Hi there! My name is Anna. I’m a flip flop-loving, hot yoga-doing, local eating, super stay-at-home mom. I love all things beach, laughing until my sides hurt, and thunder storms. I live in Charleston, South Carolina, with my husband, Jason, and two kids. Julia is 5 (2009), and Maxwell is 3 (2011). In my free time, you can find me with my camera in hand photographing any and everything I can, and when I’m not free, I’m playing tea parties or Wild Kratts with my kids, freelance designing and writing, or trying to convince myself that I love running.
In The Next 30 Days is a personal challenge blog established to help me make my life brighter, shinier, and happier while making a positive difference in myself and the world around me. I challenge my health, abilities, imagination, or bliss in a different way every 30 Days. Then, I blog, write, and photograph my adventures in an honest way to share with you here. I hope that my successes, failures, challenges, and openness will inspire you to make a difference in your life, world, and habits. I really believe in inspiration through community.
You might have seen me around. In The Next 30 Days has been featured in Skirt! Magazine and on Life Pulp, and Pure of Faith.
Are you curious about my past challenges? Then head right over here. Or you can suggest a challenge you’d like to see right here. And please feel free to play along with your own 30 Day challenges. I love to hear your stories so that we can support each other and learn together. Community does make even the biggest challenge feel more approachable and conquerable. Follow more of my 30Day adventures on Facebook, Twitter, Google +, Pinterest, and Instagram. Or you can subscribe via RSS or email. And you can always e-mail me directly at
InTheNext30Days@gmail.com.
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I’m also work as a freelance graphic designer, writer, and photographer. Learn more or get in touch by clicking over to AnnaHartman.com.
You have such a cute idea for your blog & it is just an adorable blog. Keeping my blog has helped me stay on top of my memory keeping/photography/scrapbooking, but not as much as I’d like to be! I love the idea of a new focus every month, I’m excited to see how it goes!!
Thanks, Linda. I’ve really enjoy the variety, but also the sense of accomplishment and improved world. Like I’m working in the right direction.
I LOVE this concept!!!
Thanks, Hatton!
Your blog is beautiful and inspirational! Nicely done, Anna. And you and your children look so happy and healthy. I am so happy for you!!
How sweet you are, Hope, both for visiting and for your kind words! 🙂
We are SO glad we found your blog as this is RIGHT up our alley! What a fantastic and creative way to make positive changes in your life. We can’t wait to follow along and be inspired by your 30 day challenges, and try some for ourselves as well!
Strive to Thrive,
Nic & Em
http://www.thriving-wives.com
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I’m glad you’re here too! And thanks so much for the kind words. I include a link up at the start of each new 30 Days! I’d love for you to join me in any kind of 30 Day project. 🙂
Anna, I love this idea! I happened to do a 30 day blogging challenge and a 30 day smoothie challenge and I found that I stuck to it, got so much done, and just loved it! I love challenges and I have a competitive nature, so I think it brings out the best in me. ANYWAY! I just think this is a FANTASTIC idea to base a blog around and I’m excited to poke around and find out more. 🙂
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As a Gretchen Rubin fan I am excited to discover your blog! What a clever idea …lofty and sane at the same time – Wonderful! My first thought is I can do anything for 30 days…but are there any ideas you just can’t bring yourself to consider? I guess my question is which challenges are on the no list?
Great question, Mary. I do feel restricted by the public nature of a blog. There are some things I don’t really want to share publicly, too much about my family or private life, for example. And sometimes I am restricted by my capabilities, like last summer when I took on a backyard makeover and needed my husband’s muscle to help me do some of what I had envisioned. But other than that, I’m very open to any challenge that would lead to my own personal growth and improvement, even if it just makes me happier. And I LOVE when people suggest challenges. Do you have any awesome ideas? Feel free to share right here http://inthenext30days.net/past-challenges/
Anna I am thrilled to have found your blog! I really admire and love your ideas.
I got off track recently(pun unintentional) with my husband’s heart attack, my upper respiratory infection and asthma, and my mother’s heart attack. I am joining your challenge for 30 days 10,000 steps. I can usually do that but getting motivated has been slow in coming. Will start today. Thanks again. lol I will be 4 days behind but ill make that up at the end.
Hi Anna,
I came across your blog a few
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Hi Anna,
I came across your blog a few weeks ago and I think your blog is so neat. I have recently become fascinated with the idea of 30 day challenges. My latest blog post was even on the subject 🙂 thank you for sharing your challenges and being an inspiration to many!!
Rebekah
http://thoughtfulpages.blogspot.com/
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Thanks for reading Rebekah! I’m such a fan of the 30 Day format because of its accessibility and simplicity. I want to hear about your next challenge!