How do you celebrate little wins now?

In the past I’ve always gotten myself a food treat, usually something very sugary, to celebrate my little wins in life.

I have ADHD and the habit served dual purposes:

By ritualising accomplishments with sweet treats I was lingering longer on my feelings of success. Folks with ADHD don’t get the same neurotransmitter hit from finishing tasks or accomplishing things that happens for most. As a result we tend not to recognise our successes, which takes a toll on self confidence and sense of self over time.

Simple carbs also boost dopamine levels, which ADHD brains lack, so a sweet treat was like a supplement to make up for what my brain wasn’t producing for itself. Win/Win!

I’m working on changing my long-term habits and am halfway to my goal weight now and I’ve just come up against my first significant little win. I returned to school to retrain recently and I just got my first assignment in on time even though I was offered an extension. Given my history getting the assignment done on time is significant enough, but getting it in on time without leaning on an extension is pretty big for me. And while I’m trying to hype myself up and linger on this feeling of accomplishment I can feel my attention slipping away to the dozens of other things on my To Do List. I know I haven’t properly cemented the pride I should feel in this accomplishment and I’m in danger of losing out on recognising what I’ve done and how it fits into the pattern of the disciplined person I’m working so hard to become.

So, how do you celebrate your wins now? What kind of little rituals can I create to help my accomplishments stand out in my mind?

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