Don't Forget The Good Stuff

Don’t forget the good stuff.

Stop and notice it. I think it’s good for the soul, never mind the body and the mind.

This week, my family and I were thrilled to attend one of our kids’ prize-giving ceremonies at school. It was wonderful to see all these children being awarded prizes for everything from academic prowess, to sport to art, drama and music.

When you are grown up, you don’t have schools noticing your work and rewarding you so much and we don’t have academic years where we take stock.

So you have to do it yourself!

​If you don’t, I think you forget the good stuff easily and it passes you by with the briefest of fanfares.

So this year, at this time, I invite you to stop and take stock of what you are celebrating so far.

• What’s gone well?

• What have you faced, tackled and survived?

• What have you learned?

• How have you grown? It doesn’t matter how big or small.

There’s a very famous book called ‘Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff and it’s all Small Stuff’ and in the spirit of that, I say...

‘Don’t dismiss the small wins, because they are all wins!’

This is particularly good for you if you:

• Dismiss compliments and bat them away like you’re not worthy

• Say ‘yes but…’ if you’ve achieved something but come up with lots of reasons why it wasn’t really your achievement

• Do something really well but look at all the flaws rather than the good stuff and focus on the negative.

So let’s get to it. Stop, think and don’t forget the good stuff.

Let me know what you come up with. Remember - Be Fearlessly You and acknowledge your achievements!

Tracy