How to Recognize and Accept Yourself

When you're rewarding yourself for a success, judge the size of the success by how tempted you are or were to avoid doing the task that led to the success. It can be tempting in those circumstances to dismiss what you've just done - even if it took a lot of anguish and bravery to do it. If you want to flourish, meet yourself where you are in all your procrastinating, snooze button hitting, anxious glory. Why not take five minutes after this episode to brainstorm a few more strategies you can use to this end? I'd love to know what you come up with.