Yes! The truth is that by succeeding, even a little at a time, you will actually improve your health. If we really think about this, all the things we do are little successes. Isn’t arriving at work on-time a “little” success? How about remembering your best friend’s birthday, one day, each year? Those are examples of little, every-day successes. If we think of doing a “little” instead of taking on a “whole” task, we can take our time to get one of those little tasks or small chores done that keep “calling our name” and aggravating us every time we see it. Here are some tips to create little-by-little successes in your life.
Pick Something Small To Accomplish – Today
Identify the little thing that finds you and begs for your attention. It seems to call out to you but it’s really you who is drawing, even pulled to focus on it. This is the thing that you seem to want to ignore, but it never lets you ignore it. Your task shouldn’t be hard to find because it keeps popping it’s head up and finds you! “It” begs you to take care of it.
Make your schedule today and block out only the time you are willing to spend on one of those tasks; the earlier the better. Remember, even a little bit done is a little bit of success today.
If you have already accomplished a “calling your name project” today, then great! Remember to celebrate the success! Say out loud, “I did it!”
If you have more time, such as during the Coronavirus and you are at home, you can make a phone call to someone and brighten their day. The health benefits will do you both some good by boosting your endorphins. Endorphins are the brain chemicals that give you a feeling of happiness and well-being. When you feel happier, you want to do more. When you do more, you become more active. When you are more active, your body becomes healthier. By calling a friend, laughing with them and telling them you care, you actually help them and you help yourself to become healthier.
What Are The Health Benefits Of A “Little” Success
In an article written by, Family & Children’s Center, Celebrating Successes Brings Health Benefits, the writer states that people generally are, “more optimistic, take better care of themselves and tend to be less stressed. Celebrations (of little successes) increase people’s sense of well-being …” The writer goes on to say that a longer effect of a sense of well-being, “will also lead to a new way of thinking — a way that recharges your batteries, that boosts your morale and your confidence and that carries you through to your next celebration.”
What I Personally Accomplished And How I Celebrated It
My “calling my name,” task today was setting up a computer! I did not want to use much of my time, (it’s my daughter’s computer) but it’s the first thing I did today and I got it done. Fewww.
My Celebration Moment
Hooray for my little success!
I feel relieved and satisfied that it’s done.
I am smiling.
Now, I can go on to do more enjoyable things.
I feel happier because I accomplished one small thing today.
High-fives to you for your planned success today and for your better health to come in the future!
April, 2020, Lisa Ryan
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