I am embarking on a month of celebrating daily success: every day I am going to note a success and I am going to share it publicly to help hold myself accountable.<\/p>
It doesn\u2019t matter to me how big or small a thing it is, from getting out of bed to finding five minute of peace to have a cup of tea, finishing a report or responding to a difficult email. It all counts.<\/p>
The kind of successes I want to celebrate and remind myself about are things that matter in my life day in, day out. I am not looking to mark achievement of the organisation I run or evaluate my performance. I have other places and processes for that. This is really about finding some balance in my own perspective.<\/p>
To start with, I am going to share a success from each of the past few days, back to the start of the month, and after that I\u2019ll post each day and share what happens.<\/p>https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/?p=3466<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nDid it work? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
I posted a list of anything that mattered to me, something I felt was important or achieved from the 1st until the 31st July. I posted nearly every day, mostly on Twitter and Instagram and I really appreciated comments from people who shared their own small successes with me (thank you!). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
What I shared falls into a couple of categories: work (7), personal wellbeing (8), work\/life balance (7), family (6). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Most helpful for me was to gain a sense of achieving what’s important to me on any given day, and reflecting on what that was. As I mentioned in my original post, one aim for this exercise was not to be too focused on formal achievement at work, and instead to take a more wholistic view of my days. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sharing a success each day felt quite cheerful, and often my daily calendar reminder prompted me to see my day in a different light. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I also found it fun to see what others were sharing or read the comments and DMs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n