CE L E B R A T E
Y O U!
T
here are so many opportunities to
celebrate throughout the year, yet when
was the last time you really celebrated
YOU? Perhaps on your birthday, perhaps not. Sue
Lester, Australia’s leading expert in optimizing
unconscious blueprints, shares why celebrating
YOU is essential for your ongoing success.
To “celebrate” is “to praise, to express admiration
and approval for someone”, according to the
Collins Dictionary. Here are 5 opportunities to
celebrate yourself you’ll want to invest in, and
why.
1. Celebrate your birthday. Or your
birthweek! Do whatever makes your heart sing. If
big parties aren’t your thing, don’t be emotionally
blackmailed into having one. Celebrate your way.
If you don’t celebrate the anniversary of your own
arrival into this world, what does that say to the
world, and to yourself? Low self-esteem, regrets,
pessimism, misery and low self-worth? If you
don’t value yourself, and instead treat yourself
as a has-been, then that’s how others will treat
you too. You are blessed to be another year older,
millions will never have that privilege. It’s not
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too late to start creating the happy life your heart
desires. If you need help to shift your mindset to
see the possibilities then ask for help.
2. Celebrate your progress. Take time to
reflect on the past year, and all your wins, no
matter how small. Focussing on celebrating
your own progress (rather than comparing
yourself unfavourably to others) motivates you to
continue, and those small wins will grow in size.
Think of them as seeds you’re planting and caring
for, so you can harvest later.
If you struggle to find even a minuscule sign of
progress, then work out what you’ve learnt from
your struggles. Celebrate your new knowledge
and commitment to learning from it. Celebrate
your survival. “In a hurricane, standing still is
progress.” If self-sabotage is your brake, then
seek expert help to change those patterns.
3. Celebrate your identity. Who you are now
could be very different from who you used to be.
Specifically, how have you changed? In thought,
values, confidence, skill, tolerance or belief?
What do you love about yourself? Is it your quirky
humour, your nurturing nature, your adventurous