Creative ways to celebrate accomplishments

Oct 22, 2012 10:42 AM by Elaina Verhoff

Posted in Health & Wellness / Self Improvement & Mental Health / Happiness & Friendship

Did you give an awesome presentation at work? Sign a new client? Chair a great book fair at the kids' school? Take some time to revel in the good feelings that come with that accomplishment. It's all too common to move on to the next task at hand and keep doing more and more without stopping to recognize what you've achieved. Celebrating your accomplishments can actually give you a boost of confidence and lead to even more success. So go ahead and live it up! Here are some ideas on creative ways to celebrate.

Give yourself a pat on the back and celebrate your accomplishments with one — or more — of these activities.

Go for a hike

Buy yourself a necklace on Etsy

Treat yourself to a mani/pedi

Download some new music

Enjoy an afternoon at a cafe with your favorite beverage and the newspaper

Buy the book One Good Deed a Day

Crank up the music and dance like crazy

Have a picnic dinner

Share the joy and compliment a stranger

Get your eyebrows waxed

Bake cookies and take them to a neighbor

Host a dinner party and raise a toast to yourself

Go out to lunch with a friend

Call your mom or dad and share the good news

Buy a new magazine

Snuggle up with a new book or a great movie

Go on a road trip

Take a cooking class

Swing as high as you can

Go to a concert

Get a haircut

Hit the thrift stores for some treasure hunting

Call or send a card to an old friend

Go out to dinner at a new restaurant

Get a massage

Take a road trip

Grab your mat and go to a yoga class

Take a personal day

Enjoy a hot cup of tea

Make something crafty, even if you're not crafty — check out this Pinterest page for ideas

Quick tip

Share your accomplishments on Facebook and do a little "virtual" celebrating with friends.

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Tags: celebrations self confidence self-esteem

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