Did you know celebration solidifies accomplishment? Celebration separates the mundane from the worthwhile AND it’s the easiest thing to skip over.
Celebration is key, otherwise we end up going through the motions of our life, and forgetting to enjoy it. Celebration connects us to our feelings. Celebration raises our vibration allowing a renewed energy–this is what we need to bring to our next level AND most importantly, it’s what we need to re-wire our brains to do goals differently.
We all know people who don’t believe that they, themselves are worth celebrating… the people who go through the WHOLE day at work never mentioning to a single person that it’s their BIRTHDAY. Kind of an important day–technically the one day of the year to all-out celebrate yourself. While this might seem like a silly example, let’s look at the psychological stuff going on behind-the-scenes…
Here’s how it works: Celebration sends a signal to the brain to exhale, to take ourselves off high-alert fight-or-flight mode and into the peace that resides in achievement… it’s the difference between climbing uphill for hours and exhaling at the apex. Celebration is the apex. Celebrating ourselves sends an important message of self-worth to our mind and to our soul–that we are worthy, deserving, and worthwhile.
This celebrating reinforces our neural pathways, and trains them that achievement is normal and attainable. The benefits from this neurological fortification are courage, confidence, and willingness.
Think about it–there’s a major difference in how you approach a task with your mindset in the space of, “I got this, there’s nothing I can’t do, victory will be mine” VS “I’m going to screw this up, there’s no way this is going to work, failure is just around the corner.”
Which way would you rather be programmed? This was a game-changer for me, I’ve always been built as the type of person who blows through tasks but often at the cost of myself:
late nights…
loss of sleep…
missing parties…
doing “just one more hour then I promise I’ll be done” when it came to work…
Celebration turned this around for me–training myself with small rewards, whether a dance party or a walk away from my desk… knowing that I was going to play during my break instead of just launching into what was next brought me a renewed energy to whatever I was up to.
Here’s how I did it… When my first book was nearing completion, I planned a fancy dinner out. I bought a killer dress, the kind where you practically just want to throw a party so you can wear it (for the guys reading this one, replace dress with whatever checks your boxes), anyway, I looked at this dress in the closet for weeks and knew what I had to do–I had to throw a book launch party to really celebrate writing my first book. Complete with a private sushi chef, oceanfront event space, and selling out of our first run of books, I look back on that moment saying, “Hell YES, this is how I always want to feel, and deserve to feel too.”
Just answer these questions…
Once I achieve my goal, I will feel ______________.
I will celebrate achieving my goal by ______________.
I want this particular celebration because ______________.
