I’ve listening to a lot of Tim Ferris lately. His podcast is all over the board, and it turns out this is exactly what I needed. I tend to get so focused on a topic that it’s all I listen to, all I think about and as a result, I miss out on a lot of other ideas. Well, one of those ideas that I’ve heard a few times lately is that many people, myself included, don’t know how to celebrate their victories. It sounds so silly, but when I look at myself, every time I accomplish something I end up in a position of “what’s next?”.
I look back to college as a perfect example for me. All through high school, I had one solid aim in mind. Get myself into college so that I could get my engineering degree and get a job. Well, all the sudden I found myself graduating from college. I already had a job with an engineering company and ended up going into a sort of minor depression. It was so crazy to me… I finally had everything I’d been striving for for years. But the whole issue is that I didn’t know what was next? I didn’t know what I was supposed to do. I accomplished my goals then found myself in a position of being lost. I didn’t have anything to aim for. I no longer had that overwhelming drive to accomplish something.
Looking back, I realize that I didn’t know how to enjoy my success. And unfortunately, I haven’t gotten past this. Instead, I just kept adding new goals, new objectives, new impossible missions to make sure that I always had a goal to drive to. I have found a couple of things that mildly help.
- Write down all your accomplishments that you are, or should be, proud of and read it every couple of weeks.
It sounds a little egotistical, but by reminding myself of all the things I have done, it helps put things into perspective. It also reminds me that I have done a lot of things… I personally fall into the trap of looking at all of the things left to do. So forcing myself to look back and see all that I have done helps put things into perspective a little better.
- Make a jar of “Awesomeness”
I haven’t done this one yet, but it’s an idea I got from Tim Ferris. The idea is very similar to my list. It forces you to take a few minutes, add something new into the jar and force you to look at the jar and see all the things in there.
Remember, enjoy your accomplishments. No matter how big or how small, if you don’t stop and enjoy the moment, what’s the point?
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