I've been reading Big Time, the latest book from my very favorite "productivity expert," Laura Vanderkam. It's a great read, and one of her suggestions for savoring and expanding one's experience of time is to set long-term goals that feel rewarding, take minimal effort each day, and build toward something big and celebratory. As I read about this strategy and felt energized about goals I could set for 2027, it occurred to me that I was already doing this with my year-long habit tracker. Still, it hadn't paused to complete my explanation by describing the celebration step!
This year, I am taking time to log each time I engage in one of the fourteen habits I decided to focus on. These are activities that generally leave me feeling happy with my day, such as working out, yoga, and journaling. Each time I engage in one of these activities, I add a square of the corresponding color to my tracker.
But wait, there's more! Not only do I get to celebrate the habits I engage with each day with my special box of crayons, but I also decided to indulge in a special knitting project to celebrate this year. I'm making a Celebration Scarf!
I'm only a quarter of the way through, and it's already a fun, funky celebration of my year of great habits. Each habit has its own yarn associated with it, and I use my habit tracker to determine the color repeats - so the scarf pattern follows my habit patterns!
I was thinking of my Celebration Scarf as a continuation of the habit-tracking project, but with Laura Vanderkam's help, I'm reframing it: my scarf is a cumulative celebration of all the beautiful habits I am focusing on this year!
What's a big project or big goal that you're working on that deserves a little (or big) celebration? Would planning a celebration boost your motivation and commitment to that goal?
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