Join the Be a Better Vegan Challenge

[Cynthia Mosher]

Make 2009 Great: Join the Be a Better Vegan New Year’s Challenge!

I’m excited to announce the Be a Better Vegan New Year’s Challenge! This challenge was inspired by a similar one started by Leo Babauta of ZenHabits. The Be a Better Vegan Challenge is free, and it’ll help you form a new habit in 30 days, in just 10 minutes a day.

It’s a great way to start the New Year, and to make 2009 a great year. Forming a new habit is better than making a resolution, because if you use effective habit-change principles, the habit will stick with you much longer than the resolution.

How It Works

Here’s how the Be a Better Vegan New Year’s Challenge! works:

1. SIGN UP for the Challenge by joining the Be a Better Vegan Challenge! in VegFamily's forum … it’s free and easy to sign up. Read the FAQ for the forum when you sign up for more info on how to use the forum.

2. PUBLICLY COMMIT. Once you’ve joined the forum, go to the section that asks you to post your new habit. Start a new topic, introduce yourself and tell everyone what your habit will be for the 30 days. This is a public commitment that will hold you accountable and motivate you.

3. FOCUS on the new habit for just 10 minutes a day, EVERY DAY. No exceptions. No excuses. Everyone has 10 minutes a day. You might need to plan your schedule to ensure you’ve set aside the 10 minutes for the day, but do not make exceptions! Print out 9 Rules to Form a Habit (pdf format) and hang it in a visible place as a reminder and motivator (courtesy of Leo Babauta of ZenHabits).

4. REPORT your progress each day on the Be a Better Vegan forum. It’s simple and takes 2 minutes: log in to the forum, go to the daily progress thread (there’s a new one each day).

That’s it. Just four simple steps: sign up, publicly commit, focus on the goal for just 10 minutes a day, and take 2 minutes each day to report your progress. In 30 days, you’ll have a new habit!

See 9 Rules to Form a Habit (pdf format) for strategies that will ensure your success in the Challenge!

Now go to Challenge Habit forum and post about the habit you will form for the month. Good luck!