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Simple Tasks and a Sense of Accomplishment
Never underestimate the positivity simple tasks can create.
When it comes to goals and the things we are working to do for our lives, they tend to be large.
These are not necessarily just the uber-achievement, huge-money-making large. These are also the not-instantaneous, multiple steps required large. Like building a business, evolving a relationship, or writing and selling a novel.
When you’re pressing towards such a goal, it’s easy to get caught up in the work that goes into it. It’s also easy to feel like you’re just spinning your wheels. This can be particularly complicated, and even frustrating when the goal requires outside matters.
If you have started the food truck of your dreams, you can’t make customers magically appear to buy the food. If you have published a novel or completed a work of art, you can’t make anyone buy them. Marketing and advertising are important helpers — but don’t come with guarantees.
A sense of positivity helps to keep you focused, hopeful, and in sight of that long-term goal. Ultimately, the accomplishment of reaching that bigger goal is going to find and/or create tremendous positivity.
Yet throughout the process, you still need to feel a sense of accomplishment. That…
