The joy of tiny wins
Measure your life in small triumphs.
How do you define your success?
For some, it’s that near-perfect score on an annual exam.
For some, it’s the corner office they’ve been chasing for half a decade.
For some, it’s reaching home on time.
For some, it’s perfecting their favourite recipe.
And for some, it’s simply waking up before the alarm rings.
Everyone carries a different yardstick. The real question is, how do we decide what to measure? What do we measure it against? And most importantly, who gets to define what is “successful” for us?
We spend so much of our lives working toward big goals— the promotion, the world trip, the dream house- that we forget to notice the quiet victories along the way. The tiny wins when we discover a new route home, or spot a bird we’ve never seen before, or eat on time for a whole week or when we finally fix that thing we’ve been ignoring for months.
These moments don’t show up on certificates, in bank balances, or LinkedIn posts. But they build a life. They tell us that success isn’t something we’re waiting for in the future. It’s already here, if we choose to name it and claim it.
We are inspired by 19-year-old Ananya Bagri, whose life lesson is “Success is a state of mind. You can only ever be successful if you define what that means for yourself.”
This week, let’s celebrate our tiny victories with this small activity.
Grab a piece of paper.
Write down one small success you experienced each day this week.
Something you learned
Something you completed
Something that made you feel proud
By the end of the week, read your list and bask in your own awesomeness!
Keeping the success jar full,
Team FUEL
What is a lesson that you learned from your tiny wins? Share it with us here!
At Agastya it is the Ha Aha and Ha Ha moments. Moments where the world reveals itself as if we are experiencing something for the first time. All of which happens at any moment in our days if we are awake, alert and open to experience the world with curiosity, creativity and a sense of confidence. Tiny wins also require a mindset of not comparing ourselves or assessing the impact of something but merely appreciating the world with open eyes. Like hearing the peacocks this morning followed by the coo coo birds and countless other birds who joined in as if it was a divine chorus. All of which made me feel like saying thank you to this world.