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Life is a road trip

Celebrate your progress and recognize the victories along your unique journey.

Donielle Duff-Rowell, Director of Alabama and US College Athlete Manager on Influential Women
Donielle Duff-Rowell
Director of Alabama and US College Athlete Manager
Sport USA
Life is a road trip

Pay Attention to Your Mile Markers!

Oftentimes, we go through life hoping things will happen, but in doing so, we miss opportunities to be thankful and often fail to recognize the positive things happening throughout the day. Instead, our focus becomes centered on the things that happened to us or around us.

What if you stopped for a moment, wrote down all the events that happened throughout your day, and made a commitment to celebrate everything you accomplished?

Is life hard? Sure, it is! But that doesn't mean we have to make a "rest stop" at the negative moments in our lives. Acknowledge what happened, learn from it, and then move forward. Or, create a plan to grow through what you've gone through.

Your Path in Life Is Unique to You

Stop allowing others to tell you what you should or need to do to reach the destination they have envisioned for you. The mile markers in your life are the moments that remind you how far you've come and the victories you've already achieved.

If you don't think you've won at any point in your life, stop right now and give yourself credit for being here in this moment instead of where you used to be. Every person is on a unique journey—a journey toward becoming the best version of themselves.

My advice to you is simple: be kind to yourself as you travel the path of discovering your best self. Celebrate the small wins, and never stop moving forward.

You will continue winning and shining as long as you keep going and never give up.

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