Experiment.”
Which one are you most excited about?
Commit to one fully, have fun, encode the habit, and then try another.
My first challenge of 2024 is the “No-Complaint Experiment.”
Which one are you most excited about?
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