Just this evening, I finished a big project at work that I've been working on by myself for almost a year. It's not perfect and there are lots of places where I would want to improve / extend it, but it works! I'm really happy that I've been able to get it up and running.
What should I do to celebrate? Do you have any traditions / rituals you or your team do when you finish a project?
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Sleep for a week
A coma sounds great
I waste my money, I'll buy things I don't normally need or I'll buy a lot of junk food as long as I indulging myself it would feel very satisfying 🦄😊
Celebrations with teams is something super important. A common activity I have seen have been days out. I'm lucky to be at a place where after a big effort we can take a day to go to an escape room, or plan an outing or just get out of the office and reset as a team.
In my previous job we did something crazy for each big success.... Buy an 1:1 Ironman figure for the openspace, go to do bodyflying (super cool) in a city 400km away, rent a pirate boat to have a costumed party ...
Always celebrate with something over the top & exceptional. It seems like a bad idea, but one of the best motivators is that feeling.
By rewarding correctly you will deliver more with less need to 'drive yourself'.
Personal achievements, steak. More recently since I've been promoted a few times, this steak:
(photo from TripAdvisor)
Like, my boyfriend is going for his CCNA in 10 days, so we'll celebrate that with this steak. It's 45 ounces of awesome since he lets me order it medium rare (and not his medium well...).
My team at work tends to have a mandatory fun session, which ends up rarely being real fun. Like arcade and bowling and laser tag and happy hours with 1 drink.
Steaks are a rare medium well done! That looks like a beast of a steak.
Did you hear about the psychic with dwarfism who escaped from jail?
The headlines read "Small Medium at Large"
Oh wow, that looks like a challenge!
It helps that it's "for two" haha
Buy myself a nice bottle of Scotch. And take a nap.
More of an Irish whiskey person, but to each his own :)
I can't break that down but a lot of beer is involved.
I wake up.
Wait, that's pretty sad !
Dreaming in binary
Still looking for that big accomplishment 🐼
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