This summer challenge encourages you to:
- Strengthen your personal well-being
- Give back to your community
- Benefit the environment
- Read (or listen to) a book related to an area of well-being
At the end of the challenge, participants will be given a Reflection Sheet to complete, which will give them an opportunity to outline what they accomplished during the challenge as well as provide a brief review of their book.
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See below for some suggestions on how to accomplish each goal during this challenge. We will send out emails throughout the challenge with suggestions and ideas that will help you be successful. This is a self-led challenge and you are able to choose your own method of completing the challenges, as well as your preferred book.
If you have questions during this challenge, please reach out to Tara Torkelson or Kaila Breeden with the Balanced Dukes Program.
- Start an exercise routine
- Set a daily water goal
- Create a personal budget
- Take time to meditate
- Begin journaling
- Focus on improving your sleep
- Make intentional time for friends/family
- Help a Neighbor
- Offer to help with yardwork
- Take a homecooked meal to a neighbor
- Assist with petcare while they are on vacation
- Make time to visit; invite them over
- Volunteer Your Time
- see below for a list of volunteer opportunities
- Donate Your Stuff
- see below for a list of donation centers
- Provide Food
- see below for local food banks
- Help with a community or park clean up
- Drive less
- carpool
- walk
- bike
- Have a meat free day weekly
- Plant bee-friendly plants/flowers
- Start composting
- Recycle
- Help clean up efforts with national parks or forests
- Conserve water and electricity
- Use organic pesticides
Here are a few reading suggestions; feel free to choose ANY book that relates to wellness or well-being.
- Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life (Hector Garcia & Francesc Miralles)
- Wellness Coaching for Lasting Lifestyle Change (Michael Arloski)
- The Mountain is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Mastery (Brianna Wiest)
- The Well-Loved Life: A 103-Year-Old Doctor's Six Secrets to Health and Happiness at Every Age (Gladys McGarcy)
- The Zen Monkey and the Lotus Flower: 52 Stories to Relieve Stress, Stop Negative Thoughts, Find Happiness, and Live Your Best Life (Tenpa Yeshe)
- The Garden Within: Where the War with Your Emotions and Your Most Powerful Life Begins (Anita Phillips)
Community Resources
- Volunteer Your Time
- Donate Your Stuff
- Provide Food
