Tip 182) Celebrate the wins!

Yay... Whoop, whoop... Go Jo! 

Warning...soppy post alert. 

Today I am celebrating writing six months of my Tip a Day for 365 Days challenge. ​I've questioned my sanity on more than one occasion over the last six months and honestly thought I'd lost the plot a few times! What was I thinking?
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But I'm halfway there and it's been you lot that have kept me going. Your likes, messages, comments, words of gratitude and support really have made it all worthwhile. My passion is making a difference and that I get to do that on some small level with you lovely lot is one of the things that makes my heart sing.

So, I'm taking a moment to give myself a pat on the back. To relish the win with a cup of peppermint tea! To feel proud of myself. Because I rarely did that in the past.

I've always been a high achiever and, like many of you, I used to jump from win to win, always striving, always trying to be the best I can be and never stopping to appreciate what I'd achieved. ​I was always thinking of what I could do next. How I could do it better. 

For me, it took a good ol' bout of breast cancer, losing my mum and finding out my husband was having an affair - all in one year (I kid you not - I even wrote a book about it!), to make me learn how to slow down and celebrate the wins. 

So, the tip today is to celebrate your wins. Crack open a bottle of wine or a peppermint tea and think of what you have achieved over the last six months. Even better - write them down. They don't have to be massive wins, just celebrate your positive steps forward. A new client, a new marketing strategy, learning a new skill, landing a new contract, finally understanding WordPress (still not there on that one myself!).

Make a list and celebrate. Pat yourself on the back! 

Because you are awesome - I know that because you are reading this! 

Here's to the next six months...

Jo x