Gratitude makes success feel richer because the starting point remains visible.

When the starting point disappears from view, achievement stops registering, because there is nothing to measure it against. Gratitude keeps the earlier version of your situation visible, which is what allows a result to actually feel like something rather than becoming the new normal on arrival.

Before you reach the next thing, write down where you are now in enough detail that you will recognize it later. That record is what makes the eventual arrival mean anything at all.