Come here and blow your own trumpet

[Slowdayinfleetstreetisit]

I’m always the first to give myself a hard time about the many things I consider myself rubbish at so I thought it’d be nice for a change to point out a couple of things I’m really good at.

I’m a great cook and IMHO I’m really stylish too 😊

So what are you good at (but probably never point out to anyone IRL 😉

You're all amazing!
@StrewthMarge - try harder! What would your best friend say was your best quality? I'm sure you're amazing too.

I'm great at harmony, both musical and household. I think of myself as the oil in the family machine. And I've just started a community choir!

I think I'm pretty amazing 😄

I've managed to run a successful business pretty much by myself this year after DH had to accept a job with longer hours and we could only afford a part time assistant. The busiest time of year has just passed and I coped with only 3 minor breakdowns! I have a part time job on top of this and work a lot of hours but I do a damn good job.

I had a horrible cancer scare early in the year and nearly had a nervous breakdown and have suffered awful anxiety since but get up every day, keep going and stay fairly cheerful.

I have raised 2 wonderful kids who are smart and funny and kind teens and never cause me any real trouble.

Even though I work long hours I manage to keep my house nice most of the time - I'd go mad living in a tip so it's very important to me.

We have also fostered 6 dogs this year and taken them to their new forever homes which has been immensely rewarding and a lot of fun 🙂

About twenty years ago I fell downstairs - banging my head all the way down - was in a coma for 23 hours. I had to learn to walk and talk again. 3 Years after that, I got my pilots licence ( Now lapsed as it's too expensive to fly !!! ).
My big achievement !!

I’m a really good gardener.

I think I'm you!

Not sure really, I do a mix of activities and try to be polite as best as and try to survive.

Bloody hell, that’s properly amazing.

I slogged through years of professional training while bringing up two children with difficult mental health diagnoses and supporting a husband who worked away all week and had obsessive hobbies at weekends. I fitted my life around theirs and somehow managed to build a professional career that was good.
In the last year the youngest child left home and I was head hunted by someone who watched me slog away years ago.
In my mid fifties I'm finally getting to stretch my professional wings and am earning a salary that has changed my family's lives.
My achievement is I'm actually brilliant at my new role which is a huge step up the ladder.

I am a driver. I have been told that I am a very smooth driver by passengers. When I test drove a brand new car a few years ago the garage man who was in the passenger seat was quite impressed with how I negotiated a particular situation and commented on it.
My father taught me to drive, for the most part.

I’m patient and I think I have the grit to keep going when things get challenging.

I decided to stop drinking and I’ve been dry for nearly two years.

Being dry for two years is a massive achievement.

I'm amazingly brave and push myself. If I look at all the things I've done that have stemmed from my ability to act and throw caution to the wind I feel hugely proud.

I'm very empathic. I make a great 'ear'.

I'm fast at getting ready!

I'm very organised.

I wish I was more organised, although much more so in my working than private life.

What a lovely thread.

I’m a good cook.
I can draw and paint quite well.
I’m really good at my job.
I am excellent at finding things out.

This is a nice thread! Erm, I think I'm good at being non-judgemental and putting myself in other people's shoes which helps me to be kind. I'm also quite bright but hide it a bit as showing it doesn't seem to make for popularity.

@Slowdayinfleetstreetisit do you have any tips for being stylish please?