Celebrate the Small Things WHY EVERY WIN MATTERS
Practical Ways to Celebrate Small Wins Incorporating small celebrations into your daily routine doesn’t have to be complicated, so here are three strategies to help you get started. • Track your achievements in a progress journal. Seeing progress in writing can be very rewarding and provide much-needed motivation when things get difficult. • Share your win with friends and family. When you celebrate your achievements with others, you strengthen personal connections and add positivity to the experience. • Reward yourself. Even simple rewards reinforce the habit of recognizing progress and help make the journey more enjoyable. Achieving small goals is always worth celebrating. Acknowledging every step forward, no matter how seemingly insignificant, helps you stay motivated and confident while improving your overall mental well-being.
Working toward big goals is a rewarding and exciting process, but it can also feel overwhelming. It’s easy to get bogged down thinking about how far you still have to go, but you can use a simple strategy to maintain your momentum: Focus on small achievements. The Science of Small Wins While seemingly insignificant, celebrating small wins has psychological benefits that can carry over into every aspect of your life. When you celebrate small achievements, your brain releases dopamine, the “feel good” chemical that lifts your mood and motivates you to keep going. This positive reinforcement generates momentum, making it much easier to tackle the next step.
Acknowledging small wins also has a measurable impact on mental health. It reduces stress, improves resilience, and helps build a growth mindset. Focusing on your accomplishments allows you to alter your perspective, and you learn to see challenges as opportunities for growth.
NO WILL, NO WAY Don’t Let Nevada’s Intestate Laws Be the Boss of Your Legacy
When you take the time to create a will or trust, you are making the choice of who receives your assets and under what terms. But what happens if you don’t have any sort of estate plan in place when you pass? Your assets will be subject to Nevada’s intestate succession laws. This is called an “intestate estate” — meaning there is no valid will. Assets that go through the probate process are those solely in the decedent’s name without a beneficiary designation. Trust assets are governed by the trust, and assets with a valid beneficiary designation will go to the named beneficiary or beneficiaries. Other assets go
through probate if they are over the threshold amount. Without a valid will, the intestate succession laws state who gets what. Things become more complicated when you have children or living parents. If you have one child, they will inherit 50% of your separate property while your spouse receives the rest. If you have multiple children, they will equally share two-thirds of your separate property while your spouse gets the rest. If your parents are still alive, they’ll inherit 50% of your separate property if you don’t have any kids. The order of inheritance for unmarried individuals is children, parents,
siblings and their descendants, and other more distant relatives. Sometimes, people are motivated to get their estate plan in place when they would be very unhappy with an intestate distribution. Take the time to be thoughtful about your estate and put together a solid plan.
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