Do you pause to list and also celebrate your wins?

I started this practice during the summer of 2020 when I was studying to become a Functional Health Coach. As part of the year-long training, they gave us a super handy Weekly Planning Worksheet to use with clients, as well as for ourselves. I love organizing tools (no surprise there ☺️) and quickly got into the habit of filling it out every Sunday night or Monday morning.

It lists three categories:

1. Review - Is your vision still current? What are your values? What are your monthly or quarterly goals?

2. Wins - What did you accomplish and what might you like to celebrate? What actions got your closer to your goals and vision?

3. Focus - What are your priority tasks in the week ahead? And then block off time in your calendar for them, of course. (Nothing happens unless it's in my calendar. And I mean nothing! I even have reminders to eat lunch and dinner, otherwise I'll sometimes forget. 🙃)

I'm generally crap at the Focus part. I probably have ADHD, I work mostly from home with only my senior kitty holding me accountable for staying on task, and I have so many ideas all the time that it's a challenge to reel in my brain to do one thing at a time.

The Wins, however, are often a JOY to list each week. Sometimes "survived" is the only "win", especially since last November. 🙄 Other times, I feel amazed at what I've accomplished.

Today was thankfully the latter, and gave me a helpful insight into why I'm mentally drained. Last week I:

-put together a proposal for an online course

-received a powerful Alchemical Chinese Medicine and acupressure session

-hosted and led an incredibly fulfilling and joyful gathering for the Simplify Home Organizing team

-started physical therapy to regain strength after my second major abdominal surgery

-booked two new home organizing projects

-met with my new Marketing Assistant to update our website (I'm SO excited to launch it soon!)

-volunteered and spoke as Board President of the Gainesville Giving Garden at our epic Farm-to-Table Dinner on Saturday night.

Amidst all that, I'm also processing some emotional stuff in my personal life, attempting online dating (it’s wild out here, y’all), as well as trying to feed myself and work out consistently. 🤪

So yeah, I am TIRED. 😄

My point in sharing this is that, had I not taken the time to write all these things on my Weekly Planning Worksheet, I would have continued to feel baffled about why I'm having a hard time focusing today. Writing it all out, my immediate thought was "Well no wonder I'm mentally exhausted!" Now I can show myself a bit more compassion and grace, as well as figure out how to rest and resource in order to regain energy and capacity.

Do you list or reflect on your wins and accomplishments? If not, how might this practice support you?