Sometimes, we’re so focused on not spilling the metaphorical milk (or wine) that we forget to celebrate the accomplishments we once spent hours manifesting to happen. Thanks to ‘hustle culture’, we’re all a little guilty of overlooking our current successes in order to chase the next one.
However, there’s a lot to be said about taking a moment to celebrate the little things. Psychologists often talk about how little moments, little victories, and little gestures tally up to the big stuff — and how revelling in these moments is important for our personal growth and a positive mindset.
As Amy B. Scher, an expert in mind-body healing and author, previously told R29, let yourself have the luxury of changing your goals as your priorities naturally change.
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So how do we know what’s worth celebrating? A good rule of thumb is to look at it like this — if someone else had come to you and shared this small success, would you celebrate it with them?
If the answer is yes, then why wouldn’t you celebrate it if you achieved it?!
Celebrating doesn’t always have to mean champagne dinners with friends (though, if you wanna celebrate with a cheeky vino or two, I won’t stop you). You can celebrate however you like; take yourself out to breakfast, purchase that item that’s been in your shopping cart forever, take time out of your busy schedule to read that book that’s been collecting dust. Whatever feels good.
Here are just a few of the little victories the Refinery29 Australia team recommend celebrating regularly to reinforce a positive mindset.
- Ticking off everything on your to-do list
- Successfully cooking a dish you’ve never made before
- Making your bed in the morning
- Prepping your lunch so you don’t have to buy it
- Finding a great song (usually a banger) that you play on repeat until you’re sick of it
- Getting outside for a walk, even if it’s just to buy a hot chocolate/coffee
- Getting in some kind of sweat before starting work
- Shouting people coffee
- Sharing a song/article/show with someone and they like it
- Cleaning your room and finishing it off by lighting a candle or incense
- Sorting out your wardrobe
- Finishing food in the fridge/pantry
- Finishing a book
- Folding and hanging up your clothes (not letting them live forever on the chair)
- Feeling like you’ve done work that you’re proud of
- Hitting 10K steps
- Having a good round on Valorant (IYKYK)
- When you get the perfect flick on your eyeliner
- When you wake up and your hair is cooperating
- Changing your bed sheets
- Replying to people's messages
- Backing yourself even when the doubt creeps in
- Remembering to water your house plants BEFORE they have a near-death experience
- Doing a weekly grocery shop instead of a monthly one
- Finding a good parking spot when you’re in a rush
- Wearing an all-white outfit without spilling something on it
- When the outfit you have pictured in your head looks just as good IRL
- When you run for the bus/train and actually make it
- Being the person your friends and family can rely on to talk to about anything.
Let’s give our melancholy minds a bit of a break and start celebrating the small stuff.
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