{"id":2222,"date":"2023-04-26T15:04:52","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T19:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/how-people-are-getting-outside-for-the-23-in-23-challenge\/"},"modified":"2023-04-26T15:04:52","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T19:04:52","slug":"how-people-are-getting-outside-for-the-23-in-23-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/how-people-are-getting-outside-for-the-23-in-23-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"How People Are Getting Outside for the 23 in \u201923 Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/hop.clickbank.net\/?affiliate=infohatch&amp;vendor=J1R2C\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10614 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px.png\" alt=\"Profit Gen\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px.png 400w, https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px-300x163.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"135311\" class=\"elementor elementor-135311\">\n<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a6a4dcc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a6a4dcc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-44cb673\" data-id=\"44cb673\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc4ddaf elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dc4ddaf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>Nearing the end of April, <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Happier<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/2122.png\" alt=\"\u2122\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/><\/span><\/i> app users around the world participating\u00a0in the &#8220;Go Outside 23 in &#8217;23&#8221; Challenge have logged nearly <b>three million\u00a0minutes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> outside\u2026\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Getting sunlight to improve mood and sleep cycles<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Being in nature to encourage calm, creativity, and mindfulness<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Doing physical activity to support health and energy levels<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-135408 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/gretchenrubin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/GRM_Go_Outside_Infographic_Article_Participants_around_the_world-1024x517.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"404\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When we spend time outside, good things happen. Gold star to everyone who has gotten outside in 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Finding the tools that work<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When it comes to building habits, different tools and strategies work for different people, and <em>Happier<\/em>\u00a0app users are relying on a diverse set of tools to track their progress. The key is finding a tool that works for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">you.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-135410 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/gretchenrubin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/GRM_Go_Outside_Infographic_Article_Most_used_tools-1024x520.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"406\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A helpful starting point is to <a href=\"\/four-tendencies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">identify your Tendency<\/a>\u2014how you respond to inner and outer expectations. Looking at the Tendencies represented in the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Happier<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> app users offers some interesting insights:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-135409 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/gretchenrubin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/GRM_Go_Outside_Infographic_Article_Trends_by_Tendency-1024x431.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"337\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Obligers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, who readily meet outer expectations, often benefit from accountability when trying to meet inner expectations. More Obligers use the Accountability Partners tool than any other Tendency.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Questioners<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> have a more even spread across the different tools than the other Tendencies. Rather than selecting the tool recommended for them by the app, they&#8217;re weighing the options and selecting the tool that works best for them.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Upholders<\/b> are more likely to select the Don&#8217;t Break\u00a0the Chain tool than any other Tendency. This is the tool recommended for Upholders by the app because it sets clear expectations and gives you a satisfying check mark.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Rebels<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> resist all kinds of expectations\u2014they appreciate choices and spontaneity. More than half of Rebel app users have chosen the Photo Log to track their progress, a tool that allows for flexibility and creativity. They&#8217;re also the only Tendency for which Don&#8217;t Break the Chain was not the most popular tool.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When we find a tool or strategy that works for us, we can apply that self-knowledge to other aims and cultivate an atmosphere of growth that is a key to happiness.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<h2>Cultivating an Atmosphere of Growth<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To be happier, we need to think about feeling good, feeling bad, and feeling right, in an atmosphere of growth. This means pursuing aims that help us feel positive emotions, eliminate sources of negative emotions, enact our values, and find experiences of growth, learning, and teaching.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Often, building one habit boosts our feeling of self-control, and helps reinforce other foundational habits. For instance, going outside and getting sunlight and exercise helps people sleep\u2014and sleep helps people do everything better. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">More than 60% of those participating in the &#8220;Go Outside 23 in &#8217;23&#8221; Challenge are tracking multiple aims using the <em>Happier<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/2122.png\" alt=\"\u2122\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/><\/em> app, building habits that make them happier and healthier. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-135411 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/gretchenrubin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/GRM_Go_Outside_Infographic_Article_Tracking_multiple_aims-1024x261.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"204\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Want to see more? Download the full infographic <a href=\"https:\/\/gretchenrubin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/GRM_Go_Outside_Infographic_04.2023-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Join the Challenge<\/h2>\n<p>It&#8217;s not too late to join the &#8220;Go Outside 23 in &#8217;23&#8221; Challenge. Now is always the best time to begin, and every entry in the <em>Happier<\/em> app counts toward our goal to unlock a donation to One Tree Planted. <a href=\"https:\/\/thehappierapp.com\/outside-23-in-23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn more about the challenge<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/thehappierapp.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">download the <em>Happier<\/em> app<\/a> for free.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/gretchenrubin.com\/articles\/go-outside-challenge-progress\/\">How People Are Getting Outside for the 23 in &#8217;23 Challenge<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/gretchenrubin.com\">Gretchen Rubin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hop.clickbank.net\/?affiliate=infohatch&amp;vendor=J1R2C\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10614 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px.png\" alt=\"Profit Gen\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px.png 400w, https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px-300x163.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearing the end of April, Happier app users around the world participating\u00a0in the &#8220;Go Outside 23 in &#8217;23&#8221; Challenge have logged nearly three million\u00a0minutes outside\u2026\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-habits"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}