I’ve been a bit quiet recently on my blog and tweets and in life generally. The initial exhilaration of escaping full time employment has started to wane and building a business is a gradual process.
Yesterday I realised that in trying to come to terms with my current reality I have lost sight of my achievements and definitely forgotten to reward myself for them.
Earlier this week my friend Susie had asked me ‘What are you doing to reward yourself’ and my initial reaction was that I am not! It has slowly sunk in that I have stopped allowing myself to have fun again 
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Yesterday, at my son’s sports day a couple of the mums commented that I had seemed quite stressed over the past few days. In my strive for honesty I wasn’t going to tell them everything was fine, when I clearly didn’t feel fine, so we exchanged a few words and I found myself pinpointing my ‘problem’ to not recognising my achievements.
So today I have decided that I will start the process of recognising and rewarding myself for my achievements in two ways.
- Start an achievements wall/sticker chart – probably post-it notes on my bedroom wall
- Write a blog listing 10 guilt free rewards that I really value, which cost nothing but time
So here goes with number two…
