We all have goals. Big ones, small ones...Even if your goal is to "make it through today." That is still a goal.
This post is here to inform you that you should CELEBRATE success that honor your goals.
Reward yourself when you have been working hard on your plan.
The reward should align WITH your plan. Meaning, the reward should move you TOWARDS, not away from your goal.
For example, If your goal is fitness: A good reward would be to buy new sneakers or hit up a class that you have been wanting to try. (A bad reward would be to eat an entire cake after a workout or order pizza straight from the gym.)
If your goal is to get a promotion: Celebrate finishing a big project. Go to a networking event. Take a class. Do something that moves you forward towards your promotion.
The reason that celebrating success is so important is that: one success leads to future success.
When you celebrate a success, you are recognizing and honoring that step in the overall journey to reach your goal. When you see that you are actually moving forward with your goals, things start to become easier.
You start losing weight. You get that promotion. You clean that bathroom that you have been putting off for a while...
Whatever your goal is, celebrate the steps that it takes to get you the desired end result. Remember: the celebration needs to be in line with your goal AND be a positive one. Celebration should never take you further away from your goal...that isn't celebration, that's called sabotage.
So go ahead, celebrate success. Even the small ones. It's all the small wins that lead up to the championship game in life. Celebrate those wins. You deserve it.
You owe it to yourself to celebrate you. When you honor your forward movement, it will propel you into successfully achieving your goals.
Miss Oakley
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