In case you were feeling the suspense, I’m not unemployed. Nor am I going to be in the near future. My ultimatum paid off. I got exactly what I wanted, renewed self-respect included. I’m so proud of myself right now.
Tag Archives: Pride
That Feeling of Accomplishment
For whatever reason, I’ve become really easy to please lately. I’ve been getting little thrills from extremely small accomplishments.
I’m pretty happy about that, to be honest. It’s not that I think we should necessarily aim low in life, but I do think we should be able to be proud and happy about the little things we do, because really, it’s the little things that happen more often. We can’t be waiting around for big accomplishments to be happy. That could lead to years — even a lifetime — of disappointment. I mean, we can’t all be out there curing AIDS and solving the Arab-Israeli conflict all the time. Continue reading