Celebration

What was the last thing you celebrated? Today I celebrated getting all my files back in order by awarding myself 15 minutes to sit in the sun and yesterday Ellie and celebrated the end of her cello exam with wonderful ice-cream - she was allowed to have a tripple scoop strawberry for the great sum of £1.80.

People have interesting views about celebration; some choose not to mark occasions at all. They view birthdays as not worth celebrating as they are getting older - their excuse not mine and other things as too commercial. Other people feel that celebrations cost money and yes they can but I hope I have demonstrated that they can be cheap or cost nothing at all.

If you think things are too commercialised, decide to celebrate other things instead - after all you can choose.

In our house we celebrate lots of things. Any excuse, we often say. Sometimes things cost money, like a nice bottle of wine as a result of winning a contract or lunch out, although where I love lunch out can be as reasonable as £5.00 and that's not breaking the bank especially as you are not going to do it every day.

You can celebrate and you should do to mark your achievements like getting a new job or walking for 5 miles and what about occasions like catching up with old friends, finishing a bit of work or the fact of a sunny day. Do it as you would like to, spend as much or as little as you want. Take 10 minutes now and think how many ways you can celebrate and for what reason. Have fun and then put it into action.