Celebrate!

I have been thinking about celebrations recently. No, not the chocolate 😊. Now that i have thought about the chocolate pack called celebrations, i have been transported forward in time to Christmas-time and can imagine eating all that chocolate, and honestly, i don't know how i feel about eating all that chocolate 😝.

Ok, i need to stop and get back to what i meant to say.

Yes, as i was saying, celebrations and celebrating success. In the past 6 months, i have graciously experienced a series of successes. I have been successful in a major professional examination and i have also had personal successes.

I have thought about my own reaction to these successes. In the first 24 hours after being notified of these successes, i have been so humbled and grateful and happy (i am still very humbled and grateful for theses successes), but the happiness attached to them waned very easily. It became drowned in the daily and weekly needs/wants/plans/anxieties. I very easily started to think about my next 'to-do' and what i would need to do to achieve the next goals. And i wonder if i should have sat with these successes a bit more. And actually, not just sit with them, but do something i can label as celebration for these successes. Perhaps the reason i did not do this is that human insatiable nature, always thinking of the next thing. But it's not just the big achievements that are worth celebrating.

Affirmation: I deserve to be celebrated.

Celebrated, not necessarily by others but by myself. Yes, i think its a good idea to celebrate yourself as often as every month or even more often. I have been following some financial advise that talks about having funds allocated for 'guilt-free spending' and i have found that treating myself with my favourites - whether physical items or experiences, has helped reduce the extent of my burn-out. I feel like i am rewarded for working hard, by myself, in a way that makes it worth it.

So, whether it is a milestone birthday, or just surviving the past two weeks, be kind to yourself and celebrate in whatever way you are able to.

Cheers to more success and to more growth! 🥂