Today’s giveaway is a little more symbolic. First up is the Quintet Necklace, by one of my favorite etsy jewelers Lemonade Handmade:
Gold Rings Necklace — the Quintet by Lemonade Handmade
I’ve mentioned this necklace before, we gave one to each of the attendees to symbolize the five Life List goals they hoped to accomplish in the coming year. (Nicole did a lovely write up about it.) I love the necklace for its simplicity, and I like the idea of five golden rings being little commitments to yourself. I’ve been wearing mine every day since the Summit. Lovely.
Every year, we have an artist make limited edition prints to commemorate the weekend. This year Alma and Mike Loveland of Ollibird.com did block prints of the vintage blankets we lug onsite to keep everyone warm.
Alma, whose yellow sweater you may remember from a previous post, did the illustrations.
Mike hand painted the blankets for a little pop of color.
Mike and Alma teach all kinds of art and computer classes and they live in the Salt Lake City area. In fact, they’re hosting an art weekend in Salt Lake at this very moment, so head over if you’re in town.
The finished prints each featured a different color, but yours will be plum.
To enter, please tell us about your proudest accomplishment in comments. And the drawings are still open for our the Mighty Summit Giftbag and the Summit Necklace and Brooch giveaway, so throw your hat in there too.
Fine print: Please only leave one comment for each giveaway, because it’s the nice thing to do, and also because multiple entries will be disqualified. I’ll use random.org to select the winner, and I’ll announce who won at the top of this post and in a separate post next Thursday.
finding a job I like.
Writing and passing my qualification exam was a big one for me. 4 years of undergrad plus 2 years of grad school was a lot of time to have riding on just one test :)
Cliche though it may be, I am most proud of my children. Especially when they are polite and thoughtful, that just makes my heart swell! Teenagers can be awesome.
one of my proudest accomplishments is performing stand-up comedy for the first time in front of 70+ strangers. I was also six months pregnant and I killed.
Becoming an EMT at 19 years old and working as a ski patroller. I thought I needed to “move on” but would like to do it again someday.
My proudest accomplishment was finishing an olympic distance triathlon (and raising almost $1000 for Respiratory health awareness and research) despite never having trained for anything before, and having to overcome severe exercise induced asthma to do it.
Realizing that I could actually make a living as an artist. It’s a huge thing for me.
carrying twins to term, then losing the 75 pounds of baby weight that got them there.
My daughter. Simple. :)
My proudest accomplishment is getting into the graduate programme I really shouldn’t have cos I didn’t have some of the necessaries, and knocking it out of the park while I was there.
Oh, and using what I learned during that time each and every day.
Wearing cap and gown, breast feeding my newborn so he’d sleep quietly through my university commencement ceremony.
My life is my proudest accomplishment. I have a loving marriage, a delightful daughter, a close family, a successful career, a creative outlet, a comfortable home. There are day to day stresses and distresses, but when I step back and survey it all, it’s a pretty darn good accomplishment.
It sounds cliche, but it’s just so true: giving birth to my daughter – and managing to make it through without drugs!
Running my first marathon. The first one is the hardest.
being a one car family in a pro-car town.
My proudest accomplishment was earning my master’s degree. I’ve never faced a bigger challenge and was able to defeat it :)
Learning a language well enough to dream in it. Giving birth to my son. Getting my degrees. Oops, that’s more than one. I guess I can’t choose…
Recently, I’m proud of myself for taking control of my Ph.D. program.
Today, in this moment, feeling like I’ve made a lot of good decisions in my life. Major decisions have been torturous for me in the past because of how much I fear about what will happen once they’ve been made. I’m happy to report that I’ve dun good.
I’m pretty proud that I found a publishing job a month out of college in one of the worst economies.
Hard to pick proudest without a big soul-search, but I’m pretty proud of traveling around Europe, mostly alone, during my junior year of college.
Leaving an unhealthy relationship and making the decision to move across the country, all by my lonesome. Sold everything that I owned (except my books!), packed a suitcase and jumped on a plane, two weeks after making said decision. It literally changed every single aspect of my life, in mostly really fantastic ways.
I’m proud that I had the courage to change my dissertation topic even though I had a draft written for the first topic! I like this new topic so much more.
My proudest moment to date is moving across the country to go to graduate school for architecture… it took some guts on my part to leave the comfy south for Chicago :)
Getting that internship in NYC and rocking it. Proving to everyone (including myself!) that I could handle the city and the job and even flourish there.
my proudest accomplishment? Probably realizing my dream of becoming a therapist, finishing my masters, and being in a job that I really really love!
Adopting and raising twin special needs sons. They are almost out of the nest. So there! to those social workers who thought they would never live independently.
Having the courage to undergo chemotherapy.
I backpacked around Italy for 3 weeks alone. I was so scared to do it, but it really helped me gain a great deal of confidence.
Leaving family and friends behind to move to a brand new city and building a life all my own.
I love that necklace so much that I may buy it anyway.
My biggest accomplishment was leaving my steady, consistent, miserable corporate job to do social media marketing for a small internet company.
I was laid off two months later, but taking that leap was the most freeing thing I’ve ever done.
When I was 18, I wrote a play that was performed by an actual theater company. I haven’t really done anything like that since (aside from writing a very bad novel during NANOWRIMO a couple years ago) but to this day that was my proudest moment.
Aggressive debt repayment to put me on the way to being debt free.
Being not only a supportive sister but an advocate for my younger brother, who has autism.
that my teenage son and i are close friends and that he trusts me with his dreams and heart
Making a beautiful, healthy, fearless human being.
It’s been a while, but finishing school is still my biggest achievement. I think I need to go back soon though and not rest on my laurels.
Overcoming. Over. And over. And over again.
Graduating from law school.
having my second kid – because it seemed to balance me out and make me a better person/mother
I’m hoping my proudest achievement is yet to come.
quitting my job as an accountant to pursue my dream to be an architect. defended my thesis to earn my master of architecture last week!!
Proudest moment was having my beautiful daughter tell me she loves me “so very much mommy”.
Winning a photography contest in high school…. which was about 15 years ago. Seems like I might should get busy with more proud making stuff.
Buying and renovating (Ok, still slowly renovating) my own house alone as a wee young thing.
In high school: taking my ACT at an international school in Berlin, with a headache and on four hours of sleep, and getting a 33 out of 36.
To date: playing the ukulele in front of 10 people.
Choosing to commit to writing, even though I have so much yet to learn, and no guarantee of success.
Being married for 9 years. It’s a huge accomplishment for a commitment-phoebe like me.
earning my phd in organic chemistry
I think my finest accomplishment was becoming complete and utterly comfortable with myself. It makes me a better person for myself, and it makes me feel so solid and secure in my relationship, because I know I’m with him because I want to be, not because I need to be. And I know if I ever end up alone, I’ll be ok. And nothing feels better than that.
My son, Lyle. He’s awesome!
Cliche and possibly overdone but how could I not choose creating a human life? By far my greatest accomplishent.
Having respect for myself and my son while getting divorced. I made sure I conducted my self in a way that I could always look back with no regrets. I have continued to show his father respect even when he doesn’t deserve it. That honestly has been the defining moment in my life and something I am very proud of.
Definitely proud of completing the Susan G. Komen 3Day. 3 days, 60 miles, with my mother, in some serious August heat and torrential rain…I felt like Wonder Woman.
Sticking with a high-stress non-profit job (despite constant struggles) because I know I’m making a difference
Adopting our daughter Ellie.
Moving to a city where I knew no one, and making friends totally on my own.
Buying my own home and car as a still young person (at age 23 and 24) all on my lonesome
My proudest moment was the first night I walked on stage in a professional theatre. I am not an actor but I had friends who didn’t recognize me in character.
The first time I ran a mile. While I can run much further than that now (training for my second half currently), the first time I ran a whole mile without stopping was so huge – I couldn’t do that in HS!
I’m most proud that I worked for 33 years and was able to retire at age 55.
Becoming a mother.
Moving across the country by myself. Twice.
My proudest accomplishment so far has been training for and completing a half marathon. I did it through the Leukemia and Lymphoma Foundation’s Team In Training, so I raised some money for a great cause in the process.
My proudest accomplishment? Probably making it through the last five years of uncertainty after Katrina, and coming out on this side finally feeling like I’m on my way.
My proudest accomplishment is conquering my eating issues & learning to love working out because it makes me feel good and strong (dare I say attractive?).
Backpacking in Vietnam by myself and not once thinking I needed someone to help me figure things out.
Moving to two different cities within two years, where I didn’t know a soul, and yet learned how to make a life for myself.
Studying abroad for a semester my junior year of college despite doubts beforehand and fear while over there. It was a success!
Running a marathon.
17 hours of labor followed by a c-section.
Moving to Japan alone in my early 20s. (10 years later, I still think it was crazy! And, natch, completely badass.)
As a single woman, working as a secretary (out-dated as the term may be, I know what I am) on a fairly limited budget, owning my own condo makes me pretty damn proud.
saying yes to love.
I’ve run multiple half marathons, done several triathlons, been to europe and moved out of state with no job lined up. But the thing I’m most proud of is my decision on who I married.
I wrote a newspaper article that kept an elderly couple from being evicted.
Graduating law school and finding a job!
I worked as an RA last year (and this year, as well, but it’s a very different hall) and made a huge difference in the lives of women living on my floor. I’m so glad I decided to do it!
Knocking 26 minutes off my half marathon time from my first race to my second race.
Graduating college with honours after getting mediocre marks in high school, landing a perm government job at 21, and paying off my OSAP in four years. (Ok, that last part hasn’t happened yet, but it will.) Well done self.
Pretty easy. My three children ages 28, 27, and 13. All successful. All beautiful people.
hmmm…finishing my first year of law school. boy that was a doosey! (one down, two to go!)
Cliche, indeed, but my family is my accomplishment — especially holding us together through a major crisis.
Oh, that necklace is absolutely lovely! My proudest accomplishment? This is a tough one, but I think it’s something I decided NOT to complete — grad school. It was the first really major, and very very difficult, decision I made entirely on my own, without my parents advice. They were very disappointed at first, but it turned out to be pretty much the best decision I’ve ever made, so I’m pretty damn proud of that. :-)
I’m most proud of always being able to make my dreams come true.
Plum is my favorite color! I am proud of my contributions to an iPhone app coming out tomorrow!
Learning to say I’m sorry. But I’m still working on it!
I’m proud that I’ve succeeded in digging myself out of debt. Five years ago, I broke up with someone who had put nearly $20,000 of debt on credit cards in my name, without my knowledge. In exactly 12 months, I will be debt-free. I’m so very, very proud of that. (And I’d really love both of these prizes.)
Being told I’m someone’s mentor. A someone who I can’t help but admire. Humbling.
re-finding myself in motherhood after losing all sense of Laura during those first few years as a mom.
My proudest accomplishment was helping my mother die gracefully.
i’m proudest of paying my own way through university and grad school, with no loans from parents or govt.
My proudest accomplishment, even after 14 years, is finishing my master’s degree in journalism. Let’s not talk about how I feel now, as the “old” journalism I studied is dying. Heh.
Because I’m only 24, I still have a lot of awesome things left to accomplish.
But, moving out of my home state and experiencing a COMPLETELY different place has been my proudest accomplishment.
I’m a really good mom and am raising awesome kids.
Aside from giving birth to four amazing human beings, my proudest accomplishment is finishing nursing school.
I have lots of proudest moments (carrying, birthing, and nursing my children), but the one that is just mine and all mine is selling my first fine art piece in my first solo exhibition. It felt great.
organizing a spring break trip to waveland, mississippi, for hurricane katrina relief.
Building a life I’m proud of with people who love me for who I am.
My most recent proud accomplishment is hiking Mount Washington. It felt great to complete something so momentous in one day!
I am proud that I have charted my own course by being president of my own medical communication firm since 1994. Through my company, I have worked to lay the groundwork for new vaccines in some of the poorest countries in the world, to combat stigma surrounding HIV in the US, and to craft materials that give people accurate, humane medical information when they have received a disease diagnosis that will forever alter the course of their lives.
One of my proudest accomplishments will sound totally geeky — successfully managing an integral module of a database throughout a major database conversion.
Ditto the very first commenter: I just got hired yesterday! A new beginning.
I *just* started my life list a few months ago, but my proudest accomplishment so far was booking a Caribbean cruise and an excursion to cross visiting some new places off of my list (Cozumel, Jamaica, and The Grand Caymans) and experiences (Hike Dunn’s River Falls and swim with dolphins) off of my list. I leave in 6 weeks and I can’t wait!
My proudest moment was singing Violetta in La Traviata to standing ovations in Rome. I really did it!!!
I have a few proud moments (who knew?), but the biggest is being a much better parent than I thought I would be. It’s an ongoing process, but the really good days are better than wine and chocolate.
Surviving being a single/divorced mother and waiting out the “lean years” until I found the perfect man. Not settling for the first, or second, or tenth guy that came along…
My proudest accomplishment is … learning to budget and live on less.
Starting my own photography business. And supporting myself and my family!
regaining my sense of self
Moving to NYC all by myself when I realized I could finally make enough in my chosen field to live there.
I want these things so badly!!
I’ve done lots of things on my life that people put on their life lists – I’ve lived overseas, I’ve learned languages, I’ve traveled extensively.
But I am most proud of the relationship I’ve built with my husband. More mundane but really, a much more profound accomplishment.
(Soooo cheesy.)
Beating the odds and learning how to walk again after brain surgery. It’s been years and I never knew how much that accomplishment meant to me, besides the obvious advantages to being mobile. If nothing else, thanks for letting me realize that I’d made myself proud.
My proudest accomplishment is being the true, genuine me on a day-to-day basis! :)
My proudest accomplishment are my kids. I know everyone says it, but its true.
My proudest achievement has been getting my PhD. Now to save the world through science…
Looks like it’s a pretty common feeling, but I’m most proud of my relationship with my wife and daughters. There’s not a day that goes by that I’m not filled with pride for them.
I know it’s cliche, but the kids I made are pretty rad accomplishments.
Moving to Taiwan and finally learning Chinese!
Catching my first baby safely as a medical student (and not dropping it!)
writing my college thesis!
I thrived as a mom of twins this year! We just celebrated their first birthday and I’m proud!
I have changed the lives of at least a dozen children–by their own admission.
Surviving my first year of law school with my relationship (and most of my academic pride!) intact, after seven years off since undergrad.
Being ok with the fact that life has not turned out as planned and in fact embracing that fact.
Having a baby!!!
I’m proud that I was able to say goodbye to my boy when I did.
I lost my first dog, who was my first baby and my whole world, this spring to osteosarcoma. We could have gone through months of surgery, chemo, pain pills and still would have lost him. I wasn’t ready to let him go, but I’m glad I did. He never would have understood.
getting my husband to recycle!
Earning my PhD in Psychology!
Working my way out of confusion and fear to more clarity and happiness. Yay!
getting my degree in chemistry!
Making myself a happy life.
Getting in to graduate school!
Raising three amazing sons to adulthood….whew!
I’m proud I went back to school after dropping out!
Graduating from college at age 30 and getting into grad school, finally, after getting out a too early, abusive marriage.
I should say my kids, and I am proud of them, but I’m even prouder that I was smart enough to marry my husband. That guy rocks!
Not dropping a class I was struggling in. Not letting myself take the easy way out and finishing the class taught me far more about myself than if I’d aced it.
Learning to respect my body. I quit smoking 5 years ago. Since then, I’ve participated in 2 triathlons and discovered that exercise is the best medicine for me. I’ve also grown, birthed, and then nursed two healthy, smart, beautiful babies.
Finishing graduate school!
Birthing two wonderful boys.
My proudest accomplishments have been walking in the Breast Cancer 3 Day for two years – raising $2,300+ each time, spending 4 months walking between 15-50 miles a week to train, and then spending 3 days walking 30 miles each day to raise awareness for breast cancer. It’s been the best journey of my life being involved with the 3 Day.
Getting through grad school, even though it isn’t relevant in my everyday life.
My proudest accomplishment is being a good mom. I am awed by how much love I’m capable of and I’m so proud that I’ve learned about restraining my need to love in favor of her need to be loved in ways that are specific to who she is, not who I think she should be.
Sometimes, my reflection gets caught up in the one accomplishment that seems to elude me. But since I just had to look up allude v. elude, I can say understanding the difference is an accomplishment. =)
This is why I need a life list! There are many things I’ve done and am happy to have in my life experience bucket (scuba diving, surviving a 20 mi backpack trip, travelling to several places I’ve wanted to see, success in my profession).
When it comes down to it, I have received most satisfaction in the service of others. I just need to dedicate my time to that action.
My proudest accomplishment is finishing law school. It was one of the hardest things I’ve ever put myself through and I’m glad that I can look back later in my life and not wonder “what if?”
Curated my own exhibit displayed at Lincoln Center. It was just a college internship, but man was I proud. The focus was New York Philharmonic (and predecessors) performances of Tchaikovsky’s music from 1876 to 1926.
Moving to a new city on my own, with no one I knew there as a safety net, and thriving.
Continuing to pick myself up and try again one more time. Every time.
I quit my desk job, enrolled in pastry school and graduated this summer!
…that i love what i do for a living…
Finally losing weight! Every day I’m closer to having the body I want, and I’m really looking forward to reaching my ultimate goal.
Making it through that anxiety ridden first week of living abroad by myself. Anytime I am worried about a new situation I just have to remind myself that I made it through those 7 days and therefore can do anything.
Oof. That’s a really tough question! Right at this moment, I’m going to say my proudest accomplishment was getting a job with my dream organization.
Overcoming low self esteem. Tough job, but SO liberating and the catalyst for many other proud accomplishments!
Buying my house!
my proudest accomplishment has been my marriage. staying married, no matter how wonderful your spouse is, is always an accomplishment, if you ask me.
After a tough first birth, pursuing my dream of a natural drug-free birth for my second – and achieving it!
My children….
I’m super-proud of learning how to speak out against sexism, racism, and general fear of The Other — and then incorporating that into my creative work.
What has made me the most proud in my life are the letters I’ve received from my students and graduates about how I have impacted them and helped them finish school. One boy wrote to me that he will now be someone in the eyes of his newborn son because I helped him earn his high school diploma.
I’ve been talking with a co-worker about this VERY thing and how I have a really hard time finding an accomplishment that I’m proud of….what a random occurance that it’s part of today’s post.
I really love that necklace though, so lets think of something, shall we?
Mmk. I’m proud that I started my own business. Even if in the end, it failed. At least I don’t have to always wonder how it would have turned out! ;-)
Making Law Review!
I loved reading these comments!
I’m proud of moving from ny to la and back when my mother needed me.
Birthing my son…(after 100 hours of labor)!!!
Saying ‘yes’ to the man I love and not letting go of the other things that make me me. Or to put it another way- believing in myself enough to try to have it all.
Proudest accomplishment…..making it through labor.
Becoming a teacher.
Making a life for myself here at school, and feeling prepared to leave it all in just a few short months.
It’s got to be my children. I’m pretty fond of them. :)
Ooh, Alma did my blog header, I love their work! Those blankies are pretty.
If we’re braggin’, I will admit I feel proud of myself for finally finishing my Ph.D, and in a year when I had breast cancer too. Bring it on, 2011!
Raising my 19 year old to be a happy and kind man. Who also got a great scholarship to university. I can take credit for him, right?
Leaving a passionless marriage.
Living honestly and accepting the consequences that brings with it!
Getting my degree in history when everyone tried to talk me out of it.
Moving to Washington by myself and thriving.
finishing my Phd.
Accomplishment: I got a degree that took me three years to do, in a subject I wasn’t particularly interested in. Proudest Accomplishment: wrangling said degree in such a manner that it works for the things I *am* interested in. Win!
Quitting living in the comfortable and starting my own business! Making beautiful things to add to the world is the most rewarding thing I’ve done.
My proudest accomplishment is graduating with a degree in architecture. My BEST accomplishment is having my awesome baby girl Carolyn.
Getting my masters degree.
I taught kindergarteners how to read!
I believed that I would get another chance to love. To be loved. I believed. In the face of a whole lot of reasons not to believe. I did.
And I’m so glad I did. Because THIS feeling. Of loving and being loved – not just by another person – but the one in the mirror….it’s worth believing in and celebrating as an accomplishment.
Mine is a tie: being the first in my family to graduate college and finishing a half-marathon. Both required incredible amounts of time and I couldn’t have done either without the help of great family and friends. So, while in a way I was proud of myself, I was proud of the people who helped me get there, too.
returning to school at 43, becoming an RN at 48 and keeping up with all the young nurses on and off the unit
My dad recently referred to my life as a buzzsaw. I consistently get myself into pretty ridiculous situations and have usually managed through sheer stubbornness to survive them. Some memorable moments include getting lost in China, living on a boat for six months, living in Prague for four months, and commuting between two cities every week for my grad degree (seven more months!).
I think that my proudest accomplishment, in all of the crazy, is hanging on to and maintaining my relationship with my husband. Five years married; eight years together.
Knowing that I am an awesome mom and that my son absolutely adores me.
my little first grader is learning to read, and he says that i’m the best teacher.
Breastfeeding my son. I was very freaked out by the idea for some reason; almost like a phobia. My husband talked me into trying and I ended up breast feeding most of his first year of life.
Marrying someone I like!
I’m not the first to say it, but giving birth without drugs made me feel like I could do anything else I put my mind to.
Living by myself in China for a year after undergrad.
Having my babies.
Finishing my masters degree and starting my life over after graduation the way I wanted to live it.
finishing graduate school.
My proudest accomplishment thus far: getting into my “dream” grad school. It’s up to me now.
It’s a tie between creating a job that I’m good at and like and creating a person that is good and I like.
One of them is definitely graduating with my Bachelors in Women’s Studies. I was the first to graduate from a 4 year college from both sides of my family.
I’ve never been exercise-inclined, so training for and completing a 5K on my 28th birthday was a big deal for me.
And, okay, my daughters rank way up there, too!
My proudest accomplishment in life is going back to school to get my music degree in flute performance. I’ve never been a person of strong self-confidence, and it took a lot of it to go back to school for a subject that’s not exactly guaranteed to have a job waiting for you at graduation, let alone learning to deal with the daily feeling of being the strange older person still in undergraduate school. It’s taken guts and a great deal of faith in myself, and I’m proud that I’ve done it.
Competing in four triathlons after taking a many-year hiatus from working out after having kids. And I’m not stopping there.
My proudest accomplishment is teaching my first college course and proving that I could do well AND enjoy it!
Completing my dissertation while being care giver to my father after his stroke. Both of us were there when I got PhD-ed! Crossing the stage and seeing his smiling face was worth every sleepless night.
Having the courage to leave Santa Barbara and all the people who weren’t my friends and all the bad decisions I’d been making.
PS – I gave that necklace to my bridesmaids for my wedding in August since there were five of them. It’s beautiful.
proudest moment is getting myself where i am today – successful career, athletic, owning a home in california. no small feat there! especially considering how many times i was told these things would never happen.
Going on to actually get my BCYC.
Self-publishing my book, Cranky Pants! Woot!
Making it through this year will be the greatest personal accomplishment I can think of, it’s been a doozy.
:)
Making it in New York on my own for 8 years and creating an amazing community of friends and finding my way to my 3rd career!
having a strong relationship with my sister. life is so much better that way.
Becoming a mom at 40, and being really great at it!
Honestly, learning the art of deep, true gratitude.
Giving myself the freedom to not be the best at everything. Is that an accomplishment? It has changed my life and how I look at myself as much as any tangible thing I’ve done, so I say yes!
Getting my first full-time, professional writing job. :-)
Getting into grad school–three times! And finishing twice. :)
Deciding to finish law school.
My proudest day…graduating with my doctorate after writing my dissertation with a three year old in the same room and wearing my newborn.
My proudest accomplishment is starting a photography business while also being a stay at home mom.
I am proud of my relationship with my husband. I/we work hard every day to make it lovely.
Riding my bike from Minneapolis to Chicago in 5 days and being about to walk when I was done.
23 years of sobriety, one day at a time.
My proudest accomplishment: taking huge leaps of faith into the unknown, and living to tell.
Picking up and moving 3000 miles away from home to be with my (now) husband.
Buying an apartment by myself, as a single girl in my 20s, while working at a non-profit. That place was the real estate love of my life.
I helped save my dad’s life. That will always remain my proudest accomplishment.
Learning how to bake my own bread.
buying my first house at 22!!!
Making my own choices to live in foreign countries, and then making my own choices to return, and then making my own choice in marrying the right, wonderful guy. But mostly just making my own choices.
My proudest accomplishment is most definitely carrying, giving birth to, and being a mother to my twin sons. It has been the hardest, most emotionally rewarding job of my life.
Opening a school for kids on the Autism Spectrum with my husband (who’s experience made it possible) inspired by my who has Asperger’s. Life is busy but good!
Getting my act together and getting INTO, then out (w/ diploma in hand) of grad school!
I made a decision to move from a place I loved to a place I thought I “should be” for my career and then realized it was the wrong decision (one year later) and I moved back. That’s right, I admitted I was wrong. And it was the most liberating grown up moment of my life.
my proudest acheivement is learning to be a functioning human after leaving a bad marriage- and saving money for a car, a laptop and a camera wihtin 6 months.
Among my proudest accomplishments are when I see before me the awesomeness that is my son. Obviously, a shared accomplishment, but it is cool knowing that I have a big role to play in that. Especially when others notice his awesomeness (and nice manners) as well.
The fact that I’m having a hard time coming up with one makes me think I need to try harder this year! I made it through a big move in one piece emotionally and physically. I worked harder than I thought possible and pushed myself to leave a job that wasn’t a good fit.
Nursing my little preemie for two years, and then nursing his little brother.
I’m proud that I’ve been brave enough to follow a career path that no one thought would work, and that every day, I’m able to learn something new and feel accomplished.
Proudest accomplishment–my 19-year marriage to the best possible husband and father, and our 3 funny and musical children, ages 15, 12, 9.
Starting my own business, for sure. And hopefully I can say “running a marathon” on January 16, 2011.
Quitting.
I just started grad school. Pretty proud of getting in..
I birthed my 10 lb 7 oz baby girl, naturally. I know I didn’t get a medal for it but, damn, am I proud of myself. Mr Rogers appears on my shoulder and sings to me every time I think about it.
So inspiring to read everyone’s comments. What an amazing community you’ve created, Maggie.
I think I have to echo Christine and say that my proudest accomplishment is my 14 year relationship with my amazing husband. It’s what has allowed me to have a great kid and given me the courage to leave a job I hated and go into business for myself as a coach.
Overcoming my intense discomfort with public speaking and overall tendencies to introversion to become a singing, dancing, bubbly entertainer while teaching English to elementary school kids in Japan – for a whole year!
Right now, I’m proud of myself for not eating all of the cheese I bought.
Overall, though, I’m proud of myself for following my heart and doing what’s important to me, even when conventional wisdom/loads of other people tell me it’s not “normal” and that I should want/already have things that aren’t so important to me.
I was sitting in my chair during orchestra. Same place as every week, same pieces. But yesterday during one of the more challenging pieces, the conductor commented in front of the whole orchestra that I was producing the right sound! It just made my day and possibly my whole week. It feels good to do something well.
I think I’m most proud of the relationship I have with my parents. It is the result of not only their loving guidance, but of us being proactive, honest communicators… even when it’s hard… and even when you have to go to therapy to learn things that may be obvious to others!
My proudest accomplishment is taking a huge risk to follow what I love. Not sure if it’s successful yet, but it has encouraged me to take more risks!
I love the prints and am really pumped that you commission original artwork for Mighty events!
My proudest accomplishment (so far!) is that recently I have pushed myself to confide in, open up to and be more honest about myself to the people I love. It’s been pretty wild and very freeing.
I’m very proud of my beautiful two year old daughter.
Giving birth to my children.
Realizing my self-worth.. I will NOT settle!
Learning to run and finishing my first 5k.
I gave birth on my living room floor.
moving to Mexico and building a school and having my world view turned upside down.
I had a baby. In my very own house.
Giving birth sans drugs to three children.
My proudest accomplishment’s (going to be) raising my son to be a caring, thinking, laughter-filled guy.
I’m proud of starting my published writing career at 21.
My proudest moment is reaching out for help and crawling out of a dark hole. Calling my doctor. Calling a therapist. Bloggers like Heather Armstrong and Danny Evans inspired me to not be afraid to be open about my pain. Embrace it! Learn from it and grow! (cheeseball, I know) I am proud that I asked for help, and I live a happier, healthier life because it. :)
I’m proud that I inspired my Gramma to survive a stroke and renal failure. She walked me down the aisle at my wedding a few months ago!
My proudest moment was getting into every college I applied to. All nine, count ’em!
My two children!
Graduating from grad school. Coming from a family where no one went to college and struggling in High School (then finding out I had a learning disability), the odds were stacked against me. I was proud that I graduated from undergrad but getting my masters was a dream come true!
Making a really good relationship choice in who I married, and starting a photography business even though you have to be a bit crazy to be an entrepreneur.
When no one said “you can,” I did it anyway.
Realizing that I’ve never accomplished anything alone. I have always had support and help from people I love and greatly admire. To attract that kind of love must mean I’m a pretty wonderful person.
I am most proud of getting through a dozen horrible events that I think would have crippled most people, but only made me stronger… :)
Moving abroad on my own at 23 – 9 years on, I’m still here!
Taking a job in a field that I love even though the income isn’t as stable as the mind-numbingly dull jobs I did before.
Hands down, my daughter.
surviving on next to nothing (and laughter) when i moved to nyc ten years ago.
Saving enough money on my own to buy a nice house and car, with only a social worker’s income :)
Passing all my licensing exams while SUPER pregnant with my daughter, and then leaving the workforce entirely to raise her and her younger brother.
Cliche, I know, but it’s my kids. Best things I’ve ever done. Good thing is that I get to keep feeling like I’ve accomplished something big with every one of their developmental milestones.
I once replaced the alternator in my 1992 Saab (out of sheer poverty motivation). This may even top finishing the Friday crossword and getting my PhD.
Figuring out how to live in a big city.
Riding my bike cross country over the course of 9 months. Making myself vulnerable and finding that this country is full of really nice people.
Hands down, the mightiest thing I’ve ever done was, at the age of 18, lead a cabin of 15-year-olds through the Canadian wilderness for two weeks. Navigating waterfalls, broken canoes, old maps, overgrown portage routes, an evacuation, and a cabin-full of estrogen was my greatest challenge; swimming in the potential and transformation of those mighty young women has been my greatest reward.
Making a lot of friends at neighborhood barbecues with homemade sausages.
Leaving a job I hated, buying a house on my own… Sometimes in life I really screw things up, but I figure things out on my own
Natural childbirth. Hands down.
My two lovely babes of course. I am also proud that I move to a little town on an island I didn’t know much about when I was quite young to get married and (unexpectedly) started my family there. I was so homesick (quite literally sick to my stomach over it some nights) but I did it, and it has been crazy and hard but beautiful.
Moving on my own to London from LA at age 22, and actually finding a flat and a job. It was certainly lonely at some times since I didn’t know anyone in the city except my co-workers, but it was definitely worth it in the end. It was probably the most “I am an independent, single woman” time of my life.
Maybe I’m feeling sappy right now, but at this moment I feel that my greatest accomplishment is allowing myself to put forth who I am so that I can be loved, in great force, for who I am by a very very sweet man.
Pushing nearly every comfort limit I have to participate in an intense 42 mile competitive canoe race. And finishing with a smile!
Getting my B.A.!
And I think this count too since I’m 3 months away from completing this… Getting my M.Ed!
Learning how to take care of myself while still taking care of my family and my students.
Always making the choice that is true to my dreams.
I’m proud of so many things I have done, but even more proud of the things that I haven’t done or that are yet to come (like owing a home and perhaps raising a child.)
The greatest of all my accomplishments is this: dusting myself off and getting back up each and every single time I’ve fallen down. While still keeping a smile on my face.
Up and emigrating to Ireland when I was 22 and making my home here when no where else felt like home before….
Getting rid of 100 things was one of the most difficult things I have done ever. It took months. But my home is so much nicer and less crowded, and I have found that now it is so much easier to get rid of things I don’t need.
Finishing my PhD. Blood sweat and tears!
learning to stand up for myself. Took me a full year of therapy at $120/week. SO WORTH IT.
marrying the love of my life. cheesy but so true.
overcoming fears and anxieties completely on my own.
First, having the balls to track down my birth father when I was 15 years old and knocking on his mothers door by myself.
Second, taking my first international trip ever on my own to Ireland as my 30th birthday gift to myself.
Trying to push my career forward, my marriage and our three children, so my life I guess!
Finishing my Master’s degree at 23
I was pretty proud of myself yesterday for going out in a bathing suit in public. I haven’t done that in years.
I have found a mechanic for my car and also a mechanic for my bike, and they are both trustworthy and take care of me. and i feel good about giving them my money.
Standing up in front of a roomful of complete strangers and reading my teenage diaries out loud. Terrifying but ultimately a wonderful, fulfilling experience which resolved a few demons I didn’t know were still lurking.
(Thanks, Sarah Brown!) :)
My biggest accomplishment so far is moving out of my parents’ house, Los Angeles and the country — all at once. This is my second year living in Madrid. I’m 23 and I have no regrets.
Living a relatively balanced life, with time for hubby, kids and a job I’m really proud of.
Becoming a mother, of course!
I’m a Fulbright scholar!
Finishing my dissertation, but an even bigger deal for me — ON THE SCHEDULE I SET OUT. I have trouble meeting deadlines, I was so pleased that I actually met this one.
having one of my photographs featured as wbez.org’s picture of the day!
Coming back from major, soul sucking clinical depression and all the events that caused it, better than before.
I’m training for my first 5K scheduled next week. I hate running and everyday I have to give myself a pep talk to get my shoes on and go out there. Then during the run, I have to talk myself into going farther and farther. It hasn’t been easy, and I’m still not sure I’m ready for the 5K, but I’m going to keep running even after this is over. I have my eyes on other 5 or even 10Ks in the future
Easy answer – finishing the marathon
Real answer – finally exposing my darkest secret to the light.
Having the hootspa to move to Italy and start a new life. I was 18 at the time.
Publishing my first first-author paper in a scientific journal.
Spending my time abroad wisely enough that I came back a much stronger, more confident person.
This is nerdy, academic me talking, but when I found out that a paper I gave is going to be published, I was pretty proud :)
5 years of marriage… today: )
I have my black belt in tae kwon do. The day i took the test was brutal, but I’m so proud to have gone through it successfully.
When I was promoted to the position that I currently hold, I was extremely proud of myself. It was then that I realized that hard work and dedication really does pay off.
Moving away from home (Brazil) to live in (Canada) and surviving the winters!!!
My proudest accomplishment is..that I haven’t stopped growing, developing as a human being.
Earning my bachelor’s degree in 4 years (including a stint studying abroad). Also, getting through grad school in an additional 2 was great as well.
Finally growing comfortable in my own skin.
Knowing when to leave and that there is no harm in quitting if it isn’t what you want anymore. If I hadn’t realized, and left grad school when I did, I would have never met my husband.
becoming a mom. Nothing has given me more confidence and self esteem.
My proudest accomplishment is that I get out of bed every day and I am the best wife, mother, sister, daughter, and friend that I can be. Without (heavy) medication.
My proudest accomplishment was learning to like myself for who I am.
It seems like small beans next to some of these accomplishments, but I was pretty proud of making the climb on that rock face in the Blue Ridge Mountains…
I am proud of myself for finishing University without debt and being financially independent.
I quit smoking after 12 years. I started when I was 12, I quit September 14, 2009 with the help of the man I am marrying this weekend. It was THE most difficult thing I have ever done, but now that it has been more than a year I finally feel like a non-smoker.
My proudest accomplishment so far is having the strength and courage to get myself out of an abusive environment, even when it meant living alone and learning how to be self-sufficient.
My first instinct is to say my kids but I think it’s more than that. It’s making the decision to leave work, stay at home with them and sometimes losing my sanity to the constant “why’s” and sometimes the loneliness of being a stay-at-home mom but still raising pretty awesome kids. I also stood up to my mom about some stuff that has been bothering me all of my life and that felt pretty good too.
Def my kids. They are amazing!
Proud to discover and cultivate true partnership within my marriage, making me feel very hopeful about what we can take on together.
Graduating college with honors and then supporting myself afterwards. I got two degrees in just a hair over 4 years, and I was a member of multiple honor societies.
I’m very proud of that, though I know it sounds braggy. It’s especially important to me since neither of my parents made it through college the first time around.
I’m most proud of taking the plunge and converting to Judaism. I’m Jewish and passionate about it!!
When I was 15, I was told I couldn’t be in a high school journalism class because I was too young and too nice to be in the class or be a reporter. I have worked for a large daily newspaper as a reporter for the past several years! Take that! : )
I made my daughter’s First Communion dress, and if I say so myself, I knocked it out of the park.
Having a happy marriage. We’ve worked harder at our marriage than anything else in life and now it’s the solid foundation our family is built on.
I just finished grad school and my thesis was accepted! So, despite the fact that I STILL can’t find a good job, it is something I worked hard on and am proud of.
Each morning when my husband and I part and we give each other a kiss and we say we love the other. We have been through some bumps due to health issues but we are still together and each day is a gift.
18 hours of labor. 9 pound baby. no drugs.
Finishing writing my first novel–proving to myself that I could do it, and have written more since, and will continue to.
Overcoming an eating disorder and learning to love my body!
Not sure it’s my proudEST, but I was fairly proud of completing a half marathon.
Today, it is pushing myself to get up and work out even though I’d rather sleep.
In general, I think it would be my grant from the NIH.
Making up my mind to follow my dream of being a nurse….and doing it!
My proudest moment is raising two very average and normal girls. They were born in China and in an orphanage until 14 months of age. My goal for them was to make sure they were as normal as possible and know that they are truly loved by their parents. I think I’ve an awesome job so far if I do say so myself.
I’ve recently realized that graduating from an Ivy-level school was a pretty big deal, especially considering how much I sucked freshman year. I feel prouder (is that a word?) about being able to talk to strangers though.
My proudest accomplishment… setting up my own life after college. Not that it’s perfect, but I did it on my own. I now know I can handle myself. It is a good feeling.
I gave birth to an 8 pound boy, 14 hours labor and a 9 pound girl (in 90 minutes!). Both completely without drugs, tylenol, or swearing. Okay, a bit of swearing with my nine pound torpedo, but definitely no drugs.
Taking the leap and trusting myself to find the soft landing I needed.
Growing (and pushing out) the two most beautiful little people in the world. It was the best hard work I’ve ever done.
Moving 600 miles away from every person and thing I knew for a job. It was a major stepping stone in my career, and I’m proud of it.
Proudest moment is tough. In part because I’m proud of a lot of things. Is it wrong to brag? Related to the item on my life list that I posted earlier in the week, having started a dance company that is still going strong is probably one of my biggest accomplishments.
Finishing my actuarial exams in under 10 years.
Learning how to stand up for what I believe in, using a voice I didn’t know I had.
I am most proud of being in the position that I am today (beautiful 2 year old, wonderful husband, job that I love most of the time), because of a series of choices that pulled me away from where I was headed in my early twenties (outlook not so good)!
becoming financially independent (except for my cell phone bill, which my parents still pay)
My proudest accomplishment (so far) was moving to NYC alone, after college. This was the catalyst that brought me to where I am right now, almost 10 years later–which is a very happy place indeed!
My daughters, Stella & Nora.
I’m in the process of one of my proudest accomplishments – I’m doing a 365 day photo project. I’m on day 281 and I haven’t missed a day or gotten bored with it and I’m going to FINISH. And for me, that’s is one heck of an accomplishment. You can peek if you like: http://www.flickr.com/photos/anngeedee/
Probably producing a toddler who takes excellent naps and sleeps for 11 uninterrupted hours at night. It took a lot of work when he was little, but I am so happy I stuck it out.
attending a mighty summit (and not just for the gift bags) — they sound so excellent!
buying my very first house all by myself!
Asking for (and getting more than that when I was hired) what I felt I deserved in pay for a new job!
My two happy well-adjusted daughters, who have gracefully and courageously navigated their parents’ divorce.
Giving birth to my daughter without any drugs. My most badass move to date.
Buying our house at age 23. Woo Hoo!
I’m proud of creating and owning a small business. I didn’t realize that being a practitioner of Chinese Medicine would also mean being a business person or I probably wouldn’t have gone into this field. Now I’m beginning to thrive on it.
I’m really proud of getting my first real job. I sucessfully networked and developed skills I like having to actually wind up doing something I really enjoy for a good paycheck!
Also of giving birth without meds, even though I was pissed about it at the time.
learning another language
Following through on a promise to help someone achieve a goal that would utterly change his life for the good. It was difficult because he had wronged me significantly, but life is funny, and I knew it was the morally right thing to do.
Is it incredibly cheesy if I name my sweet little boys? Probably. Let’s go with sewing my favorite trench coat. I’m so proud of it!
I am most proud that I will be his Mrs in 15 more days. :)
I am proud of my daughter.
My proudest moment was graduating from my masters degree program. I was so tired of school by the last year (took me 4 years to graduate- I was working full time the whole time).
Curating my own exhibit at a small anthropological museum. Opening night my entire family came to support me. My dad took me out to dinner afterwards and told me how proud he was of all my accomplishments.
Being debt free!
My biggest accomplishment is being comfortable with who I am. No longer am I trying to “fit in” or acting in the way I think people would like me to.
Growing ALL my own veggies this summer.
Moving away from publishing business books–to starting a line of books that may really make a difference. (Books for kids with special needs. Subject matter that is close to my heart.)
My finest accomplishment (that I surpass daily)– I’ve survived being a single (read: divorced) mom for going on 9 years– I never imagined I’d be ‘her’ and yet here I am, being her (successfully) every… single… day. And while I don’t like it almost every single day, I know I can do it again tomorrow, and for all the tomorrows that come until I meet my REAL someone and build a different life with him.
Moving to Chicago for college! It led me to this city where I met my wonderful husband with whom I shared the birth of our first child this past spring. Thank goodness for the move!
Traveling to London for a week’s vacation this summer by myself. Scary, but SO AWESOME. Now I want to travel by myself all the time. :)
I just spent far too long poking around Lemonade Handmade’s etsy store, and I want everything on it.
moving to the big bad city all by myself….and surviving and thriving.
Rebounding from my awful first job with
a) great portfolio additions and
b) a new, wonderful job within a month of my being let go while
c) in this economy,
d) as a graphic designer.
Starting over (twice) makes me proud. It’s hard to know it in the moment, but my risks have paid off.
Starting over (twice) makes me proud. It’s hard to know it in the moment, but my risks have paid off.
Proud of my relationship with my nieces and nephews. I’m becoming a great auntie, and I savor the role.
Hiking the entirety of the Appalachian Trail in one go. My husband and I did it two years ago, and I have never regretted it. Maggie, I thought I remembered seeing something about it on your life list. We live 30 minutes from the trail–come on over to east Tennessee and we’ll get you to one of the prettiest waterfalls on the AT!
Proudest accomplishment: being home for dinner every night. I grew up with parents who worked hard, and continuously, and therefor were never home for dinner. I am proud that I make it home every night and have dinner with my kids.
I left my job to become a teacher. One month of being a fourth grade teacher has come and gone and I never ever realized it would be so hard. I am so very proud that I am doing it and doing it pretty well I might add!
I have a job that I enjoy, 3 kids who are seem happy and are healthy, and friends who are fun and supportive.
Biggest accomplishment? Allowing myself to let go and be happy.
Getting into Grad School… completing it will be the next greatest thing!
It’s simple, cliched, and been mentioned before, but being a good mom to my awesome 3 year old daughter
I am very proud of working hard for four years to graduate at the top of my class with a civil engineering degree.
the necklace – i just bought the last one.
My proudest accomplishment, besides mama-ing the most amazing 17 year old girl evah? Testing for and passing my 3rd degree black belt in Kung Fu!
My greatest accomplishment has been building a reputation in the community as a go-to source of information and a reliable resource.
I recently completed the full 27 months of Peace Corps service – a goal I’ve had since middle school!
Manning up (as it were) and asking for a divorce, when it became clear we were not going to “fix” things. It was simultaneously awful and liberating, and, if I do say so myself, I handled it with grace and dignity. Or rather, more grace and dignity than not.
Proudest accomplishment to date: going to college and getting a BFA in Music Theatre when everyone else told me to be a teacher instead. Huzzah!
Finding my dream job and loving every minute of it!!
I’d have to say that my two lovely sons are my biggest accomplishment – they are kind, considerate (mostly) and have very nice manners.
Showing up everyday. My mom always said giving birth is easy, it is showing up every day that is hard. (I think time may have clouded her memory of the pain)
OK – I know this isn’t original but having my son!
Moving to Alaska at 24, then meeting the love of my life and taking him home with me back to Montana.
School was never exactly easy for me… So my proudest accomplishment was the day I earned my bachelor’s degree.
Earning an AAS in culinary arts with a baking and pastry specialty while working full time and raising my son by myself. My unproudest (not that you asked) is that I’m not currently putting my degree to use. :( It is on the life list.
Hmmm, that’s a tough one. I think I’m not feeling super accomplished or proud right now (note to self…work on that), but I think my proudest was taking a big risk on love once – didn’t work out, but I still feel so proud of myself for being willing to take the leap.
Being the first in my family to graduate college.
Complete the certification requirements to become a certified lactation consultant.
My proudest accomplishment in my short 39 years was picking myself up and moving on after my husband of 15 years informed me that he no longer loved me and was leaving. I never thought I would be happy again, but I am living proof that you can come back stronger and happier from things like this. I know in the beginning, I pulled myself together for my kids, but I really feel that I stayed “together” for me.
The fact that it is seriously hard to come up with something to write is illuminating the fact that I think I need to refocus my thoughts.
Setting that aside, I’m extremely proud of my marriage and the way my husband and I conduct ourselves. I easily let things go and try to never take even the smallest things for granted.
starting my own business at 28…
Even though I don’t practice law, and don’t really ever intend to practice: passing the bar.
I’d failed it twice, and, being the over- achiever that I am, it broke me down pretty badly. I needed to finally kick that sucker’s ass just to prove that I could.
And I did. And it felt great.
I cleaned up at a poker game where most of the other players worked for the CIA. It was one of the first and only times playing poker and I won with a pair of fours. (I bluffed.)
Graduating with honors from my English program.
Conquering my fear and going ice climbing.
I saved my brother from a bully.
Moving to NYC without a job or a savings account- and still being here almost 6 years later!
Getting paid to go to grad school.
Truthfully, the thing I am most proud of is not really an accomplishment. It’s not a goal I set and then achieved (although, if you’re judging on a technicality, in 1997 I set the goal to pay off my credit card, and then I did. And then I went on a three week trip to South Africa. I’m proud of that!). But I am proud of myself for not kicking and/or killing my husbands crazy-mean cat when he attacked our son and sent him to the hospital for several days on increasingly strong antibiotics. I think that means I’ve finally become the person I aim to be. (FYI, the cat is long gone from our house now, in a child-free environment.)
I’m having trouble coming up with something which probably says I’m way too hard on myself.
I guess I’d say passing all of my professional exams while still in my 20s.
I am most proud of my marriage.
My proudest accomplishments are my children. I am not defined by them, but I am continually charmed, impressed, and proud of them. They will be my legacy.
finishing my phd. with a baby.
Starting my own business. I never would have dreamt that I could.
The accomplishment I’m most proud of is my education – it was well worth the net sixteen years of hard work to get in and get out cum laude, and I hope to continue the trend in grad school soon.
Completing my PhD
Surprising myself at how much I enjoy being a mom.
Actually using that design degree that I worked so hard to get.
Earning my degree
At the moment, my proudest accomplishment is completing my MPH degree. It was a long road to finish it & feels like a HUGE accomplishment.
I should say finishing Grad school. Or getting married. But really, the thing I’m proudest of, is that I went all the way to India for 10 days by myself. Around the world all alone at 25- that’s my biggest accomplishment.
Getting an essay published in an anthology(P.S. What I Didn’t Say) and then meeting the other authors on the book tour!
My proudest accomplishment I would like to say is my roller derby playing, hula hoop performing, going to school to be a nurse midwife daughter. But really, she is in charge of her life, not me. All that she is is her doing.
So, I would say being the teacher that I am. I am a great teacher and my students sense this. They also sense that I love them and want the best for them. That is MY accomplishment.
Proudest accomplishment: Of the day: getting out of the house on time(ish) Of the week: having a candid conversation with my boss that I have been dreading Of the month: organizing old pictures and sending copies to friends. Of the year: getting my son to Two! (and having a fantastic Robot party at the same time). Of all time: ?
Proudest accomplishment: learning how to manage my curly hair.
Becoming a “grown up”. I don’t know when or how it happened, but it did.
That, and the fact that the plants in my office aren’t dead yet.
Going back to school while working full-time
Making it through my first real winter (4 feet of snow in 24 hours, anyone?) by myself. And in the process, realizing that I am my own favorite person.
I moved into my first apartment and have successfully lived on my own for 3 months. Very proud, if silly, achievement.
Passing my comprehensive exams in my PhD program — so much hard work: knowledge to learn, remember, and extricate!
I’m proud of the fact that I’m willing to say I’m not sure what I want to be when I grow up. I’m proud of myself, a generally type-a, semi-control freak, that I can enjoy the journey on the way to the destination. FINALLY.
Going back to school while working and raising two boys.
making sure that 1200 impoverished children get christmas presents.. every single year.
I’m super proud of my recent accomplishment – launching my photography website & officially being a professional freelance photographer! It’s so gratifying to have your hard work pay off
My greatest accomplishment: buying a new car, all by myself, and negotiating a KILLER deal on it. I’ve never felt more empowered.
It is yet to come. Oh, yeah.
My 3 boys. They ROCK!!
My proudest accomplishment was becoming a dedicated runner. I was never what you might call athletic. It doesn’t seem to have made much difference on the scale, but I now run 4.5 miles 4 days a week and I feel great about it!
My proudest accomplishment is finishing Bay to Breakers. I never thought I could do anything athletic and when I crossed the finish line I was euphoric.
Mental health is my greatest accomplishment. I have overcome an eating disorder that spanned a decade, bipolar disorder which is ongoing, and a crippling case of post-partum depression after the birth of my oldest child. The fact that I am here, happy, appropriately medicated and therefore healthy is quite a feat!
Buying my own home :)
Proudest achievements (so far) working and saving hard to get the deposit to purchase my house at 21, saying ‘I do’ to my wonderful husband and proving to myself that I *do* deserve to be doing this job
I rebuilt the front of my 1991 Mercury Tracer (my first car) after a deer tap danced on the hood. I checked out a book detailing my car from the library (before the internet) and starting taking off parts that looked broken. I had only owned the car for 3 months and I needed that freedom back as a seventeen year old. I put all the parts in a laundry baskets and took them to a junkyard to show them what I needed. They were super nice and appreciated what I was trying to do. It took me six months, but I had that car put back together and it ran for over 150,000 more miles! There are definitely bigger accomplishments, but I think this set the tone for me knowing I was capable at an early age. Anytime I think I can’t do something or it’s too hard, I think back to that car.
Going back to work and finishing a magazine after experiencing a miscarriage in August.
Planning a craft event for my girlfriend’s daughter Getty who was recently diagnosed with SMA1 and ending up with 75 vendors, live music and press coverage!! Find out about it at http://www.gettyowl.com
I am most proud of faking it until I believed it myself. Not THAT kind of faking it! ;) I am an introvert and once upon a time so shy that I would burst out crying if asked a question in elementary school. The thought of speaking out loud in FRONT of people horrified me. It’s taken 38 years, but gradually I have learned to break out of my shell. It still feels fake and my back gets drenched with sweat, but I can talk to strangers in small groups and smile, and actually enjoy it now. A little. I am married to a gregarious extrovert and at parties I try to keep up with him at my own pace and I can do it! Maybe everyone outgrows painful shyness and this is nothing unique. Either way, I am proud of myself because I never thought it would be possible to do anything other than hide in the corners.
Raising my two girls
Forcing myself to take the job i have now… working till it becomes a success will hopefully take the place of this moment though.
Leaving my best friend behind to move to another city. Taking a leap of faith that it would all work out.
My proudest achievement is learning how to make something that people will BUY! I think that’s awesome.
Um, and so is that print!
Starting my own business.
Becoming a doctorate candidate in special education and my relationships!
Married the man of my dreams. We celebrate our 10th anniversary in November. Still head-over-heels in love with him.
finishing my master’s degree, working in NYC with insane boss and not killing him, parenting son.
Finishing grad school in time for baby number 2 was a great feeling, but my ‘babies’ (5 and 2) are of course my proudest accomplishments!
Buying my first car.
I lived abroad for 3 years and came back mostly sane.
My proudest accomplishment was graduating from university as a single parent.
Piling on the classes to finish my MBA while I was preggers…and finishing it when my son was 8 months old. With a 4.0
teaching myself to be happy
Proudest accomplishment – putting myself through school while being a single mom and working full-time.
proudest accomplishment – learning to ask for what I want/need and starting to take care of myself like a real honorable human being!
Loading up everything and moving across the country on a whim – best learning experience!
becoming a mom. i had so much anxiety about it and it was the hardest thing i’ve ever done. but it has given me so much self-esteem, realize that i am actually very good at it and that it comes naturally to me.
less than two weeks ago, I read some of my writing to a live audience for the first time. hella proud :-)
I am proud of being sought out to do design work for a nonprofit; i was approached based on a good reputation as a skilled professional.
committing to the change I needed. being bold enough to move and leave behind the things I had worked for.
I’m ever so proud of being a great mom and coparenting really well with my son’s dad, my ex-husband.
It’s sort of lame… but graduating from college. I didn’t have the typical college experience, there was no one supporting me through school, no family paying for it and no one even asking me to do it. I did it entirely by myself, on my dime, for no one but me. It took longer than it takes most people, but I did it.
My proudest accomplishment was graduating college and getting a job. Granted I’ve only been out of school for 4 years, but I still feel I should be in school. It’s that whole “the more you learn the less you know” kinda thing.
Raising children has been my proudest accomplishment so far… But I am still young :)
Recognizing that I am perfect and awesome today. Tomorrow I may change, but right this minute I am the me that I need to be. And that is delightful.
Actually, I just realized the other day that one of my proudest accomplishments, albeit one I can’t celebrate very loudly or publicly, is breastfeeding both of my boys for more than a year while working full time. I’m proud of myself for sticking with something that was very challenging for me.
My proudest accomplishment? Starting my own freelance writing business.
I pretty proud of working in Antarctica. When ever I mention it, people do a double take and ask me a bunch of questions. It always makes me feel special.
Stepping out, listening, and moving across the country on my own.
I left the city I loved to be with the man I loved.
People tend to judge harshly when you make major changes in your life “for a man”. But I’m proud that I took the chance, and that I trusted myself enough to know that I would be OK, whatever the outcome.
And it’s turned out great. I still miss the city, but my life is infinitely richer for being half of this partnership.
I got a job, in my field, in this economy.
I am most proud of making my own lovely life.
My kids. I like to think I’ve had a little to do with the wonderful people they are becoming.
I got out of debt, on my own, and i’m never going back!
I am most proud of having a career that helps others in a profound way.
I finally stopped listening to the people who told me I couldn’t do what I wanted and got my dream job. I teach high school band to the best bunch of urban kids in the universe.
I ran a half marathon.
It’s not much, but I’m proud that I am the one my boss looks to when something needs to get figured out at work. I’m proud that I’m dependable and trustworthy.
My proudest accomplishment was working as a tutor and study group leader to help students pass a difficult college course.
My proudest moment would have to be graduation from college. I put myself through school with very little help from my parents, they just could’t afford it, so it was something I did all on my own. I saved and ate Ramen noodles and penny pinced and maybe starved a bit, but I did it!
getting out of bed every morning and starting fresh!
This year it’s sticking to training for a 1/2 marathon (it’s next month) with a husband, one and 1/2 year old, and busy busy job and all of the things that come with along with owning a home! I’m almost there and I’m so excited!!
Deciding on a whim as a high school juntion to combine my love of art and knowledge of computers into a graphic design major, graduating in 4 years, and maintaining a job as a designer for 5 years now. It’s nice to know what you want to be when you grow up.
Following my creative heart. <3
Graduating college. When even my parents didn’t have faith that I ever would.
Having a super awesome baby girl comes in as a tie.
My sweet newborn baby girl!
Being able to let finally let people back into my life and opening up after escaping my abusive relationship. And being able to talk to young women who have been in similar situations.
Being there for my mother while she was dying and for my father after as well.
I am proud of running the New York City marathon two years in a row, back in the nineties. And I’m glad I did it then, too, because with three kids and a job I’d NEVER be able to do it now!
Mushy, but marrying my husband. I have a successful and blossoming career, but the one thing that brings me the most joy and happiness on a daily basis is him. I am most proud of him.
Doing what I want to do and not necessarily what is expected of me & getting into medical school on a full academic scholarship
Continuing to challenge myself and not taking the easy road.
Buying my dream house! :)
Getting married since it is something I swore I would never do!
My two darling, adorable, well adjusted kiddos. They make my heart sing.
Living the life I’ve always dreamed of.
Getting to the top level of my position within 5 years of working at the company. I worked my ass off and it actually paid off!
Giving my daughter the feeling of security that I’d always wished for …
As stupid as this sounds, my proudest accomplishment would have to be weathering through some hard, unknowing (both the situation and myself) times. I walked through and am proud at where I continue to walk toward!
I represented an innocent man at trial in a serious felony and persuaded the jury of his innocence. He went back to the rest of his life.
That my dad was proud of the person I’ve become.
My proudest accomplishment is something I have not yet achieved. I’m working my way towards it, so for now, I’m proud to be continuting forward throught difficult set backs and the not-so-easy stuff that life has thrown in the mix. I know I’ll get there though and I’m proud of that.
Honestly? Being alive. Eleven years ago I had some pretty serious thoughts of suicide, and after a halfhearted try, got back to the business of living.
I always seem to forget that.
Becoming a mother to my childern.
I’m proud that I push myself towards bigger and better things almost all of the time. Not all of the time, but I’m working on it!
My proudest accomplishment is continually becoming a better person (I hope) for my husband and family.
My proudest accomplishment is my marriage. We’ve been married for almost 9 years, and it has been the hardest and most exponentially rewarding thing I have every experienced.
These giveaways are great! Thanks for the opportunity Maggie!
My proudest accomplishment was completing flight attendant training. It was much harder for me than college. My massive fear of speaking in public was overcome, and I learned to work with groups as well.
finding a pretty good semblance of work/life balance
My proudest accomplishment is getting out of the “rut” all by myself and my progress of becoming certified to help others out of the “rut” as well.
My greatest accomplishment: not getting kicked out of college ;)
Getting over my fear of public speaking… which is not to say that public speaking no longer scares me, just that now I get up and do it anyway.
Being a working mother and finding the balance that seems to be working for OUR family.
Giving my family a home filled with laughter.
my biggest accomplishment is graduating from grad school, while working and raising my son alone!
Raising my twin daughters with my husband.
I could use a reminder to focus on my goals!
my biggest accomplishment is defying the odds — still with my husband at the 7 year mark with 2 incredible girls
Being happy. Loving myself enough to seek happiness again. Sounds a bit corny, eh? LIFE. IS. GOOD. No complaints. :-)
Getting through this year somewhat intact – one of the hardest in my life.
Quitting my very cushy (and boring) job to realize my dream of working for a winery. I may be a contractor now, but I am a happy girl with a challenging job and a purple tongue!
It’s yet to come, but I’m almost there – my PhD.
Becoming the person I wanted to be. Well traveled, in a meaningful career, still holding on to the belief that true love is real and worth the struggle.
This is hard, but I’m tempted to say graduating college with honors while working full time.
Adopted my son.
Not settling.
Being asked to join the aerial dance company at the trapeze studio where I now teach and perform.
graduating from college.
As cheesy as it sounds, my 2 children are my biggest accomplishment…oh and not going stir crazy while staying at home on maternity leave for 4+ years. Some days are way hard but when I look at my 2 little angels, it is so worth it.
Becoming well.
Helping my deaf daughter to hear(with all that entails)and still teaching her Sign Language.
My proudest accomplishment is recognizing my soul mate and swallowing my pride to get him back. We have a wonderful marriage, 13 years later.
my proudest accomplishment is becoming and continuing to be a high school teacher, because it requires strength and courage of epic proportions every day.
Graduating from college!
Forgiveness. And raising a good person. Both.
Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro!
My proudest accomplishment has been quitting drinking almost two months ago after nearly 20 years of alcoholic behaviour. I am finally my own inspiration.
I started my first year of medical school three months ago. Basically, I am a total badass.
Daring myself to just go for it! To lose my fear of failure, and be aware of any opportunity that opens itself to me. Man, it’s been a great ride so far. Celebrated a year of exploration and adventure on September 27th!!
Staying home with my newborn daughter for 14 months after graduating from law school. She is the best thing I’ve ever had.
I think I am proudest of the relationships I have made with my step children (grown and almost grown). Loving and living with their father has been fantastic, but becoming a stepmom to a (then) 8, 14 and 18 year old–now that’s a challenge! There will always be bumps in the road, but knowing that we have come to love and respect each other makes me proud.
My proudest accomplishment is being a good friend and following through.
doing 3 marathons: one, an actually running marathon and 2 marathons of natural childbirth!
Deciding this is not what I want to do with my life and quitting my glamorous well-paid job.
Traveling though South Africa for two months alone.
All the road trips I took in my youth – alone.
Finishing my book manuscript after 7 years! And I may have finally found a publisher.
My proudest accomplishment was having my column appear in print for the first time, in our local paper. I think the reason it was so special is that my mother was visiting at the time, and got to share in the moment, going out and getting a stack of papers and reading it that morning…. She’s in New England, I’m in Hawaii, and we don’t share much in the way of important life events because of geography. So it meant a lot.
Being present with my daughters even when work/other life pressures keep trying to creep in. Making that commitment every day is tough, but essential.
My proudest accomplishment was finishing my degree after having a baby. I just got my diploma in the mail and I couldn’t help crying I was so overjoyed!
PS- I love Mike and Alma’s stuff!
Getting myself onto Zoloft so I could be a better mama to my two boys. And a better wifey to my lovable, maddening husband.
Realizing I don’t NEED him. I simply want him.
Getting married in Oakland pre-Prop 8!
Growing two baby girls inside me, birthing them, and feeding them from my breasts. Amazing yet simple, I know.
Finishing my Masters (and then actually using it to get an awesome job!).
I still love teaching after 8 years.
I finished not one but two mini-triathlons this summer. Not first, but far from last which was my real expectation.
Being named Principal Clarinet of the La Jolla Symphony and in a couple of weeks debuting in that role playing Mahler’s First Symphony.
My proudest accomplishment is starting and maintaining the relationship that would lead to my (now 16 year) marriage, during law school.
Moving abroad by myself and living there for 2.5 years.
Organizing my first real emergency news conference, from start to finish, in two hours.
My greatest accomplishment is watching my children grow from shy, dependent beings into mostly confident pre-teens. I am in awe of their compassion for others, and their smiles make my day.
One of my coolest accomplishments was riding my bicycle from Salt Lake City to St. George Utah. It was almost 400 miles and it took 3 days. It was amazing to see the gorgeous State of Utah in slow motion! The trip was painful at times, but I would do it again in a heart beat!
Passing my national certification exam for interpreting! :)
See a moose in the wild.
This is hard. One of my proudest accomplishments has to be graduating with Honors and planning a wedding at the same time. That was a big deal. However, I think my recent Master’s degree is right up there.
I was totally empowered 13 years ago TODAY. I gave birth naturally to my twin daughters :) I was terrified the entire pregnancy as they were considered low risk (huh? Twins with one breech?) so knew an epidural would not be offered. 2.5 hours from start to finish. I felt I could do ANYTHING!
Thanks for the reminder, especially today. I think I will go hug them.
Opening my sewing machine and deciding that THIS TIME I really was going to learn to use it. I’m still learning, but with the help of blogs, you tube tutorials, and some great books, I’m getting there. There is something so completely satisfying to see something that I made.
starting my own business and having it pay for itself (though we’re still working on making profit!)
Crossing the Atlantic with my 15 month old daughter and showing her the fall foliage I have been wanting to see for more than 15 years.
Moving out of my parents’ house.
Complete my degree.
Winning a national academic competition in my chosen field!
That my 20 month old son says “please” and “thank you”
I went from a undergraduate who flunked out of school to (finally) obtaining the PhD. I am proud of this.
I’m proud that I was hired by Teach For America my senior year of college. They sent me to work in a dismal and dismaying public school in Philadelphia. I was teaching Special Education and I started with 6 weeks of training under my belt. My commitment was to teach for 2 years. Teaching with TFA was the most challenging, demanding and heart-busting experience of my life. I never once considered quitting (although I did my fair share of fantasizing about contracting a terrible illness or breaking both my legs). I made it through to the end and I’m proud of myself for it. I’m no longer a teacher, but the lessons I learned were worth the struggle.
I’m proud of finding a job I love and making the best of it.
my proudest accomplishment is committing to ditch pathological relationships and honoring that commitment.
My proudest acomplishment was getting rid of my stage fright! I hadn’t sang in front of a crowd in 10 years. I now have sang one acoustic show a month since last October as well as tried out for American Idol. I didn’t make the cut, but I felt damn good that I didn’t shake, stutter or stall because I was scared!
Learning to live again.
My proudest accomplishment was packing up my car 11 years ago, moving from MI to San Francisco all by my lonesome, and starting the life that I now adore. It was scary at the time, but the best decision I’ve ever made.
finishing the SSWC09 bike race last year. I worked so hard to train for it and in the process really learned about myself and became a better person for it, all for a silly mountain bike race.
My proudest accomplishment to date is being a little family. Just me, my husband and my dog, being a part of this little circle – that’s the greatest thing I’ve done as an adult.
Although starting graduate school (and loving it) is a pretty decent second.
I’ve dreamed of becoming a certified yoga instructor for more than 10 years. One month ago I convinced an amazing teacher to allow me to enroll in her teacher training course, for which I will repay her with my marketing and writing skills. I finally found a way around the obstacle of money to achieve a dream. It’s the most amazing feeling.
I think (I hope) my proudest accomplishment is still to come.
auditioning (with shaky knees, dry throat and sweaty palms) and making into a chorus that i thought might be WAY out of my league
Having my daughter and watching her grow in to an amazing person.
It will be completing my PhD!
My number one accomplishment … giving my best friend the love, support, and push she needed to reach for HER dreams. She starts school in her chosen field in January, in an entirely new city. She (and I!) couldn’t be more thrilled.
Everytime I make a big credit card payment, I want to high-five myself.
Getting a good job in a horrible economic environment, after two years of trying.
I am most proud of being a wife and mom. After meeting my sons I couldn’t really care less about my PhD anymore.
Madame No Discipline actually trained for and finished the San Francisco marathon. Hills, Hells Angels and all. No one was more surprised than I was.
giving birth to a beautiful baby without any pain medication. and how much i love her.
I wrote a book! A whole book! And it was published!
My son was born via emergency C-section.
When I found out I was pregnant with my daughter, I vowed to do everything within my power to have a VBAC.
While the events of my labor had all signs pointing toward another C-section, I persevered and not only had my VBAC, I did it WITHOUT AN EPIDURAL.
That is my greatest accomplishment.
getting my writing MFA from the top program in the country.
Finding a smart, funny and loving guy to call my own!
Can it be my proudest accomplishment of the week? Because I made macarons and didn’t fail, even thought it was really hard and I undercooked some and had to crisp the bottoms on the stove to get them to peel off of the parchment paper.
How about accomplishING? My proudest accomplishing thus far is my current ass-kicking in graduate school. Make that continuation of ass-kicking since we moved after the first year & instead of putting it off (which was tempting), I went for it.
Being the first person in my family to graduate from college.
My proudest accomplishment is currently graduating as a top graduate in the College of Arts of Science (one of 13 in a class of over 1000).
I’m hoping that one day my proudest accomplishment will be earning my PhD.
getting on the JET programme and enjoying (and surviving) 2 years of teaching and travelling
When I remind myself to live with joy and to live responsibly each day, I am very proud of myself.
Living the life that I wished for myself, work(ed) hard for, and cherish every day.
moving to a new city, travelling the world and starting fresh.
After getting laid off, deciding to work for myself and actually making a living at it.
Hard to decide…having two babies without pain meds? Even with Pitocin? One of them over 9 pounds…
Marrying the husband. We pulled it off ourselves, and everyone was happy.
Raising a daughter who likes bugs is one of my favorite things right now. If she can retain her confidence and enthusiasm through elementary school and beyond, I will be thrilled to pieces.
Getting up on stage at the Moth and telling a story
Other than my kids? The time I went in as an understudy and didn’t flub. Perhaps I was more relieved than proud…nah. I was proud.
I may have graduated from law school, interned in the White House, and earned a fantastic GPA, but my BEST accomplishment is being a kind person to everyone I meet. Mostly it is effortless, but sometimes it takes a lot of patience to stay kind.
paying off all my debt.
I’m registered to run the Oakland marathon in March 2011. I’m proud that when I think about it, I don’t try to talk myself out of it.
Winning Canadian Nationals on my horse!
I am proud of the fact that willing to work and work hard at my marriage. No one said it was going to be a walk in the park and it often isn’t, but it is worth fighting for.
I listened when it was impossibly hard to keep going.
Giving birth to my two sons!
To have a real career and finally breaking the seemingly endless cycle of waitressing jobs/student loans.
My proudest accomplishment was, at 21, canceling my ticket home after a semester abroad in Africa in order to spend the next two months on my own little adventure.
successfully completing my first year of law school.
Passing the bar exam!
9 weeks later, I have to say that at this moment my baby daughter is my biggest accomplishment.
I am most proud of myself right now, at a bit of a crossroads. I am proud that I am strong enough to figure out what I want and make a plan to go out and get it (hello Mighty Life List!), and proud that I can stick it out, for just a little longer, in a job that I hate because I know it will help me achieve bigger dreams.
Becoming a mother.
Becoming a Mom and realizing that I’m good at it.
Standing up for someone when they needed to be defended.
My proudest accomplishment was getting in to college – I haven’t finished yet, so getting in is still the proudest moment! 1st in my family! :)
ps. I love Ollibird! :)
My proudest accomplishment is that even when things are tough, I’ve learned to keep my positive outlook and stay kind to those I love.
Besides giving birth to two fantastically interesting kids, one of my greatest accomplishments has been becoming debt free. What a great feeling.
Moving my family outside the US has been both a proud accomplishment and a fantastic adventure and learning experience.
Taking what was meant to be a year to travel on a strict budget, and making my money last 15 months so that 13 countries later I’m still able to get around.
My proudest accomplishment so far has been graduating with honors from college.
i won a model un second place medal in high school (or was it third place?) i was brand new to model un, and i was so excited and thrilled because they loved my writing and this was new to me. but the absolute best part? i wasn’t mad i didn’t get first; i didn’t even think about it.
total satisfaction.
I have a personal proudest accomplishment that is maybe a little too personal to share on the internet, so I will say that completing my PhD was one of the proudest moments of my life
Have a baby!
I’m proudest of the hardest thing I’ve ever done: having a baby.
Dragging myself out of school loan and bad decisions relating to misspent youth debt! That and being a good role model for my-count ’em!-5 younger siblings!
Master’s Degree. Now if only I would use it somehow…
switching careers, moving to san francisco, starting a new job, marrying an amazing man, and going back to school . . . all within a year!
Not that I didn’t accomplish this without the help of pretty much everyone who knows me but applying for, being accepted and experiencing a year of Drama School in London is my proudest accomplishment. I worked on my craft every day, even when I was relaxing. I met people who are close friends to this day (went to my first ever Roller Derby bout with one of them this weekend). I emptied my bank account and took out loans and lived on credit cards but still managed to understand that to worry about money instead of traveling, going to shows, eating good food and fully engaging in the year would be to dishonor the experience.
I think I need to set my sights on a new accomplishment; integrating the importance of experience over worry into my current life. Not to mention working steadily and fully on my craft.
Proudest accomplishment is seeing my stepkids grow into wonderful, responsible adults.
College graduation, when the provost had to stop and take a deep breath before reading out my name and honors. I worked hard, dang it! And had just been admitted to two graduate programs outside of my major.
This is an odd thing, but I am secretly so proud of myself for getting out of a pretty unhappy and lonesome seven-year relationship. I traded security for… the unknown!
Launching my own business. It is still in its baby stage but I am so proud!
Studying abroad :)
I am proudest of marrying the right person: someone who is helping me to accomplish my (at times totally implausible and ridiculous) dreams.
Pushing a baby out of my hooha.
I am most proud of the months I spent teaching kindergarteners how to read and how to handle anger & frustration without hitting.
My proudest accomplishment is just since this last week actually. I started an Etsy shop where I sell my knit and crocheted items and it really took off last week. It is so mind blowing and a real honor that people actually want to buy something that I personally created!
That necklace is really lovely!
I would have to say my kids. :)
Backpacking solo around Europe.
This was a hard one, Maggie! I guess I’m proud that I’m willing to take risks still, even though I might have to have my husband talk me into them! I’m proud of the crazy old decrepit historical-registry home we bought & all the work we’ve (ok, mostly he’s) done on it. I’m proud he and I followed our dreams and spent 6 months overseas, looking for work. I’m proud of my two wonderful daughters. I’m also proud that I consider myself to be always learning and growing and not-done. :)
Going skydiving.
I’m proud of the one boy I have raised and who is off to college – making his way in the world, and for the one still at home….
I was so proud of myself when I finally graduated college (after it taking me 6 years) with honors, and knowing that I paid for every dime of it myself!
Backpacking through Europe alone at age 21. It was a lot harder to plan, fund, and survive than I thought it would be and it was one of the greatest experiences of my life. I don’t know that I would have the courage now, in my late twenties, to travel that far and long all alone so having done it brings a smile to my face.
moving across the country twice with a child under 5
this weekend looks incredible
i took a week-long trip to London by myself when I was 21. it was the first time i had traveled alone, i did it somewhat defiantly because my potential travel companions all flaked out, and i had a superbly awesome time all by myself.
Losing 70lbs!!
nothing yet?
Getting my college degree and credential!
I am most proud of searching for, financing a purchasing my dream home on my own… by myself! I still love my home!
Running my first 5k!
Paying off my student loans on my own – and EARLY! – has been my proudest accomplishment to date. Even Ma was proud!
Having my firstborn…big brown eyes and black curly hair…I was in love…
Raising 3 children (still in progress).
Pushing an 8lb peanut out of my lady-hole 6.5 weeks ago.
Finally being willing to invest in a life coach to help me make the final steps towards pursuing my dreams when my own fears continued to hold me back.
Graduating from college.
Crossing the finish line at the NYC Marathon!
deciding to invest in myself and finding that it has lead me to marvelous possibilities.