Four fifths of Hungarians consider it important to celebrate everyday successes, yet we don’t take the time to do so

What is considered success varies from individual to individual, for example, a good grade in a difficult subject, obtaining a driver’s license, a promotion, or even successfully completing a task or completing the daily set distance can be counted as success. The latest representative survey by PICK[1] shows that four-fifths of the Hungarian population considers it important to celebrate small successes, the largest proportion of which is considered very important by those aged 40-59 (42 percent). At the same time, in practice, only 11 percent can be said to do this regularly, while more than half of the respondents (53 percent) do not spend time on it at all or typically do not. The lack of celebration of small successes affects the population aged 60 and over the most, 25 percent of them said that it is not at all typical for them to spend time on this.

Unsurprisingly, the research also revealed that we prefer to celebrate our successes with family and friends, together with food and drink (48% percent), and many (38%) also answered that with me time, e.g. reading, relaxing, watching movies. Within this, it is most characteristic of the younger 18-39 age group (50 percent) that they primarily celebrate with me time. 35 percent of them answered that they surprise themselves with something delicious, for example cooking something special. Looking at the representative sample, one-fifth of all respondents buy themselves a gift that they would otherwise not necessarily spend on, 9 percent said that they celebrate with fun, while 6 percent participate in some kind of experience (e.g. travel or try a new sport). It is typical for only 5 percent of the population to pamper themselves with some kind of service (e.g. hairdresser, masseur).