How To Challenge Yourself? Hello everyone, I hope you are well. In today’s post, I will be sharing a few tips on how to challenge yourself to become a better person and achieve your life goals. Imagine this – you are at a certain age where you face tough decisions, have to let go of some past things that have cradled you until now, and are unsure what to do. Having to face difficult choices, having to grow as a person and withstand what life has installed for you – well, better learn how to challenge yourself before It gets late. This doesn’t mean there is a right or wrong time to start challenging yourself, but the sooner you begin, the better.
How To Challenge Yourself?
What Exactly Does That Mean?
To challenge yourself is to jump out of the barriers you have created for yourself, escape your comfort zone, and grow as a person.
Many people don’t realize how much this could benefit the improvement in their lifestyle.
Challenging oneself to grow as a person is something all of us should be keen on doing as much as possible.
There is no bad timing or wrong place to start.
For a person to take the extra step and force themselves to do things that he, or she, wouldn’t be caught dead doing before is the thing that keeps the drive in us.
The thing that gets us from this stage in our life to the other.
Okay, But How Do I Do That?
There is no concrete game plan when it comes to jumping your boundaries. It is, as it should be, a very intimate course of action.
A person should first know their weaknesses, as well as good sides, to start challenging themselves.
Nevertheless, some universal methods are, more or less, suitable for everyone to try.
Even though our personal growth is our job and responsibility, it’s nice to hear some professional opinions.
Let’s Start At The Beginning
The first and most important thing to start with is focusing on a goal.
This could be any goal, don’t think big or small, just one that gets us started.
We need this because focusing on something that gets the blood pumping is crucial for the first kick in the bum.
Things like starting a new book and sticking to it, or visiting a new museum every Saturday, could help with the process.
Do You Know How Much You Sleep?
A key asset to the “new you” is changing your daily routines, starting with one of the biggies – sleep.
I bet you don’t follow how many hours a week you sleep, and it’s a changing number, I know.
Well, how about you set the alarm for a particular hour every night of the week and get up at a specific time every morning?
If you don’t think this will change anything, you are mistaken.
Sticking to a regular sleep schedule not only benefits your health but will also teach you discipline and build your character.
Technology Who?
If you let go of your technological device for a day, you will be fine. That’s all that It takes – one day.
Doing so helps your brain and body develop a new and steady connection to the world around you without the help or distractions of your phone, laptop, TV, etc.
After all, technology is pretty unnatural for humans – We were not designed to sit in front of a screen all day.
The body was made to run, crawl, climb, jump, sprint, swim, and dive – All of these activities, without an internet connection, will allow you to develop a genuine mind-body-world relationship that is much more precious and beneficial than any piece of tech.
Growing As A Person
As time passes, you will push yourself more effortlessly and accessible and start craving more of It. This is a perfect time to start learning new languages and cultures.
Maybe take a class or two.
Or maybe, you can even invest in something you care about and believe in. Remember that challenging yourself doesn’t stop with the boundaries the world creates. It contains the limits you make.
Take-Home Message
We live in a world of comfort, increasingly oriented towards making everything as easy and automated as possible.
This is the precise reason why you should consider setting yourself challenges.
Challenge yourself mentally, physically, and spiritually.
Challenge brings about positive change.
I hope you enjoyed that.
Talk to soon
17 Comments
Neely Moldovan
Honestly what I needed to read today! I need to do this more.
Angela Ricardo Bethea
This is something I regularly ask myself as well. Those are some great points too keep in mind. I, too, have been trying to do more self-care routines to improve myself.
Julie Russell
I love how you simplify what it means to challenge yourself and talking about baby steps! My favorite tip is taking a class or two. I look forward to reading more articles!
Fransic verso
I’m reading this and it felt like im reading a story about me. I like to push myself and grow as a person in many things. Wonderful read!
Marianne
I love your thoughts, this relates to my recent episode on self-improvement. Thanks for sharing!
Shilpa Bindlish
For a positive change, it’s good to challenge your limits. Agree to what u said.
Kelly Bolen
I love the Shonda Rhimes quote! She hit is out of the ballpark with that one! It is so true!
MELANIE E
I think we all need to try to challenge ourselves where we can. When we do it’s amazing what we can achieve.
Nimoramsey
Good strategies and tips, if we want to discover ourselves we have to take t challenges
Marysa
It’s good to have these strategies, and some ways to challenge ourselves. It is good not to be complacent.
Melanie williams
LOVE this post and could not agree more, we should always challenge ourselves even if it is just small steps. thanks for this positive message, now I need to set some goals lol x
Luna S
Great information! It is great to start with getting the right amount of sleep, I agree that it is so important. Thanks for sharing this.
Alita Pacio
We can challenge ourselves by changing our routines little by little. It does not have to be a massive lifestyle change. For me, getting enough sleep is also the most priority.
Gervin Khan
This is such a great post and it’s very timely as we prepare for this 2023. It’s definitely awesome to challenge ourselves to be the better person each day! As this can contribute to all our loved ones and people around us! Thanks and I love this article, such a worth reading!
Tweenselmom
Ooh the tech step does sound like a challenge, but baby steps. Stepping out of your comfort zone is a good thing after all every now and then.
Stephanie
It’s always important to challenge yourself. I’ve tried taking a major step back from social media this year unless it’s for business reasons. It wasn’t easy at first but now I like it and want to try with other things.
Maureen
Agreed. There’s always something new to learn so taking a class is a great way to educate ourselves. Also, it is a wonderful to meet like minded individuals that can help with goals and support system.
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