2025 New Year, New You Challenge

How many times have you told yourself - this is it. THIS is the year. The year you finally unlock your potential. Create better habits. Think more clearly. Hit the gym. Live the life you’ve always imagined...

And yet...here we are, again. Waiting. Hoping. Making plans that don’t quite stick. Another year slips by, and as the song goes, there we are, same as it ever was.

It doesn’t have to be this way.

"How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself?" —Epictetus

This powerful question, asked by the great Stoic philosopher Epictetus, is as relevant now as it was 2,000 years ago. It was posed to people living through challenging times, people like you who knew they were capable of more—deserving of more—but struggled to take the first step.

You’re no different. You do deserve better. You are capable of better. And you know it. You’ve had the ideas. You’ve made the plans. But you haven’t acted.

So how about now? Now is the best time to start. Not Monday. Not 2026. Not when life feels easier or more convenient. If you wait for the perfect moment, it’ll never come.

Someone has to take control. That someone is you. 

But the question remains, how?

We created the New Year, New You Challenge to answer just that — to help you create a better life, a better you in 2025. 

The Daily Stoic New Year, New You Challenge is a set of 21 actionable challenges—presented one per day—built around the best, most timeless wisdom in Stoic philosophy. 

This year’s challenge is all new content designed to help you:

• Stop procrastinating
• Learn new skills
• Conquer insecurities
• Be more generous
• Appreciate the world around you
• Become the best version of yourself...

And that list is just the beginning.

These won’t be pie-in-the-sky, theoretical discussions but clear, immediate exercises and methods you can start right now. 

We’ll tell you exactly what to do, how to do it, and why it works — and we’ll give you strategies for maintaining this way of living for not just the next year, but for your whole life. 

What could this year be if you finally lived up to your potential? How would that compound in years to come?

Each day you will receive the day’s challenge along with a number of resources and commentary on how to best implement the challenge into your daily life. Each day participants also receive an audio companion from Ryan Holiday, bestselling author of The Obstacle Is The Way, Ego Is The Enemy, Daily Stoic, and more.  

As part of joining New Year, New You, you will have the option of joining the group’s dedicated 

Community platform, where you’ll be able to chat with other participants all over the world in real time. 

You'll also receive a printable 21 Day wall calendar with custom illustrations of each day's challenge. A visual representation of your progress. 

Throughout the challenge, you’ll join Ryan Holiday on 3 different occasions to discuss what was learned and how to stick with the habits over time.

As Epictetus said, you “should not be satisfied with mere learning, but add practice then training. For as time passes we forget what we learned and end up doing the opposite, and hold opinions the opposite of what we should.”  

You’ve always wanted to change. Make 2025 the year where you finally bring yourself closer to living your best life. 

What is getting rid of one bad habit worth? What would you give to add a new positive way of thinking or acting into your daily routine? And how great would it be to become a part of a dedicated community — part of a tribe — of people just like you, struggling, growing, and making that satisfying progress towards the kind of person they know they can be?

Well, here’s your chance.

PARTICIPANTS WILL RECEIVE:

• 21 Days of Challenges – You’ll receive 21 brand new actionable challenges sent daily (plus bonus challenges!)
• 3 LIVE Q&A Sessions with Ryan Holiday – During this challenge, you’ll get access to live Q&A sessions with the New Year, New You creator himself. 
• Access to a Private Community Platform – Gain access to our latest addition to The Daily Stoic, our very own community platform. Here, you’ll be able to access the daily challenges, write in an online journal, chat in discussion boards with other participants, and connect with like-minded philosophers all in one place. 
• Course Calendar – Printable 21-day calendar with brand new illustrations to track and visualize your progress

Since we first created the New Year, New You Challenge 7 years ago, over 20,000 people have bet on themselves. People from all walks of life - teachers, executives, stay at home moms, students, retirees, and everyone in between. We can all get a little better

You’ve always wanted to change. Make 2025 the year where you finally bring yourself closer to living your best life. 

Don’t wait to demand more of yourself. Don’t wait to change the course of your life. 

Start Now.