#2025 challenge

[celestiallymar]

☆25-in-2025 Challenge ☆

A guide in how to make 2025 the best year of your life yet.

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• Personal Growth

"Invest in yourself and embrace the joy of learning and self-discovery."

-Read 5 new books

1. "Atomic Habits" by James Clear

Learn how to build good habits, break bad ones, and make small changes that lead to real results.

2. "The Power of Now" by Eckhart Tolle

A guide to living in the present moment, practical steps to let go of past and future worries.

3. "Mindset: The New Psychology of Success" by Carol S. Dweck

Explore the difference between a fixed and growth mindset and how adopting the latter can lead to success.

4. "The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck" by Mark Manson

A refreshing take on prioritizing what truly matters in life while letting go of unnecessary pressures.

5. "Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World" by Cal Newport

-Learn a new skill or hobby.

(crochet or knitting; candle making; pottery; book binding, photography, video editing, song writing)

-Write a letter to your future self in five years

-Meditate or journal for 25 days.

-Spend an entire day offline and enjoy the world around you

( good pairing with a hobby like photography or drawing! )

• Physical and Mental Wellness

"Take care of your body and mind—they’re your greatest tools for living fully."

-Walk or run 25 kilometers (through out the week or in one go).

-Try a new workout routine or sport.

-Cook 5 healthy meals from scratch.

-Drink 2 liters of water every day for a week.

-Take a self-care day at least once every month!

• Social and Giving Back

"Spread kindness and create connections that matter."

-Do 5 random acts of kindness (big or small, it doesn't matter).

-Volunteer or contribute to a cause you care about.

-Reconnect with an old friend or make a new one, expand your connections and surround yourself with people that fuel your energy.

-Write thank-you notes to people who’ve impacted your life, make sure you tell people you appreciate them (what goes around comes around).

-Donate or declutter 25 items you no longer need, it helps you start afresh for the new years and make more space for new things to come.

Note: remember to breathe from time to time and take care of yourself, xoxo.

[theeccentricraven]

Readathon 2025 - Read 50-100 Short Books Challenge 🏆📚

Hey Writers and Readers! I hope to make 2025 the year that I read 50 books, possibly even 100 books! I set out to challenge myself to focus on reading short books as a way to make room to read more books. I'm not only going to challenge myself, but open the door to anyone who would like to join in. I set up the Read More Books by Reading Short Books in 2025 Challenge on Storygraph. If you have a Storygraph account, feel free to follow/friend me. When you join the challenge, you can earn badges as you read more books. When you reach milestones, you unlock the privilege to use the applicable badge in this post. I created these badges using Canva templates. I obviously can't physically lock and unlock them so this is based on an honor system - please only use a badge if you have read that number of books in 2025. You are welcome to use the earned badge anywhere! Tumblr, YouTube, Good Reads, IG, you name it! I will change my icon as I earn badges myself 😊I will soon have a video announcement on my YouTube. Thank you and welcome to all who join!

[dreamyglowdiaries]

Mail Delivery

Hi darling, check your mailbox. You've got mail. 💌

[squirrelicue]

Day 17

Guess who's early... ME!

I was looking through some old sketches and really liked how quick I used to draw so I wanted to try that again.

I still think the shading is off but I'm working on that....

[red-room-studi0]

Just came up with a challenge for 2025. Watch a show you actually like without hate watching one show you despise and complain about it for the whole year. (That includes giving shit to the creators)

[herbata-z-rumiankiem]

Hi!

I'm new to this platform as a creator, so let me introduce this account. I am an "amateur artist", which means it's my hobby and I like to share its results. I know, my works may not be the best but that's not the point, I just want to have fun. I'm going to post here my sketches, drawings and other things related to my passion. I'm still a high school student so posts won't appear too often or too regularly but I'll try to post something whenever possible.

So here's a few things about me and the content that I will be posting. I'm a huge fan of comic books and manga. Also I love reading books, watching anime, series and films, also animated ones, so expect a lot of fanarts but not only that.

So far I have only been active in the media on instagram under the name _herbata.z.rumiankiem_ (it would be very nice if you could check it out) but I decided to try this platform because I feel like the atmosphere here is much better.

Thank you all and have a nice day, evening or night!

[joannamarieart]

I love this prompt idea!! See my art one below…

Due to popular demand, here are versions for "I wanna draw" AND "I wanna write" Bingo cards for 2025!!! 🥰❤️

✍️fill it with your art goals (what drawings you want to make this year, what do you want to practice - what writing goals you want to reach)

🥇for every bingo you get you're entitled to a treat 🏆for scoring all fields you're entitled to a big treat!

[nana-nouki-k]

9/365

Tired and sick af but having fun

[slickdungeonsblog]

2025 TTRPG Challenge!

Check out my TTRPG challenge for 2025! Get your own copy for free and play along this year!

Photo by Stephen Hardy on Pexels.com 2025 TTRPG Challenge! The 2025 TTRPG challenge is a little tricky. Even if you love tabletop role playing games, it’s not always possible to play a game with your friends. Scheduling is a nightmare. Not all of the activities here are playing TTRPGs. But everything is related to them. Just do your best and try to get as many checked off as you can. Get your…

[midnightedengaming]

Fight the Algorithm

In 2025, I want to challenge myself to change the way algorithms promote content to me across ALL my social media!

I won't engage with posts I dislike or disagree with. I will bock the person immediately

I will mentally note why I blocked someone: did they post an opinion I disagree with? Or do they simply make content I don't like?

I will counteract the post. For example, if someone posted a homophobic video, I will go to my favourite LGBTQ+ content creator's page and comment something encouraging! Or did I block someone for posting AI generated images? I will go comment on my favourite artist's recent post!

My main focus is to "block and move on". I may not always reach step 2 and 3 but I am going to try!

No more interacting with rage bait!

If you decide to join me in 2025, good luck to you!! This is something I really want to do for the sake of my mental health, but also to try and make the internet a more positive space for me again ♡

Thank you for reading!

[kcinpa]

This is kind of brilliant, and necessary.

A group of adult entertainment actors is about to spend $100,000 in the next 29 days running anti-Project 2025/anti-Trump ads on adult websites targeting their male audiences in seven battleground states: Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Georgia, Arizona, and Nevada.

Why?

Page 5 of the 920 page Project 2025 manifesto says of pornography:

It has no claim to First Amendment protection. ... Pornography should be outlawed. The people who produce and distribute it should be imprisoned. Educators and public librarians who purvey it should be classed as registered sex offenders. And telecommunications and technology firms that facilitate its spread should be shuttered.

Now whether or not you approve of the porn industry, it's clear that Project 2025 is talking about a much broader thing: whatever these right-wing zealots determine to be "pornographic." Note how teachers and librarians are mentioned specifically. Some bookbanners have called children's books pornographic simply for featuring a lgbtq character.

Closer to tumblr's heart, smutty fanfic and fanfic sites would certainly be swept up if Project 2025 ever came to pass.

So kudos to the adult film stars for stepping up and spreading the word.

[evgar]

this serve from mother hahn

really liked the sketch so i'm leaving it here too heheh

[fanfic-reading-challenge]

The 2025 Fanfic Reading Challenge

Welcome to another year of the Fanfic Reading Challenge (FRC)!

I won't bore you with the history of the challenge, this year, but I will welcome you to check out past posts that do explain some of it, as well as include a brief overview of what, exactly, this challenge is, though it does change year to year. (Essentially you read fics to complete goals and win bragging points and an artsy badge.)

This year is especially different, as I had the extreme pleasure of having @noxsoulmate as a partner in crime in keeping me hostage on track to completing this year's FRC. Another valued member of the mod team is @jandjsalmon and speaks for all of us if you need questions answered!

As for the challenge....

This is, indeed, a challenge. Of course.

First of all... you must obviously read fanfiction. As if you don't already!

You also need to download and make your own copy of the spreadsheet, which can be found here, as well as below in the important links section.

To participate in the challenge, you read fics that match the tasks in the challenge. An example of a task can be: "read a fic with a title containing the word purple in it." Should be easy! Of course, there are harder ones.

Which is why there are different modes of challenge to the FRC. These are as follows:

Participation (Complete 1 task)

Regular Mode (Complete 80 tasks)

Hard Mode (Complete 150 tasks)

Extreme Mode (Complete 220 tasks)

Complete (Complete 250 tasks)

The challenge lasts from January 1st, 2025, to December 31st, 2025.

There are badges that go with the modes completed, and even a secret 6th badge that will be fairly obvious if you look at the spreadsheet! Doesn't mean it'll be easy to complete though. *smirks* (Blame Noxy)

Most important of all: this challenge operates on the honour system. We don't check your work, or your reading logs (see below), so I mean, I guess if you want to be slippery with the rules, you do you, and that's on your conscience, but honestly it's so much fun to see how much you can get done by following the letter of the law/tasks! You can be slippery even with following the tasks fully. It's great fun. ;D

I think that's enough for an intro, really, maybe too much.

Important Links and Reading Logs/Trackers

As there is a component of the FRC that includes tracking numbers of words read, most of us use a reading log/tracker to keep count of how many fics we read, including data such as words, of course, chapters, month completed, ship, author, title, fandom, link to the fic, and such. It's a great place to mark what fics you want to read in the future as well!

This year we have FOUR trackers on offer, quite different from one another, so take a look, play around with them and check out their "intros", and choose according to what you think will work best for you!

Fic Tracking Sheets

Juulna's 2025 Reading Log

Noxy's 2025 Reading Log

2025 Jandy's Fic Tracker

Taru's Fic Tracker 2025

Discord

We have a blast on Discord. From general chatter to sharing pet pics to being there for each other during the tough times to forming lasting friendships and making friendships you’d never make in a ship- or fandom-specific Discord, to asking for help ‘rolling the dice’ (pick a number between 1-10!) to choose the next fic to read, to finding some of the really challenging task fills in fandoms people might not have ever read but are willing to try, or finding fandoms someone has never read and is very tentative about stepping out of their box, but they’re being 100% supported and know they don’t need to complete the fic for it to count for the task, stepping out of their comfort zone… we’ve formed a very odd group of, if not friends, then companions (but there are definite friendships that have formed!! Just ask the people who have started watching NHL and NFL together in our off topic channel!).

In any case, our Discord is not necessary, but it is a worthy and tactical element to completing many of the tasks of this challenge. 💙

And.... without further ado....!

The 2025 Fanfic Reading Challenge! (link)

There is an info/rules page as the first sheet on the spreadsheet that should fill in any further questions you have. It also has more contact info than just this page if you have any further questions and perhaps need a more immediate answer for your needs.

*Occasionally you will run into something that looks like an error, and it may in fact be one! Let us know if you see it. It's hard not to make a mistake on as large a spreadsheet as this.*

Please, first of all, have fun and just read fanfiction that you enjoy! I (Juulna) did that last year and didn't even come close to completing the entire challenge, and I still had a blast because I was enjoying what I was reading and rereading. Others took the challenge right to the completed end. Others forgot about it halfway through but still had fun, and some even went back and filled in the sheet for a really good showing! The challenge is what you make of it, what you want from it. So... just have fun. Read fic. Smile. Enjoy. :)

Second of all... well, we would love if you signal boost this post!!!!

Third of all, we do have our pinned post that includes a link to this page and that will include a link to our Discord and all our trackers as well, including past links for memento and informative purposes.

Thank you, and a blessed 2025 to all!

[captaindelafere]

Mike Faist as Art Donaldson CHALLENGERS (2024), dir. Luca Guadagnino

[squirrelicue]

Day 8

Ignore the fact that it's midnight