{"id":241,"date":"2018-09-27T20:42:01","date_gmt":"2018-09-27T18:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silverliningideas.com\/?p=241"},"modified":"2019-06-20T00:01:30","modified_gmt":"2019-06-19T22:01:30","slug":"story-of-a-30-day-long-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/silverliningideas.com\/index.php\/2018\/09\/27\/story-of-a-30-day-long-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Story of a 30-day-long Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Social media is full of 30-day-long challenges. Some of them inspire us to take on a new habit such as doing squats for 30 days. Others encourage us to do restrictions such as not drinking alcohol or not eating sugar.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Matt Cutts<\/strong> in his TEDx speech<\/a> talks about the advantages of 30-day-long challenges<\/strong>. He shares his experience about his 30-day challenges. He says that the time he passed with the challenges was much more memorable to him and even his self-confidence<\/strong> grew.<\/p>\n

After trying out\u00a0two 30-days challenges<\/strong>, I can only encourage you too to try a 30-day-long challenge.\u00a0Two years ago in November I decided not to drink any alcohol. I just wanted to try it out. I drink occasionally, it was an interesting experience not to drink anything. I didn\u2019t notice any effects on my body during this short period, but the reaction of the people including bartenders and friends were priceless<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

100 Squats a Day<\/h1>\n

This August I decided to try out a sport challenge<\/strong>. I dance regularly, but during the summer period without any dance lessons I struggled to motivate myself to do some exercises. However I watched a really motivating video <\/a>and I couldn\u2019t resist, I had to try it. The challenge was to do 100 squats every day for 30 days<\/strong>. Yes, in total 3000 squats in a month. My main motivation was to do at least some kind of exercise every day and to get a better look.<\/p>\n

And\u2026.I did it!!! I couldn\u2019t be more satisfied<\/strong>. I learnt a couple of things during this challenge, which I would like to share with you.<\/p>\n

Photo by Meghan Holmes on Unsplash<\/em><\/p>\n

Firstly, not so much before starting this challenge I watched another TEDx video about getting new habits. Tali Sharot <\/a>suggests to use:<\/p>\n