Celebrate Yourself, Stop Playing Small!

Celebrate Yourself, Stop Playing Small! You get this one life, this one time; don’t waste one second playing small.

All too often, we tend to put so many things before our own needs and as a result will articulate our needs as less than. Your needs, wants and time are just as important as anything else, treat them as such. DO NOT diminish your efforts. DO NOT play small because you are afraid of the reaction of others. DO NOT play small because you are afraid to fail. DO NOT play small because someone might be offended. DO NOT play small and diminish your life’s purpose.

Play it BIG; as BIG as you can. CELEBRATE, dance, jump, scream, be EXCITED. You work so hard in so many areas of life, allow them to be recognized and celebrated by the most important person, Y.O.U. Make it a big deal! You conquered one step forward in a journey, celebrate! You crushed a goal, dance around the house like you just won the lottery!! Allow yourself those happy feelings when you get after it.

How many times do you hear people say “just a little hobby I like to dabble in” or “I’m just trying this_______out for a little while to see what happens.” or “side hustle” or “it won’t work out anyways” ? Why are we minimizing any effort we put into anything? I mean, to keep it real, I do a little jig in my head when all laundry is clean, folded and put away…..crushed this week's laundry duty, wahoo! (Ok that is a small potatoes example, but keeps my positivity train going) It can be anything my friends, really. Our time is precious, do not allow anyone or any societal view make you feel like your quality time spent isn’t worth a celebration of some kind.

Now, mind you, we don’t do this for external recognition or acknowledgement. That, my friends is a whole other beast to conquer. We celebrate ourselves to recognize our accomplishment and love ourselves for whatever we just conquered. Do not count on the external acknowledgement or appreciation from others in these moments, you more often than not, will be left feeling disappointed that the reaction didn’t pair with your expectation, not a good mix. Example, don’t post on social that you accomplished something, and posting merely for the fact that you need someone to acknowledge and give you an “atta boy” pat on the back; do that sh** for yourself.

You are playing in your big game of life, make your moves for you. When you put you as a priority and celebrate you, everything else will also rise up and show up.

Make your s*** important, make it a priority, make it big, make it exactly what it should be; IMPORTANT to you. Other people will see and respect you for it (or not and disappear because you are exhibiting confidence in that moment and they just can’t handle that ish).

“Don’t be a pebble, be a boulder in the ripple effect of life.” - Rachel Hollis

Play big my friends, Koach K