Take a moment
Someone had said something about humans never being satisfied, always wanting more over and over again, and that statement is the absolute truth.
Earlier today, someone at my hostel (my friend's greedy boss from the post I made yesterday) had gotten himself a new phone. And while we all were admiring the phone, I was taken back in time when things like this (having a good phone) used to be a luxury that I couldn't afford.
I remember one time while watching the reality TV show known as Keeping up with the Kardashians, I had admired one of the phones Kim had back then and I remember sitting in that living room all alone, daydreaming about the day I eventually would be able to afford a phone like that.
Then I remembered when I first started Hive, the phone I was using back then. If was a 2g network phone that would take forever just to load up any website back then. Back then, whenever I wanted to leave a comment on Hive (then steemit), the entire process would take more than ten minutes, from me loading the page, reading through the post, dropping a comment, clicking on send and then waiting for another three minutes for it to load up and send.
It was a struggle back then, but what's crazy is that now that I've gotten past that stage of my life and have used better phones during the years, I never for once stopped to really appreciate the growth, and this is because the moment I was done getting past that obstacle, I was focused on the next one, forgetting to at least celebrate this win.
It's sad because we're not where we used to be but yet we're ignoring all that because we're focused on where we want to be next.
Sometimes, we don't need new things to be happy, we just have to look at the things we have now, think back to when we didn't have those things but needed it badly, then maybe we would appreciate how far we've come. And it doesn't have to be something very important or significant, it can be something as little as you getting a bed for yourself when you used to sleep on the floor in the past, it could be you being able to afford three square meals when in the past you could barely afford one.
It could be anything, all that matters is that you're growing, and you're no longer where you started.
At the end, there's nothing wrong with focusing on the next goal, but every once in a while, it won't be a bad idea to give yourself a break and appreciate all you've accomplished so far.