Episode 135: Keeping Challenges Easy

Both Shannon and Janine love taking on time-limited challenges they find on the internet. In this episode, they discuss some of their favorites  while offering some advice on keeping these challenges easy.

Discussion topics include:

• One of our favorite challenges: Yoga with Adriene's annual 30 day yoga journey

• Janine's 30 x 30 challenge on her genealogy blog

• National Novel Writing Month (write a novel in 30 days)

• Keeping the stakes low, but interesting enough that you care to do it

• Selecting challenges you want, not those you think you should do

• Janine's progress on her personal 50-books-a-year challenge

• How these challenges are a great way to get started on a new habit

• Avoiding perfectionism: How even a little progress is beneficial with these challenges

• Creating a range of goals within a challenge

• Keeping it easy by figuring out what counts (and being really kind in your criteria)

• The hiatus Shannon has taken in cartooning and how doing a challenge might help her resume it (if she decides she wants to)

• The key to success with a challenge: Keep it doable, be kind to yourself, have fun!

• The power of community

• The 100-day dress challenge Janine recently took on