Forget the 30 day challenge, and commit to one of these timeless challenge ideas instead — for a few days, a year, or the rest of your life if you really love a challenge.
Career
1. Make it your mission to find your passion
2. Quit your job if you hate it
3. Retrain in a new profession
4. Go for that promotion
5. Take up freelance work
6. Read What color is your parachute
Creative
7. Take a photograph of a loved one every day for a year
8. Take a photograph of yourself every day for 10 years
9. Write 500 words a day and start a blog
10. Write a short poem a day
11. Do a drawing a day
12. Write a page of a book every day
13. Start a book club
Fitness
14. Run a marathon
15. Do 30 sit-ups every morning
16. Complete a triathalon
17. Jog for 10 minutes a day every morning
18. Go wild swimming
19. Take up a new team sport
Fun/ adventurous
20. Go skinny dipping
21. Walk on fire
22. Try skydiving
23. Start scuba diving lessons
24. Pick a random place on a map to visit
25. Cycle around Europe
26. Build a small yurt
Health
27. Cook something new every day
28. Ditch sugar for 2 weeks
29. Give up alcohol for a month
30. Ditch takeaway coffees
31. Walk or cycle to work
32. Floss every day
33. Drink 8 glasses of water a day
34. Drink a cup of green tea a day
35. Walk barefoot every day for at least 5 minutes
Learning
36. Learn a new word every day for a year
37. Make a ‘Must read’ book list and read everything on it
38. Do the thing you’re most afraid of in life
39. Replace TV with TED Talks
40. Learn a new language in a year
Love
41. Promise to give yourself respect for the rest of your life
42. Tell someone you love them today
43. Write a letter to an old friend
44. Do a random act of kindness
45. Tell yourself you are beautiful
46. Write a love letter to someone
Personal development
47. Keep a gratitude journal
48. Start a dream diary
49. Observe your thoughts every day for a week
50. Meditate every morning
51. Take up yoga
52. Try lucid dreaming
53. Try Yoga nidra
54. Read Man’s Search for Meaning
55. Makeover and declutter your home
Social
56. Speak to someone new every day for a year
57. Give up bitching about people for a week
58. Host a dinner party
59. Give a public speech — try Toastmasters if you’re feeling nervous
60. Give a compliment a day to a stranger
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