No humbleness allowed, big bragging only! I'll go first ...

[Biblionerd]

Tomorrow I will be submitting my masters thesis. 6 years as a single mother of 3, eldest DS has asd, hearing and visual impairment. I have done a foundation degree, started my BA and was asked to transfer to an integrated masters, asked I tells you. And tomorrow, after a year of pandemic, MH struggles and homeschooling I get to submit my masters thesis

What is your big brag?

@UnitedRoad

Every single one of you are absolutely wonderful and I’m so delighted and (probably weirdly) proud of you all.

Mines a bit pathetic in comparison. I’ve always been pretty rubbish at everything, but I love sewing. It was a bit of a joke among my family and friends but I’ve just persevered with it, and started an Etsy shop 2.5 years ago. My daughter was looking at my shop on erank today (it’s an Etsy statistics page) and pointed out that I’m in the top 5% of sellers globally. What I make is quite niche, and I don’t advertise, so secretly I’m really proud of that

Nope, not having that, this is an unashamed bragging post, and being in the top 5% with no advertising is a fucking HUGE achievement. Brag louder, you're an achiever!!

What a fabulous thread!!!

My modest brag from today is that I passed my interview to begin specialist training in supporting bereaved families after the loss of a baby.

I'm really looking forward to starting the course and hopefully supporting other families soon.

I also managed to have two small glasses of red wine tonight instead of polishing off the entire bottle which I find far too tempting the latter end of the week! A very small win for moderation there!

Have so enjoyed reading about others achievements on here this evening - we don't cheer ourselves on enough! We should do it more!

Well done vipers!

@Embroideredstars

I found out this week I got 96% in my post-grad exams!

Can't believe it, it was by far the hardest exam I've ever done 🙈🙊🐵

And this was a clinical role in the middle of a pandemic...

@Impatientwino that is a hugely important service you're providing, and a humble brag is more appropriate given the subject. However, end of the week moderation gets a fucking huge brag, say it louder!!

@Embroideredstars

I found out this week I got 96% in my post-grad exams!

Can't believe it, it was by far the hardest exam I've ever done 🙈🙊🐵

Fucking hell, that's incredible! Brag it up lady

I have been promoted to the exec leadership team at work (the second woman in a group of eight).

This is after five years running my own business (sometimes reasonably successfully, but it was REALLY tough for the last two years), and starting with my current company as a contractor during the pandemic.

I'm proud as I'd lost a fair bit of work confidence, and it's nice to be back in the swing of things.

Congratulations it is a wonderful achievement in these times. Stay safe.

I aced a presentation that I delivered today at work about my area of expertise. It was optional attendance so I didn’t know who or how many people would join. I’ve been stressing all week and had a poorly child to look after too. So nervous. But I’ve had great feedback from very senior people and had over 100 colleagues from all over the world watching me! It has been recorded for people to watch in their own time but I’ve also been asked to repeat it next week to those that couldn’t join today so that they can ask questions.

My brag is that I’ve been a lone parent since the first trimester when my partner turned violent and I left (best decision ever).
I was in a temporary job (by choice but wasn’t planning to get pregnant so it meant I didn’t get statutory maternity pay). By the time my son was 6 months old I had got a new (permanent) job and bought us a big house in a nice area with a massive garden. By his first Christmas I had fully renovated and moved into a safe, secure and fabulous (IMO) home for me and my son. I have some pretty impressive academic achievements, but I honestly think my biggest achievement is still what I did in just over a year to secure mine and my son’s futures.

After putting on lots of weight after having children and feeling like crap about myself for years I’ve lost 2.5 stone since January and I’ve done it in a healthy way I can sustain long term. I’m back in all my old clothes and I feel like myself again. My BMI is back to a healthy one and I feel so much better.

Left my home country and arrived in London with £400 in 2005. No degree, no real job experience (but an English speaker). Worked my way up to a recent 6 figure salary

Have just bought my dream home with DH, very much 50 /50 contribution, 3 DC. 5 bedrooms, enough for family to come stay, big garden, lots of space, great schools for the children.

I NEVER thought I would have this, I knew I was clever, however many assaults and traumas in childhood left me isolated. I had innate confidence but no piece of paper to proveI could do my job (in financial services). I am lucky someone took a chance on me.

I really am proud of myself for giving my children a family of love and also a safe, awesome home.

You ladies are really showing the tru grit you're made of!! Weight loss, single patenting and starting over, look at us all here just being fricking awesome!!

You are a bunch of seriously impressive women 👏

Mine is that I was elected the chair of the managing trustees of a venerable institution this week. It has been around since the 1700s and I'm the first woman to be elected chair .

I have lost 3 stone and gone from a 22 to a 16. Still a way to go, but I’m doing it! Go, me!

This is pathetic but big for me :)
I am disabled by MS. Yesterday I walked further by myself than I have this year. I had a cocktail of medication beforehand but I've been working hard too.

What a lovely start to my day. Have just read through all the posts on here and they really make you feel good. Well done to everyone.

Thanks OP

I have to say though, the achievement I might still be most proud of is my 96% in one of my chemistry AS levels. I'd been considered (and considered myself) fairly stupid/inadequate for my whole life up until that point, so it was absolutely wonderful/revelatory. I'd also lost a lot of weight, which made me feel so much better about myself (I was 16).

Admittedly it did open my eyes to how my mother seemed to like me a whole lot more when I was 'successful' (whole other thread) but it also gave me a foundation of thinking that I might actually be a bit more capable than I'd thought

@PastMyBestBeforeDate that is fab! I am disabled too and the little achievements are equivalent to Phd’s etc!! Well done!

Well done everyone, I’m beaming reading all of your amazing achievements!

Mine is I recently got a first in my dissertation! It was the hardest thing I’ve ever done and didn’t think I’d even get through it so I was completely
Surprised and cried my eyes out!

I’m totally caught up on all my work and I am on course to qualify as a nurse in just 18 weeks! I’m a single parent who left a very abusive relationship just over 5 years ago. I walked out one morning and left EVERYTHING behind, moved into my mums box room with DS, claimed benefits for a bit and tried to work out my life. Managed to get a job, got promoted pretty quickly and moved into my own little house with DS which I’ve made into a lovely home for us. Finally worked up the courage to start my training and it has almost killed me at times but here I am. I have been offered a job as a district nurse which I am over the moon about and can’t wait to start. I met a lovely man just before my training commenced, he is amazing and we are moving in together next year. DS is thriving and still maintains a good relationship with his father and his fathers family.

I could never have dreamed my life would be like this and I don’t say it often but I am SO proud of myself. Never again will I let anyone knock me down

After a years of hard work I've just qualified as a forest school practitioner and I've got funding to run forest school for children who would otherwise never get the chance. My dream of making forest school assessable to everyone is getting closer!

@Biblionerd

Bloody good on yer! That is terrific!

I've lost half a stone, but that sounds really trivial by comparison

No no. Never say it is trivial to lose half a stone! I wish I had! It is usually very hard work!

Woweee! That's fantastic OP! I'm delighted for you!

My only small brag is I went into a shop that sells local produce and I asked if they'd be interested in selling something I make. I didn't even take in a sample but they said yes on the spot. I was very happy.

@Biblionerd

Tomorrow I will be submitting my masters thesis. 6 years as a single mother of 3, eldest DS has asd, hearing and visual impairment. I have done a foundation degree, started my BA and was asked to transfer to an integrated masters, asked I tells you. And tomorrow, after a year of pandemic, MH struggles and homeschooling I get to submit my masters thesis

What is your big brag?

Img you could be me! That's very close to my situation. Finished my degree last year and got a FIRST!

Loving this thread

@UnitedRoad I particularly love that your dd was your cheerleader there. She's a future great manager 👏

Mine's a bit odd. I love my job but since the moment I started it it's been very bitty, requiring me to do split days across different sites, which at times was unbearably stressful. I also accepted long ago that im just not a manager. Well, about 2 years ago I made a plan that I would develop the research side of my career and aim to be working in one place. This week I am working on one site only, with a team I love, and a team leader who has told me that I am a huge support to her and the bedrock of the team. I am waiting to hear about my NIHR application for masters funding (and anyone who's done one of those will know the application is a beast). I'm bloody proud of myself that I decided what I wanted and am making it happen.