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Creative ways to celebrate accomplishments

Hooray! You did something fantastic. It’s time to celebrate you! Here are some fun and creative ideas to celebrate your accomplishments — big or small.

Did you give an awesome presentation at work? Sign a new client? Chair a great book fair at the kids’ school? Take some time to revel in the good feelings that come with that accomplishment. It’s all too common to move on to the next task at hand and keep doing more and more without stopping to recognize what you’ve achieved. Celebrating your accomplishments can actually give you a boost of confidence and lead to even more success. So go ahead and live it up! Here are some ideas on creative ways to celebrate.

Give yourself a pat on the back and celebrate your accomplishments with one — or more — of these activities.

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Go for a hike

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Buy yourself a necklace on Etsy

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Treat yourself to a mani/pedi

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Download some new music

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Enjoy an afternoon at a cafe with your favorite beverage and the newspaper

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Buy the book One Good Deed a Day

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Crank up the music and dance like crazy

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Have a picnic dinner

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Share the joy and compliment a stranger

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Get your eyebrows waxed

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Bake cookies and take them to a neighbor

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Host a dinner party and raise a toast to yourself

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Go out to lunch with a friend

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Call your mom or dad and share the good news

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Buy a new magazine

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Snuggle up with a new book or a great movie

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Go on a road trip

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Take a cooking class

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Swing as high as you can

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Go to a concert

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Get a haircut

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Hit the thrift stores for some treasure hunting

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Call or send a card to an old friend

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Go out to dinner at a new restaurant

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Get a massage

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Take a road trip

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Grab your mat and go to a yoga class

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Take a personal day

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Enjoy a hot cup of tea

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Make something crafty, even if you’re not crafty — check out this Pinterest page for ideas

Quick tip

Share your accomplishments on Facebook and do a little “virtual” celebrating with friends.

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