Goji - those aren't small things.

And even if they WERE - so what? No one said big goals. It's the small goals, and the small things that we're proud of, that add up over time. Big goals usually take a long time to work towards, and the really HUGE accomplishments? Well, those just don't happen frequently.

But there's usually loads of little goals that we work towards, and tons of small things that we're proud of and just don't consider.

For example:

The other day some friends and I went to a cafe with a lot of board games. A goal for me was to ACTUALLY try to win at a game (I typically try to lose when I am with competitive people), and to NOT freak out over playing a game I hadn't played before (I have a hard time learning new things in front of people because I flip out over making mistakes).

And guess what? I met that goal.

And I won the game! I was quite proud of it.

Those sorts of things can easily count when we're making lists like this. It does not have to be big things, it's just a list of things we have been proud of and goals we want to work towards because they help give us focus and they help to remind us that we're better people than we think we are!