How To Reward Yourself | 30 Ideas to Reward Yourself
When you have taken a positive step to self-improvement, or when you have accomplished a goal or a milestone towards a long term goal, you deserve to feel proud of yourself, celebrate and give yourself a treat or reward.
It is always a challenge in making life-changing decisions as it requires you to step out of your comfort zone. One such important decision is a change in lifestyle and making it healthier. This requires a lot of discipline, perseverance and persistence in altering your diet, exercise at the gym, quitting smoking, reduce alcoholic intake, and so on. Yet, such a decision has strong impact on your life in a positive way, especially in the long run. Is making such a decision and meeting the goal impossible? It will be difficult, but it is not impossible. Many people have done it. Among the people who have made it, some experience a relapse. Relapse can be avoided by rewarding yourself every time you accomplish a milestone towards a desired healthy lifestyle change.
If you are on a weight-loss program, when you have met mini-goal, reward yourself. That will make your weight-loss journey more pleasant. If you don't celebrate and reward yourself for small success, you will feel your long-term weight-loss goal seems so far away. You may feel despair or be tempted to give up. Having little stops to celebrate along the way makes that journey less difficult and your goal more likely to accomplish.
Below are my “personal goodies basket” which I use to reward myself occasionally for my hard work, discipline and perseverance for achieving my target or goal in life. You can create your own personal goodies basket to motivate yourself too.
Here is how : Make a list of things you enjoy. For each little success, reward yourself with choices from your basket. Each person’s satisfaction varies. Consider what would really please you. For a change, put yourself first. INDULGE. SPOIL YOURSELF. You have conquered yourself. You deserve it.
Affordable or Free Rewards
1) Indulge myself in watching my favourite movie or drama series
2) Buy a book from my favourite author online and indulge in reading
3) Spend an hour working in my flower and vegetables garden
4) Relax in bubble bath in my own sweet time
5) Take time to write a letter
6) Spend an afternoon at my favourite museum or gallery
7) Take a walk through a nice park
8) Cook something nice in the kitchen
9) Light some candles and listen to some really nice music
10) Savor a celebratory glass of wine with nice dinner
11) Take a nap
12) Take a day off from any goaled activities
13) Get myself a nice haircut
14) Invite my good friends to a small gathering at my house
Moderately Expensive Rewards
15) Go for a short vacation by the sea or above the mountain
16) Get a massage, manicure, pedicure or facial
17) Have lunch at my favourite restaurant with my loved ones
18) Have my favourite coffee with dessert or ice-cream at a cozy Cafe
19) Go shopping and buy something really nice or special for myself
20) Attend a live concert of your favourite singers
21) Watch an orchestra performance
22) Splurge on a bottle of expensive wine Champagne with my loved one
Luxurious Rewards
23) Go for Spa Treatment
24) Buy and wear something really nice for an expensive dinner
25) Make a long distance call to my good old friend
26) Buy myself a nice jewellery
27) Buy myself an elegant and beautiful evening gown
28) Devote the entire day to a shopping spree
29) Go for a cruise to nowhere
30) Sign up for an expensive holiday package staying in a luxurious hotel by the lake or sea
Keep it short and sweet. After that, go back and continue your marathon run towards your goal immediately.
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Comments
I like this idea, to reward myself when accomplished something. Great lists and good that you offer different activities depending on economic status:)
I think rewarding oneself with a slight bit of luxury is quite important in the busy lives nowadays
I keep my rewards for Saturday night... sometimes music.. sometimes drinks... books.. friend.. but the best for me is
sleeping on my cozy bed till late Sunday morning
well written. Thumbs up.
thanks for the reminders, i kinda missed time with myself lately.
Thanks for reminding me to reward myself sometimes. I like the way you reward yourself. The best thing for me is to go to a spa. Thanks for SHARING.
Well written Hub. These are some great ideas to rewarding yourself. I reward myself by taking a bath and writing in my journal.
You are really good at connecting the dots. And I am having a great time trying out some of your ideas above. Terima Kasih.
Unfortunately I tend to reward myself with a large slice of cake, so I need to start using some of your strategies Ingenira
Great hub :)
I think the best way to reward myself for accomplishing a goal is a vacation. A total spa treatment will be great too. Sometimes we are so busy with life that we forget we need to be rewarded. Thanks for this reminder. You have shared so many wonderful ideas in this hub, some I have yet to try.
I like these ideas Ingenira. Thanks for the reminder to "take care of me". Vote up and Beautiful!
Very nice ideas! Rated awesome :)
Very nice information and I love diamonds...they are forever. Thanks for the splurging tips.
I think it is so important to reward ourselves when we're working at making positive changes in our lives. I think its' easy to forget this and it does make the journey more fun. thx
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