210 - Friday Fix: Create Your Own 30-Day Challenge

The Verywell Mind Podcast

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Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Mental Health, Education

5 • 703 Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2022

⏱️ 11 minutes

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If you set an aggressive but realistic goal that you want to achieve and a tight deadline, there’s no time to procrastinate. And you might realize how much every single day counts as you have limited time to reach your goal. I have found 30-day challenges to be really helpful in my life. Sometimes, they motivate me to create change. At other times, they provide me with information. I treat them as a behavioral experiment that I test for 30 days. When they’re over, I can decide if I want to continue with the changes I made. Many of my therapy clients have enjoyed 30-day challenges as well. Whether they want to change their eating habits or they work on clearing clutter, most of them have said they accomplished more than they imagined possible in just one month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Very Well Mind podcast. We've interviewed over 100 authors, experts, entrepreneurs, athletes, musicians, and others to help you learn strategies to care for your mental health.
0:22.9	This episode is hosted by psychotherapist and bestselling author Amy Morin. Now let's get into the episode.
0:45.4	Okay. You're listening to the Friday fix.
0:52.5	Every Friday, I share a quick mental strength strategy that can help fix the thoughts, feelings, and actions that can hold you back in life.
0:55.3	Today I'm talking about 30-day challenges.
1:01.4	I'll explain why they sometimes work so well, the issues that make them not work so well,
1:07.4	and some challenges that you can choose to do for yourself. Before I did this episode, I ran a poll on Instagram to learn how many of you have tried 30-day challenges.
1:17.0	44% of you said that you tried at least one kind of 30-day challenge. Some of you then sent me private messages to explain what your challenge was and how it worked. One person said that
1:22.2	they tried a 30-day challenge to give up alcohol. They felt so good after the 30 days that they decided to then
1:28.7	try to give it up for a whole year. Many of you said that you tried specific diet challenges,
1:34.3	like whole 30, but almost everyone who said that they tried something like that said it was
1:39.3	really tough to restrict their diet. And almost everyone went back to their regular eating habits
1:44.1	because of the
1:44.7	convenience, the cost, or because they just felt like it wasn't sustainable. I thought that was interesting.
1:51.0	You've probably seen lots of social media ads for various 30-day challenges. They're usually
1:56.1	weight loss challenges or some kind of a workout challenge. And sometimes I suspect they're a bit of
2:01.7	a gimmick, but I also have firsthand experience in knowing that they can work. I've talked about
2:07.4	this on the show a little bit before, that I did a 30-day challenge to see if I could get six-pack abs.
2:13.6	It felt somewhat impossible, but I knew somebody else who had done it, so I wanted to try it for myself.
2:19.1	I called a trainer named Robert Brace, who's known for getting people in shape fast.
2:23.8	But he lives in New York City, and I warned him that I don't.
2:26.4	But that if he told me what to do, I promised to work out from home.
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