You know how on TV when someone meets one of their goals it’s a really big deal.  They proudly walk through the door and announce that they have [insert achievement here] and then everyone gets all excited and confetti falls, champagne flows, and they get all dressed up fancy and go to dinner.

Has that ever happened to you?  It’s never happened to me.  The idea behind that scenario is that the accomplishment was a surprise.  Or that it was easy.  The great achiever was just going along with their day, and then BAM!, some great achievement hit them in the head and they went home a celebrated.

I’ve always wanted the big celebration.  The time when I can say “This is it!  As of this moment I have accomplished something.”  But it never seems work that way.  In real life, the steps from beginning to end of an accomplishment are very small and spread out.  By the time you finally reach your goal you have worked so hard for it that it’s more of a relief than a celebration.

Take school for example, I have in my head the day I graduate.  Surely graduating will be a celebration right?  But by the time you have sat through every lecture, written every paper, taken every test, and paid every dollar you just want your dang degree already.  Plus, then it means you have to get a job and start working on a whole new set of achievements.

I’ve come to realize that waiting for the big celebration is flawed thinking.  I can see now that you must celebrate your small accomplishments along the way.  You will have very few times in your life when the confetti will fall from the sky.  But that doesn’t mean that accomplishments don’t come.  They just come in smaller packages.

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