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22 ACHIEVEMENTS TO CELEBRATE

When you understand success as a state of mind, not just an outcome, any moment can be a victory.

How many of these achievements can you call successes in your life? Keep track of what these achievements mean to you in your Oprah.com journal.
  1. Staying focused
  2. Being optimistic, no matter what
  3. Raising confident kids
  4. Earning more than you ever dreamed
  5. Hanging in, regardless
  6. Passing on what you know
  7. Running for office
  8. Finding work you love
  9. Telling the truth, always
  10. Paying off debts
  11. Finding the good in being fired
  12. Winning a tough case
  13. Celebrating a milestone birthday
  14. Exceeding your parents' expectations
  15. Building a house with a Habitat for Humanity team
  16. Bouncing back after a failure
  17. Delivering a healthy baby
  18. Mastering the impossible—Mt. Everest, golf, the fuse box
  19. Losing the last ten pounds
  20. Meditating every morning
  21. Accepting your looks hair and all
  22. Learning to forgive your worst enemy
Message Board What achievements would you add to this list?

From the September 2001 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine. Subscribe now!