Celebrating The Small Victories

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Celebrate the small victories…damn straight! Not sure who else needs to hear that, I know I do.

The immense amount of pressure we place on ourselves, to strive towards these never-ending goals is insane. No… actually, these “goals” are what drives most of us insane.

We try to plan our lives, we make our lists, and we constantly create an internal demand to do more.

Not every moment is going to go as planned. Life itself will always find a way to get in the way. Just like when we finally feel we have gotten ahead, and our hot water heater or our car goes? Yup, we all have been there.

As we all recognize these detours, we also need to pay attention to what we did get done. Okay, that vacation fund was used for our car instead, but at least we were able to save the money in the first place…yay! Remember that every win is worth celebrating. Those victories can lead to our long-term growth and success. Progress, no matter how small, makes us feel worthy. That sense of worth then leads to even more progress, right?

We need to stop being so hard on ourselves. In a sense that is giving up. Who cares that some of us have been in sweatpants all week and gained 20 pounds since the pandemic started? At least we held down the fort, juggled working from home while parenting little screaming humans and did not drink that second bottle of wine…See small victories.

Do not feel defeated, each of these obstacles is another way to build our confidence when we overcome them and continue on our path. A path may not always go according to plan, but the unexpected things that come up will bring us beautiful lessons and help us appreciate our resilience and strengths even more.

So, here’s to all of our wins this week, no matter how big or how small. They will all be worth celebrating.