{"id":716,"date":"2015-02-26T20:18:01","date_gmt":"2015-02-26T20:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saturnsports.co.uk\/blog\/?p=716"},"modified":"2015-02-26T20:18:01","modified_gmt":"2015-02-26T20:18:01","slug":"30-day-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saturnsports.co.uk\/blog\/30-day-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"Try Something New! 30 Day Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saturnsports.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/calendar.jpg\" alt=\"Calendar\" width=\"620\" height=\"246\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saturnsports.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/calendar.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.saturnsports.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/calendar-300x119.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>30 day challenges are becoming increasingly\u00a0popular. If you&#8217;ve never heard of a &#8217;30 day challenge&#8217; before, it is simply the process of trying or doing something new for thirty consecutive days.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nanowrimo.org\/\" title=\"NaNoWriMo\" target=\"_blank\">NaNoWriMo<\/a> (Writing a Novel in a month),\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/uk.movember.com\/\" title=\"Movember\" target=\"_blank\">Movember<\/a> (growing a moustache or beard during\u00a0November) and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cancerresearchuk.org\/support-us\/find-an-event\/charity-challenges\/dryathlon\" title=\"Dryathlon\" target=\"_blank\">Dryathlon<\/a> (giving up alcohol in January) are popular mainstream challenges &#8211; but 30 day challenges can actually\u00a0be whatever you choose\u00a0them to be.<\/p>\n<p>One of the benefits of 30 day challenges is that activities are more likely to become habit after you&#8217;ve been doing them for 30 days. If you find that you enjoy a challenge, you may\u00a0naturally incorporate it\u00a0into your everyday life. If not, you&#8217;re only doing it for a short period of time and you&#8217;ve experienced something new.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>So what sort of challenges could you set for yourself in 2015? 30 day challenges could be anything &#8211; although the best ones tend to be those that need a concentrated effort to achieve a worthwhile goal and will improve your well-being and\/or life in some way. 30 days is a short, manageable period of time for you to try a new skill or to rid yourself of negative habits.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few ideas:<\/p>\n<h3>Fitness<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-729\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saturnsports.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/fastime-5-stopwatch.jpg\" alt=\"Fastime 5 Stopwatch\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saturnsports.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/fastime-5-stopwatch.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.saturnsports.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/fastime-5-stopwatch-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Fitness training is a common topic for 30 day challenges and they&#8217;re as\u00a0simple or as difficult as you choose &#8211; just set a goal and attempt to reach it. Start by choosing a physical activity, try to improve upon your time or score and keep track of your progress!<\/p>\n<p>You could try:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Walking 10,000 steps each day<\/li>\n<li>Taking the stairs at every opportunity<\/li>\n<li>Walking a new route to work\/school each day<\/li>\n<li>Taking a 30 min walk each day<\/li>\n<li>Buddy\/Social Running<\/li>\n<li>Finding a new Geocache each day<\/li>\n<li>Walking the dog an extra time per day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>New Skills<\/h3>\n<p>It&#8217;s often hard finding the time to learn something new but a 30 day challenge can help you dedicate a period of time to a particular project. Putting aside just 15 minutes a day can make a difference &#8211; try starting with &#8220;practice this skill every day&#8221; then &#8220;finish this project within the 30 days.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You could try:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Drawing<\/li>\n<li>Writing<\/li>\n<li>Foreign Languages<\/li>\n<li>Photography<\/li>\n<li>Swimming<\/li>\n<li>Horse Riding<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Food and Diet<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saturnsports.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/fruit.jpg\" alt=\"Fruit\" width=\"200\" height=\"176\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-734\" \/>If your diet is getting a bit stale but you haven&#8217;t got round to making positive changes, try some new ways to cook and eat for 30 days. You could make simple changes to your snack habits or create a brand new meal each day. Use the challenge to try new things and improve your kitchen skills as well as your eating plan!<\/p>\n<p>You could try:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eating foods you&#8217;ve never tried before<\/li>\n<li>Eating 5 fruit and veggies each day<\/li>\n<li>Quitting, or simply reducing sugar in your tea and coffee<\/li>\n<li>Opting out of desserts for a month<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Sleep Routines<\/h3>\n<p>We all know that sleep is crucial to our health and well-being but it isn&#8217;t a habit that&#8217;s easy to work on. 30 days is a good amount of time to reflect on and change your sleep cycle.<\/p>\n<p>You can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Figure out your perfect bedtime and turn off your digital devices<\/li>\n<li>Go to bed and wake up at the same time every day (including weekends)<\/li>\n<li>Get the ideal amount of sleep so that you feel refreshed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Feeling inspired? We&#8217;d love to hear about your ideas for 30 day challenges too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>30 day challenges are becoming increasingly\u00a0popular. If you&#8217;ve never heard of a &#8217;30 day challenge&#8217; before, it is simply the process of trying or doing something new for thirty consecutive days. NaNoWriMo (Writing a Novel in a month),\u00a0Movember (growing a moustache or beard during\u00a0November) and\u00a0Dryathlon (giving up alcohol in January) are popular mainstream challenges &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturnsports.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturnsports.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturnsports.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturnsports.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturnsports.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=716"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturnsports.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":739,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturnsports.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716\/revisions\/739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturnsports.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturnsports.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturnsports.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}