50 Ways to Have 50 Little Wins This Month

Sometimes you just need a win. And as good as checking every box on ato-do list, cleaning your whole home, or throwing a successful party feels, accomplishments don’t need to be huge to be worth celebrating. In fact, research shows that counting the little wins in life helps you stay motivated to work toward the bigger ones. “When we think about progress, we often imagine how good it feels to achieve a long-term goal or experience a major breakthrough. These big wins are great — but they are relatively rare. The good news is that even small wins can boost inner work life tremendously,” reads oneHarvard Business Review article。

Not only does patting yourself on the back for making your bed or pausing on your walk to appreciate a cool rock build positive inertia, but it’s also just fun. Stopping to honor these little moments instead of breezing right past them helps your days feel full of good news. In theslightly altered words of Hugh Grant, “If you look for it, I’ve got a sneaky feeling you’ll find that little wins actually are all around.” Fromspring cleaningto self-care to keeping in touch with friends, here are 50 small moments to celebrate this month.

1。Get agood night’s sleep。
2。Wake up after your first (or second) alarm.
3。Make your bed.
4。Drink a big glass of water.
5。Take your vitamins.
6。Feel the sunshine on your face.

7。Complete yourskincare routine, whether it’s one step or 10.
8。Buy yourself some flowers。
9。Fix up your scratched cabinetswith a walnut.
10。Give your cabinets a quick and colorful makeover with somepeel-and-stick wallpaper。

11。Frame a piece of artyou’ve been meaning to hang.
12。Make a piece of art yourself, just for fun.
13。Add someart to your kitchen。
14。Text a long-distance frienda sweet message.

15。采用一种new houseplant。
16。Try a simple new recipe (like thisfrozen banana iced coffee).
17。Make a travel planto look forward to.
18。Collect some ofyour clutter into a “magic bag”to treat yourself later.

19。Make a springysimmer pot。
20。Try out a new service with afree trial。
21。Give yourcast iron skillet a good clean。
22。Fluff up yourbath towels。
23。Dust off your houseplantsin seconds.

24。Easilywrangle your tangle of cordswith a basket.
25。Join your local Buy Nothing groupand give away something you don’t use anymore.
26。Peruse your Buy Nothing groupfor some stylish (and free!) home decor.
27。Take a minty fresh shower byplacing a plant in your bathroom。
28。Look around your home and appreciate the features you usually overlook — whether that’s thewood paneling,boob lamp, ormirrored closet doors。
29。Stand in every square foot of your hometo fully appreciate the rent (or mortgage) you pay.

30。Do a batch of laundry, whether you use a laundry service or do it yourself.
31。Take a trip to your local dollar storeand uncover an inexpensive treasure.
32。Invite a friend or few over for a dinner party — and make it feel extra special with awell-designed invite。
33。Say hello to a neighbor (and bring over a homemade treat if you want)!
34。Go sit in a park, backyard, or patch of grass and read a book.
35。Open a high-yield savings accountto make more money off your money (and save up for something exciting).
36。Turn your meal prep into an episode of “Chopped” by doing a funno-spend pantry challenge。
37。Update your resumewith your current position to save yourself the trouble down the line.

38。Take a dance break, meditation break, orany kind of joy break。
39。Take a look at your subscriptionsto see if there’s anything you’re not using — and pocket some easy savings.
40。Makean adorable match clochewith a shot glass and keep it for yourself or gift it to a friend. (Or, try anotherbeginner-friendly DIYaround your home.)
41。Keep your eyes peeled for a cool rock on your next walk.
42。Support a local business(it feels so good when you do!).

43。Hold your pet up and take a walk around your home so they can see never-before-seen parts of their pad.
44。Pride yourself in opening the microwave door the second before the beep goes off.
45。Eke out the very last drop of a product, whether that’s face wash, concealer, or, miracle of all miracles, Chapstick.

46。Make a note in your phone of all thefood in your pantryso you don’t have to wonder what you have next time you’re at the grocery store.
47。Check Amazon prices before your next Target run to save some money with theirprice-matching policy。
48。Listen to a new-to-you album in full.
49。Reset your passwords— and make them secure this time.
50。Write even the smallest task on your to-do list to build momentum (i.e., “Make a to-do list” — check!)