Apple Celebrating 'Mindful Month' With October 10 Apple Watch Activity Challenge

Apple will hold a new "Mindful Month" Apple Watch Activity Challenge that is set to take place on October 10. It is meant to bring awareness to caring for mental health.

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Let's bring awareness to all the ways we can take care of our mental health. On October 10, record 10 mindful minutes with any app that adds to Health to get this award.

Like all Activity Challenges, the Mindful Month event will come with animated stickers that can be used in the Messages app.

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Mindful Month appears to be a new addition to the Apple Watch Activity Challenge lineup. Apple's last Activity Challenge took place in August for National Park Day.

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CarAnalogy Avatar
26 weeks ago
I better set a reminder to do this. If I don't get those cool stickers, my mental health is going to suffer.
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
BigBrotherNowWatching Avatar
26 weeks ago
my advice for mental health:

skip the news, fast food and social media.

who needs an app for that?
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
B4U Avatar
26 weeks ago
10 minutes!?
I would not need to be mindful if I had that 10 minutes to spare! [/sarcasm]
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Razorpit Avatar
25 weeks ago

I’ve started putting these special challenges on my calendar. It’s the only way I can remember them.
Yup same here.

It's really stupid how Apple notifies you a week(s) ahead of time then forgets about it themselves on zero day.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Momof2.1107 Avatar
25 weeks ago
I’ve started putting these special challenges on my calendar. It’s the only way I can remember them.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
darngooddesign Avatar
26 weeks ago

my advice for mental health:

skip the news, fast food and social media.

who needs an app for that?
You might want an appetizer if you skip fast food.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)