I find that when life gets complicated or stressful, I can get caught up in focusing on what I need to work on, where I need to grow, how I can prepare, what more I can be doing, and so on. I forget to celebrate the progress I have made, the new experiences I have had, and the challenges I have already faced. I can get so wrapped up in what’s not going well that I forget to acknowledge what is really going well - more specifically, what I am doing well.

There is always more we can be doing. But sometimes we just have to stop and smell the flowers. If we are constantly pushing ourselves to do more, be more, go further, we will never be satisfied; nothing will ever be enough.