If it doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change you. Thirty-day challenges are usually geared toward personal improvement by breaking a harmful or unhealthy habit and/or beginning a positive or healthy habit. Sober October and Dry January provide individuals with a catalyst to cut back on alcohol or cut it out altogether. Stoptober can be an opportunity to reign in social-media consumption, unhealthy snacks or time sucks like television.
DOES IT WORK?
Can 30 days really make a difference? And why 30 days?
Besides 30 days being a solid but attainable goal, setting aside a month is practical and easily trackable. More importantly, it’s long enough to allow a new habit to become part of your daily routine. Hopefully, it continues after the 30 days are up. Thirty days also feels realistic, doable and less daunting than making a change for a year … or forever.