We all know that change doesnโt happen overnight. It happens gradually โ day by day, week by week, month by month. And now that a new year stands before us, we are challenging you to gradually build up your life. The monthly Build Up Challenge is an effort to focus on small changes throughout each day, week and month, and building up these small actions over time will lead to significant changes in our lives.
At Orlando Mom, we started 2024 off with intentionally building up positive habits that will help our well-being and allow us to build up our families and homes too.
Each month, we are going to share and challenge you to work on five habits for the month โ one for each of these areas of life:
- Mindfulness
- Physical Wellness
- Emotional Wellness
- Family
- Home
It is our sincerest hope that you will join us and other moms throughout Central Florida by reading about these monthly habits and finding ways that work for you to implement them into your life.
We will be sharing reminders on our Facebookย andย Instagram for these habits. Weโll ask how you are doing tackling each challenge and we want to hear from you so that we can share your progress and help motivate others.
Check out each challenge for the year so far:
THE SEPTEMBER CHALLENGE!
Mindfulness โ Recite a Few Daily Affirmations
Every Monday we share someย affirmationsย on our social media channels. Use these as your daily mindfulness jumpstart! Positive affirmations are short, empowering statements we repeat to ourselves to overcome negative thoughts and beliefs. This form of self-talk can help reframe your mentality, recognize your strengths and even boost your confidence!
Physical Wellness โ Go To Bed Earlier
For physical wellness, we are going to work on one habit for the month of January. Thatโs right. Just one. And here it is โ we are going to get to bed earlier. Getting enough sleep is integral to our overall health. When we have little ones waking up at night, it is especially difficult to get the sleep we need. Having me-time in the evening is so needed to unwind, but sometimes we should go to bed instead of watching one more episode or continuing to scroll through our phones.
Going to bed a little earlier rather than way too late can feel satisfying because you are intentionally doing something positive for yourself. Pro tip: ditch the phone and devices at least an hour before bed so that the bluelight is not affecting your circadian rhythm.
Emotional Wellness โ Phone a Friend
Human connection is important for each and every one of us. Be intentional this month and make time to phone a friend (or a relative) that lives far away. Spend some quality time connecting on an emotional level to up your spirits!
Family โ Affirmation For Your Kids
There are three key moments of the day when our kids need us to love on them: when they wake up, when they get home from school and when they go to bed. (For moms who homeschool, that second moment might be when Dad gets home from work.)
For this month, we are going to work on building up our kids at bedtime by praising them for something that they did that day. We can spend so much energy telling kids what they are doing wrong throughout the day โ โDonโt touch that. Donโt say that. Donโt do that.โ โ but we have to remember that they need positive love and affirmation from us.
When you say goodnight to your kids, tell them, โI saw how you helped your sisterโ or โyour joke at dinner was so funnyโ or โyou were a good friend today.โ
Home โ Clean out your closet
One by one, room by room, this house is getting cleaned up! Cleaning out the closets will give you a sense of renewal! Especially as we get into *slightly cooler weather and the holiday season!
This is it! this is the Building Up Challenge for September!
Let’s work on the Building Up Challenge together until September 30! Then, weโll be back with 5 new habits for September. Remember to comment on our social media posts with how you are doing, we’d love to encourage you and share with others too!
Remember, You’re Doing Great Mama!
