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[adiva_calandia]

In spite of my morning of "UGH UGH UGH DON'T MAKE ME LEAVE THE HOUSE," I had a pretty fine time at work, and as I was leaving I remembered what one of my mentors told me: that you have to celebrate even the little victories. Ice cream cake moments, I think she called them. She was talking about things like getting a meeting with an agent, or interest in a story -- stuff that wouldn't necessarily pan out to a ~big success~ but stuff that counts as a victory all the same -- and how the first time she got one of those victories, her husband bought them an ice cream cake. And that, she says, is necessary to keep you going, especially in the arts. If you deny yourself rewards because a victory wasn't big enough, then you'll burn out.

So maybe my only victory today was working without panicking about anything, but you know what? Still a success, and still worth treating myself to brie and apples for a late lunch.