Is your team up for a challenge?

Browse through challenge options below and share what your team is doing on the whiteboard!

Click on each challenge for instructions

Hydration Challenge

Drink 32oz of water during the workday
Drink an 8oz glass of water before lunch every day
Drink one glass of water per hour

Reading Challenge

Read the most books in a calendar year
Read in the evening before bed
Read 30 minutes a day

Gratitude Challenge

Write down one thing you are grateful for each day
Share with your team one thing you are grateful for
Tell someone each day why you appreciate them

Meditation Challenge

Sit in 10 minutes of silent, meditative time
Meditate for 30 minutes during your lunch break
Accumulate the longest meditation streak

MAD Hours Challenge

Volunteer once a month with your team
Volunteer once a month individually
Track who has the most volunteer hours used in one year

Sleep Challenge

Track your hours of sleep each night for a month
Create a list of ways to promote sleep and track how many you achieve each night

Steps Challenge

Walk a specified number of steps each day
Be the first to reach 10,000 steps in one week

Positivity Challenge

Pick one positive affirmation to write down and keep at your desk each day
Pick your favorite positive affirmation and make it your lock screen on your phone or computer for the week

Fitness Challenge

Dedicate 30 minutes of physical activity to your daily routine
Choose an exercise and rep count to complete daily
Participate in a new exercise or activity each week for one month

Put Your Phone Down Challenge

Convert a digital task to paper for the day
Unplug from work emails and work-related computer tasks over the weekend
Every 20 minutes of continuous screen time, stop and look 20 feet away for 20 seconds

Get Organized Challenge

Find an item to donate or discard once a day
Specify a number of items to organize each day for one month
Find one room in your home to organize a month

Acts of Kindness Challenge

Find an act of kindness to complete with your team on a weekly or monthly basis

Walk Your Dog Challenge

Find 10 minutes to walk your dog once a day
Walk your dog for your lunch break once a week
Track who has walked their dog the longest over the course of one month

Drink 32oz of water during the workday

  1. Fill a 32oz water bottle in the morning.
  2. Keep the bottle at your desk.
  3. Take a sip every 15-20 minutes.
  4. Finish the bottle by the end of the workday.
  5. See who can keep the streak the longest for one month.

Drink an 8oz glass of water before lunch every day

  1. Get an 8oz glass.
  2. Drink the water before your lunch break.
  3. See who can keep the streak the longest for one month.

Drink one glass of water per hour

  1. Set a reminder for every hour.
  2. Drink 8oz glass of water.
  3. Repeat until the end of the workday.
  4. See who can keep the streak the longest for one day/week/month.

Read the most books in a calendar year

  1. Choose a book to read.
  2. Track the number of books read.
  3. Share your progress with the team.
  4. Celebrate the most read books at the end of the year.

Read in the evening before bed

  1. Choose a book or article.
  2. Repeat every evening.
  3. See who can keep the streak the longest for one week/month.

Read 30 minutes a day

  1. Choose a reading material.
  2. Set a timer for 30 minutes.
  3. Repeat daily and see who can keep the streak the longest for one week/month.

Write down one thing you are grateful for each day

  1. Keep a journal or notebook.
  2. Write down one thing you are grateful for each day.
  3. Share with your team weekly.

Share with your team one thing you are grateful for

  1. Schedule a time to share with your team.
  2. Share the thing you are thankful for with your team.
  3. Repeat weekly for one month.

Tell someone each day why you appreciate them

  1. Identify a team member to appreciate.
  2. Tell them weekly why you are grateful for them.
  3. Repeat weekly for one month.

Sit in 10 minutes of silent, meditative time

  1. Find a quiet space.
  2. Set a timer for 10 minutes.
  3. Repeat daily for one week/month.

Meditate for 30 minutes during your lunch break

  1. Find a quiet, comfortable spot.
  2. Set a timer for 30 minutes.
  3. Repeat daily during lunch break for one week/month.

Accumulate the longest meditation streak

  1. Meditate daily.
  2. Track your streak in a journal or app.
  3. Share your progress with the team.
  4. Celebrate who has the longest streaks.

Volunteer once a month with your team

  1. Select a volunteer activity.
  2. Coordinate with your team.
  3. Schedule a date and time.
  4. Volunteer together.
  5. Repeat monthly.

Volunteer once a month individually

  1. Choose a volunteer opportunity.
  2. Schedule a time to volunteer.
  3. Repeat monthly.

Track who has the most volunteer hours used in one year

  1. Log your volunteer hours into Paycom.
  2. Compare hours with teammates.
  3. Repeat annually!

Track your hours of sleep each night for a month

  1. Use a sleep tracker or journal.
  2. Record your sleep hours each night.
  3. Compare with your team!

Create a list of ways to promote sleep and record the sleep promotion tools you use each night

  1. List sleep-promoting activities. 
  2. implement a sleep promotion tool nightly.
  3. Track which ones you complete.
  4. Review progress with your team monthly.

Walk a specified number of steps each day

  1. Set a daily step goal. 
  2. Use a fitness tracker. 
  3. Walk throughout the day to meet your goal. 
  4. Compare with your team daily/weekly.  

Be the first to reach 10,000 steps in one week

  1. Set a start date for the challenge.
  2. Track your steps daily.
  3. Share your progress with the team.
  4. Celebrate the first person to reach 10,000 steps!

Pick one positive affirmation to write down and keep at your desk each day

  1. Choose a positive affirmation.
  2. Write it on a sticky note.
  3. Repeat daily with new affirmations.

Pick your favorite positive affirmation and make it your lock screen on your phone or computer for the week

  1. Choose your favorite affirmation.
  2. Set it as your lock screen on your phone or computer.
  3. Keep it for the week.
  4. Change it weekly with new affirmations.

Dedicate 30 minutes of physical activity to your daily routine

  1. Choose a physical activity.
  2. Set a timer for 30 minutes.
  3. Engage in the activity.
  4. Track your progress.
  5. Repeat daily with your team.

Choose an exercise and rep count to complete daily

  1. Choose an exercise.
  2. Set a daily rep goal.
  3. Track your reps with your team.
  4. Repeat daily for one week/month.

Participate in a new exercise or activity each week for one month

  1. Choose a new exercise or activity.
  2. Schedule time to try it.
  3. Repeat weekly for one month.

Convert a digital task to paper for the day

  1. Identify a computer task.
  2. Find a paper alternative.
  3. Complete the task on paper.
  4. Repeat with different tasks.

Unplug from work emails and work-related computer tasks over the weekend

  1. Set an email auto-reply for the weekend.
  2. Avoid work-related tasks.
  3. Repeat every weekend.

Every 20 minutes of continuous screen time, stop and look 20 feet away for 20 seconds

  1. Set a timer for 20 minutes.
  2. When the timer goes off, look 20 feet away.
  3. Hold your gaze for 20 seconds.
  4. Repeat every 20 minutes.

Find an item to donate or discard once a day

  1. Identify an item to donate or discard.
  2. Repeat daily.
  3. Donate items once a week or month.

Specify a number of items to organize each day for one month

  1. Choose a number of items to organize.
  2. Set aside time daily.
  3. Repeat daily for one month.

Find one room in your home to organize a month

  1. Select a room to organize.
  2. Break down tasks for the room.
  3. Work on it throughout the month.
  4. Move to a new room next month.

Find an act of kindness to complete with your team on a weekly or monthly basis

  1. Brainstorm kindness acts with your team.
  2. Choose one act of kindness.
  3. Schedule time to complete it.
  4. Perform the act together.
  5. Reflect and repeat weekly or monthly.

Find 10 minutes to walk your dog once a day

  1. Set aside 10 minutes daily.
  2. Repeat daily for one week/month.

Walk your dog for your lunch break once a week

  1. Choose a lunch break day.
  2. Set aside 30-60 minutes.
  3. Take your dog for a walk.
  4. Repeat weekly for one month.

Track who has walked their dog the longest over the course of one month

  1. Record your daily walk time.
  2. Submit your walk times weekly.
  3. Compare with teammates.
  4. Celebrate the longest walker at month’s end!