I’ve found that no matter how big or small an achievement is, if I don’t celebrate it I don’t really find much meaning in it beyond “I have completed the thing and I am proud of myself for doing so”

Its like commemorating the achievements is where the happiness kicks in because you’re taking a moment to make it all about your success. To revel in it, to allow yourself to step back, to look at the forest instead of the trees…to understand where it fits in the series of goals that define the meaning of happiness in your life.