Celebrate Yourself!

Celebrate Yourself!

Day-in Day-out we're exhausted.  We work extremely hard.  Often, we're hard on ourself because we feel like we should be farther ahead in this damn rat race.  And either at work or in school, when someone tells us to 'TAKE A BREAK', we even DON'T know what to do with that BREAK.  If you're manifesting any of these, I see and I hear you. You are working really hard trying to do WHAT you might feel is enough, BUT is really the job of 5five people. So, Celebrate Yourself!📗📙📘

The bigger question often asked of me is WHY CELEBRATE OURSELF?  As we live in a very fast-paced world, and we are taught from WHEN we're kids in school all the way until we retire to get as much stuff done as we possibly can.  WHEN we care more about the number of tasks done, it's easy to minimize WHAT does get done and our efforts.  That's WHY the conversation around burnout has become so loud📌📌📌

Unfortunately, WHEN we only think about WHAT's next, your goals, and the future, you may likely deplete yourself and WHEN you're depleted, trust me, you WON'T be at your best.  It's difficult to be productive, creative and thoughtful WHEN you're drained.  So WHAT's our FIX for this?  Celebrate Yourself!  And WHEN you Celebrate Yourself for the things you do get done, you'll likely have MORE energy, MORE motivation and with an increasing momentum allowing you to achieve your goals faster💎💎💎

Furthermore, WHEN we reward ourself, we'll be building our SELF-ACCOUNTABILITY muscle helping us follow through easier and in the end, procrastinate less.  And WHEN we pause and acknowledge ourself, our confidence and self-worth will grow, trust me.  The end-results?  Well feel fulfilled and contented.  One common [and widespread] misconception is that in order for us to celebrate and reward ourselves, we need to spend $$$$.  No sirrrrs. Problem is, people think of going to a spa, going out to a fancy dinner, going online shopping, OR even going to a store.  While there's nothing wrong with spending $$$$ on yourself, it's extremely important to make yourself more accessible💊💊💊

Short bullet points for our takeaway today:

• PAT YOURSELF ON THE BACK
• BE YOUR OWN CHEERLEADER
• VERBALIZE IT - tell yourself, 'GOOD JOB', etc
• SHARE WITH SOMEONE - even small successes
• FACE THE MIRROR - that's your 'ME Time'
• PASS IT FORWARD - Consider volunteering initiatives
• ALLOT 'LAZY' TIME - Consider guilt-free time, e.g. Netflix 

So, let's CELEBRATE OURSELVES❗❗❗