Celebrate the journey: my personal reminder
I’m writing today from a mixed place of gratitude and frustration, to be honest. If you saw my email last week about celebrating ourselves before we achieve something, the importance of that has been reinforced for me big-time. If you didn’t see it, you can catch up here.
Last week I shared how I celebrated myself when I had followed through on all the work, but had yet to receive the certificate of completion. I’m so glad I did this because a) it's the kind of attitude I want to bring to my work ethic, and b) there was an administrative glitch administering the certificates and I might have to wait months before I actually get it.
Enough about me (+ my frustration with bureaucracy), and onto the gratitude. While it was frustrating not to get the external validation of achievement.. I’ve been grateful that I took the time to celebrate myself. By not waiting for someone else to give me permission to celebrate, and by acknowledging THE WORK I put into it (not the outcome), I’ve not felt any shame, disappointment or “not good enough” feelings.
This simple shift from valuing the achievement to valuing the work (or journey) makes the experience on the other side, so much better. I’m not making it mean anything about me. The certificate is stuck because of administrative issues, not because of how I showed up.
It’s not because I didn’t try hard enough, because I didn’t look a certain way, because I’m not good enough. It’s not because things are too good to be true…
I’m not making it mean something bad about me. That objective viewpoint is gold. If you are a perfectionist it’s probably a place you know makes sense, but also find it challenging to get to.
So I don’t have any shiny new insight to share with you this week- just the reminder that it’s so important to celebrate yourself for the work you put in!!
But sometimes we need the reminder 🙃
What can you celebrate yourself for right now? What are you working towards that you can recognize and give yourself more credit for?
It might feel new and uncomfortable, but detaching our self-worth from our achievements it’s such a powerful move towards overcoming perfectionism.
It’s a simple way we can stop perfectionism from ruling our lives. Just give it a try!
If you are feeling hesitant (or just know you won’t actually do it), I challenge you right now… send me a message and tell me what you can celebrate yourself for right now!!
It may be vulnerable but sometimes we need a little external motivation. So seriously, send it my way ❤️
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