Take time to celebrate your wins - you deserve it

We are living in fast pacing time, that require to deal with constant change and adopt. It often feels as if we are always on the run, trying to define the next step, trying to prepare and find our next big achievement. What we completely forget in the process, is to be kind to us, to pause and specially to reflect on how far we have come. If we dot this, we will feel an immense form of gratitude and change our perspective to value the things we have achieved, rather than only looking out for the next big step. We should therefore spend more time looking at our achievements and celebrating our wins.

The society that we live in is built upon performance. We define ourselves by our achievements. Those can be our career, our income or how well our children are doing. It is all about functioning and performing at a high standard all the time in order to receive appreciation and define our place in society. At least that is what we think. If we keep on chasing the next big thing, the minute we finish another one, we feel anxious, stressed and it can even result in depressions and burn outs.

In contrast to the above, we should spend more time to appreciate our personal wins. To value things that we have achieved and that are going well in our lives. Those things can be very small, such as we gave someone directions to large achievements such as starting a new job or having children. No matter how large or small, what is important is that we take the time to reflect on our wins and celebrate them. The world around us will not do it for us, will not recognize and value those wins.

Celebrating our wins will have a direct effect on our mood, productivity and overall happiness. It will build up our confidence, while at the same time our resilience when things go wrong or not as planned. When we regularly reflect on our achievements, it will have another effect. It will make us feel grateful of achievements and especially people in our lives and we will feel humbler, while at the same time incredibly privileged to live the life we live.

Celebrating our wins however should not result in arrogance or the need of other to constantly tell us what great personalities we are. The celebration has to come from within us, as a conscious decision to take time, reflect and see the great achievements each and every one of us can contribute. It is a positive reflection of how far we have already come on our journey, before we go back into the madness around us to chase the next big thing.

It is very important we make that time, which can proof to be difficult, especially with rising expectations for ourselves. We are always on the look out for the next step, we are hunters, however, those steps will proof to be more successful for us with better outcomes, if we are grateful and humble of our achievements so far. It will also change the way other see us. We will seem at ease, authentic and confident, with the charisma of a person that knows they are good enough for the next step. Whatever it may be.

Therefore, take time to celebrate your wins – it will do you and those around you good in the future.