Once you've made it...throw a Success Shindig!

Of course you should celebrate your wins, but why do it in the time-honored (and boooooring) ways? Throw yourself a theme party, invite all your friends, coworkers, family - whomever you think should share in the fun - and let the good times roll.  Ideas include:

Throw a rock-climbing party at the local indoor climbing wall to celebrate your successful "climb to the top"!

Host a "coming out" masquerade party.  Invitees wear their brightest and most beautiful outfits, but hide them under dull and drab wraps until the appointed hour, at which point everyone "comes out" to join you in your brighter, more beautiful life like a room full of butterflies metamorphosing.

Hold a gala awards dinner for yourself.  Finagle your funniest friend or family member into MC'ing by regaling the group with your accomplishments, and then "awarding" you with your prize (see Reach Your Goals - Give Yourself A Gold Star" for tips on motivational awards).  Have lots of good food, music, drinks and whatever makes it a party for you.  Wear a sash or nametag that announces your accomplishment so that everyone knows what you've achieved.

Successful ladies - go on a "Queen of the Universe" adventure.  Purchase an inexpensive costume tiara, gather up all your friends and have a girls' day out, complete with spa treatments, a movie, dinner - the works! Guys can adapt this by donning a custom printed hat or T-shirt and inviting the boys out for whatever spells fun for your group. 

Soni Pitts

Soni Pitts is a writer and personal life coach currently living in SE Missouri, US.

As a writer, Soni has two main goals. Her first goal is to use her innate copywriting abilities to rid the world of ambiguous, confusing and boring copy. Her second goal is to use her creative writing skills to make a living meeting cool people and doing cool things, then writing about it.

As a personal life coach, Soni works with people who have reached the point of epiphany (eg: "There's got to be more to life than this") rebuild sustainable lives and lifestyles that work for themselves and for the world around them.

She is also the Assistant Community Coach of the Social Capital and Networking Community of CoachVille, and volunteers on the board of her local Habitat for Humanity Affiliate.