Having a growth mindset is great. It’s awesome to strive to better yourself, to openly embrace the idea of growing and changing as a person.

However, it’s also so important to stop every now and again and appreciate your progress and determination. You deserve to feel proud of yourself in the moment, for who you are now.

Constantly feeling like you need to strive to be “better” without acknowledging the greatness you are and the progress you’ve made right now will eventually turn from a growth mindset to a “never good enough” mindset, which can be toxic and counterproductive.

Wherever you are right now, I’m very proud of you, and I hope you can be proud of yourself, too!