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.
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My 3 boys. They ROCK!!
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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!
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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.
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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!
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Buying my own home 🙂
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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
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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.
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Going back to work and finishing a magazine after experiencing a miscarriage in August.
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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
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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.
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Raising my two girls
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Forcing myself to take the job i have now… working till it becomes a success will hopefully take the place of this moment though.
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Leaving my best friend behind to move to another city. Taking a leap of faith that it would all work out.
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My proudest achievement is learning how to make something that people will BUY! I think that’s awesome.
Um, and so is that print!
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Starting my own business.
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Becoming a doctorate candidate in special education and my relationships!
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Married the man of my dreams. We celebrate our 10th anniversary in November. Still head-over-heels in love with him.
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finishing my master’s degree, working in NYC with insane boss and not killing him, parenting son.
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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!
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Buying my first car.
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I lived abroad for 3 years and came back mostly sane.
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My proudest accomplishment was graduating from university as a single parent.
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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
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teaching myself to be happy
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Proudest accomplishment – putting myself through school while being a single mom and working full-time.
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proudest accomplishment – learning to ask for what I want/need and starting to take care of myself like a real honorable human being!
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Loading up everything and moving across the country on a whim – best learning experience!
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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.
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less than two weeks ago, I read some of my writing to a live audience for the first time. hella proud 🙂
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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.
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committing to the change I needed. being bold enough to move and leave behind the things I had worked for.
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I’m ever so proud of being a great mom and coparenting really well with my son’s dad, my ex-husband.
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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.
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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.
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Raising children has been my proudest accomplishment so far… But I am still young 🙂
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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.
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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.
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My proudest accomplishment? Starting my own freelance writing business.
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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.
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Stepping out, listening, and moving across the country on my own.
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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.
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I got a job, in my field, in this economy.
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I am most proud of making my own lovely life.
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My kids. I like to think I’ve had a little to do with the wonderful people they are becoming.
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I got out of debt, on my own, and i’m never going back!
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I am most proud of having a career that helps others in a profound way.
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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.
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I ran a half marathon.
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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.
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My proudest accomplishment was working as a tutor and study group leader to help students pass a difficult college course.
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