Black History Month: 28 Day Challenge
Week 1 (impact)
DAY 1: Write a letter to your younger self
DAY 2: List 10 ways you will push the culture & movement forward for the next generation
DAY 3: Write out who in history your approach is more like (Malcolm, Martin, Harriett, Sojourner, etc)
DAY 4: Look in the mirror and repeat I have the power to create change.
DAY 5: Reach out to 3 people in leadership roles at your company and introduce yourself to them.
DAY 6: List 5 organizations that you can volunteer your time/resources to support (then reach out to them)
DAY 7: Choose a day this month to take off for mental health (you deserve a reset)
Week 2 (self-care; the inner work)
DAY 8: Write out what a full & purposeful life looks like for you (be specific in each category: Relationships, Family, Spiritual, Income, Health, Community, Lifestyle)
DAY 9: Write 3 full pages of qualities you love about yourself (revisit these words when you need a reminder)
DAY 10: Look in the mirror and say “I am beautiful, I am black, and my life matters”
DAY 11: Breathe (watch this 4:20 min guided breath work video)
DAY 12: Write a list of names of the people you need to forgive
DAY 13: Write a list of the names of people you love
DAY 14: Look in the mirror and repeat 10 times “I love you”
Week 3 (celebrate blackness)
DAY 15: Rock your natural hair, braids, bantu knots, etc today (yes, even on zoom)
DAY 16: Create a playlist celebrating black music & share it (blues, jazz, hiphop, afro-beats, reggae, etc)
DAY 17: Post on IG what you love most about being black or the black culture
DAY 18: Write any pre-judgments you had/have regarding doing business with “black folks”
DAY 19: List a black invention you couldn’t live without today
DAY 20: Support at least 1 black business in each category you will support in 2021 (financial services, household items, clothing, food, lifestyle, etc)
DAY 21: Look in the mirror and repeat “I make a difference in the world simply by existing in it.”
Week 4 (break the generational curse)
DAY 22: Write out your relationship with money and who you learned those habits from
DAY 23: Look at your expenses in January...list where you can cut back?
DAY 24: Know your debt: write out every dollar you owe someone (if you are serious cut up those credit cards)
DAY 25: Create a zero-based budget for March using the Every Dollar Budget App
DAY 26: Write the date you plan to be debt-free using the snowball effect; pay your smallest debts first
DAY 27: Create a vision board of what you want, will buy, go and do once you’re debt-free
DAY 28: Look in the mirror and repeat My future is an ideal projection of what I envision now.
BONUS: Save $1000 in your emergency fund (don’t currently have this amount available for an emergency...save $33.33 each day for the next 30 days...starting today!)