30 Day Challenge Ideas – 75 Ideas To Create Your Own Challenge

Looking for some inspiring 30 day challenge ideas?

Big changes aren’t always the most effective.

I know myself, if I try and change 10 things at the same time, it doesn’t usually end well. But if I try to make small, targeted changes then it’s more likely to ‘stick’.

Which is why 30-day challenges can bring amazing results.

What is a 30-day challenge?

30-day challenges involve committing to a particular habit for 30 days straight. It can be health related, intellectual, emotional, spiritual, a personal development habit, a financial habit or a creative task you’ve been wanting to focus on.

Basically, something that is important to you, and will lead to bettering your life in some way.

They can also be a great way to simply try something new and fun and exciting. Because sometimes, we all need to shake things up a bit, right?

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Do 30-day challenges work?

30 Day Challenges are the perfect amount of time.

It’s a small-time commitment and won’t require massive life changes (but it can if that’s your aim!).

You can commit to almost anything for 30 days, knowing that if it’s just not working for you, then the light is at the end of a (30-day) short tunnel.

But just because it doesn’t seem too long, it doesn’t mean that it won’t help! Because 30 days is long enough to make (most) things a solid habit and is also long enough to see progress from your daily actions.

Even if you don’t want to keep at it, you’ve just given yourself a confidence boost by trying something new and sticking to it for 30 days. Who doesn’t love that sense of accomplishment?

Check out this TED talk by Matt Cutts on how he does regular 30-day challenges:

75 Ideas for 30-day Challenges

While usually we know in ourselves what we need to focus on or what would make a positive change to our lives, here is a list of 75 30-day challenge ideas to get your imagination going:

1. Sleep for 8 hours every night
2. Track your spending daily
3. Plan your day the night before
4. Walk the dog
5. Tidy your home each evening
6. Say ‘I love you’
7. Drink 8 glasses of water every day
8. Daily sit-ups
9. Daily push-ups
10. Create a list of 5 ‘most important tasks’ to complete each day (and do them!)
11. Daily squats
12. Run each day
13. Pick up the phone and call a family member/loved one each day
14. Work a little each day on learning a dance sequence (ahem…All The Single Ladies?)
15. No sugar
16. No gluten
17. No smoking
18. No alcohol
19. Floss your teeth each night
20. Write 500 words each day
21. No negative talk
22. Pack your lunch
23. No spend challenge
24. No take-out
25. Take a photo each day
26. Express gratitude to those around you
27. Write in a journal
28. No social media
29. Declutter your life
30. Get up at 5am
31. Meditate daily
32. No television
33. No gossiping
34. Look for the opportunity in everything
35. Read from a novel
36. Write a novel (“just” 1,667 words per day!)
37. Read an inspiring quote
38. Go the gym
39. Visit the beach
40. Random act of kindness
41. Try a new recipe
42. Read the news or current events
43. Listen to inspiring music
44. Stop and smell the roses
45. Talk to a stranger
46. Compliment somebody
47. Skip breakfast (intermittent fasting)
48. No coffee
49. Apple a day
50. 5 vegetables per day
51. Read the dictionary
52. Write down something you like about yourself
53. Don’t use your car
54. Create a self-care challenge, individual to your needs
55. Eat dinner together
56. Make your bed
57. Write a thank you note
58. Commit to 10,000 steps each day
59. Make more effort with your appearance
60. Plan out your outfit the night before
61. Eat your lunch outside each day
62. Plan your next adventure
63. Recite meaningful and positive affirmations
64. Create a list of 30 things that make you happy (and do one each day)
65. Organize one thing each day that’s been bugging you
66. Watch an inspiring TED talk
67. Read a poem
68. Start and complete a knitting project
69. Create a ‘donate’ box and put one thing in each day
70. Do 15 minutes of yoga each morning
71. Drink a green smoothie
72. Make a list of things to do in your town/city and do one each day
73. No electric devices before breakfast/after dinner
74. Set a daily gratitude practice (and stick to it daily)
75. Ask others how you can help them today

So, what’s something that you’ve been wanting to try? Something you need to adjust in your life or something that you really need to work on?

Target that area, commit to it for 30 days and go from there. It won’t feel like an enormous task to take on, and you will soon work out if it’s something that has benefits that outweighs the perceived effort of doing it.

“I guarantee you the next 30 days are going to pass whether you like it or not, so why not think about something you have always wanted to try and give it a shot! For the next 30 days.” Matt Cutts

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