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.
Mighty Girl 
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!) 🙂
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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.
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Living a relatively balanced life, with time for hubby, kids and a job I’m really proud of.
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Becoming a mother, of course!
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I’m a Fulbright scholar!
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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.
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having one of my photographs featured as wbez.org’s picture of the day!
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Coming back from major, soul sucking clinical depression and all the events that caused it, better than before.
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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
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Easy answer – finishing the marathon
Real answer – finally exposing my darkest secret to the light.
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Having the hootspa to move to Italy and start a new life. I was 18 at the time.
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Publishing my first first-author paper in a scientific journal.
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Spending my time abroad wisely enough that I came back a much stronger, more confident person.
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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 🙂
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5 years of marriage… today: )
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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.
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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.
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Moving away from home (Brazil) to live in (Canada) and surviving the winters!!!
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My proudest accomplishment is..that I haven’t stopped growing, developing as a human being.
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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.
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Finally growing comfortable in my own skin.
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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.
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becoming a mom. Nothing has given me more confidence and self esteem.
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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.
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My proudest accomplishment was learning to like myself for who I am.
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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…
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I am proud of myself for finishing University without debt and being financially independent.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Def my kids. They are amazing!
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Proud to discover and cultivate true partnership within my marriage, making me feel very hopeful about what we can take on together.
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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.
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I’m most proud of taking the plunge and converting to Judaism. I’m Jewish and passionate about it!!
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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! : )
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I made my daughter’s First Communion dress, and if I say so myself, I knocked it out of the park.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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18 hours of labor. 9 pound baby. no drugs.
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Finishing writing my first novel–proving to myself that I could do it, and have written more since, and will continue to.
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Overcoming an eating disorder and learning to love my body!
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Not sure it’s my proudEST, but I was fairly proud of completing a half marathon.
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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.
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Making up my mind to follow my dream of being a nurse….and doing it!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Taking the leap and trusting myself to find the soft landing I needed.
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