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To ask what is the proudest you've ever been of yourself?

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needapickmeup · 07/05/2017 17:03

Sorry for the strange sounding title I couldn't think of how to phrase the question!!!
Been a bit stuck for motivation really - got lots of things I need to get done that I KNOW I can do, just been feeling a bit low.

So help me out guys!!! Tell me stories of when you've made yourself really proud. Get me motivated!!!

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fueledbybacon · 07/05/2017 17:54

Losing 95lbs in a year. Healed my PCOS through this diet, cured my hypothyroidism through this diet. Healthier than I've ever been.

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needapickmeup · 07/05/2017 17:56

These stories are exactly what I need!! Glass of wine in the garden cracking on with all this reading.
ButtMuncher Flowers Keep on going. You'll keep getting stronger and stronger.

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needapickmeup · 07/05/2017 17:57

forfucksakejanet Completely agree. It's put such a smile on my face reading everybody's best moments.

We should all stop to think about the pretty awesome stuff we've done more often.

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MrsPeel1 · 07/05/2017 17:59

Funnily enough my moment was last night, I was trying to find some paperwork and stumbled across a card given to me by the mother of one of my first tutees. She said that I had made a real difference to his life and that I was often spoken of fondly in their home. I'm not ashamed to say that I had a little weep. I hope I still make a difference now.

Runasharptooth · 07/05/2017 17:59

Walking across the stage at my graduation to get a first in my degree with my children watching. Such hard work to get but worth it!

SelfObsessionHoney · 07/05/2017 17:59

fueledby bacon fuck me, that's impressive!

JennyHolzersGhost · 07/05/2017 18:11

You're all awesome Flowers

Mine is passing my driving test in mid-life after being phobic about driving since I had a horrible aggressive bullying instructor when I was 17.
I haven't driven much since and now the car gives me panic attacks Blush but I know that if I need to, I can conquer it again.

LapCatLicker · 07/05/2017 18:17

I changed job after 13 years and then started an OU degree in an area I've always loved but never had the courage to pursue at the age of 40 with a small Ds. It's bloody hard work but I am in such a better place than 3 yrs ago when I was in the hospital with GI bleeding likely due to stress from my job.

CesareBorgiasUnicornMask · 07/05/2017 18:24

Finding out I'd passed my first year of medical school (which was actually 2 years in 1, as it's a four-year graduate course) while in labour with DS1. It was just as the pethidine was wearing off and the high kept me going for a good few hours Grin.

MrTumblesbitch · 07/05/2017 18:30

Oh! Also, this is small compared to everyone else's - but you know when you get that "fuck this, I will not be beaten" feeling?

Ds dad left when I was pregnant and I was deveatated but doing the strong face on it it thing. Saved up, ebayed loads of stuff and bought ds a nursery set from mothercare. Bastards delivered it when I was 8 months pregnant and refused to carry it up the stairs as it was so heavy (I know they aren't allowed to!) I cried for 3 days because I just couldn't move this bloody nursery set up the stairs and I didn't have anyone I could ask to do it for me.

I hit rock bottom and then had that "fuck this I won't be beaten!" Feeling. Emptied out every single box and carried each piece up individually (took me a full day as I was 8 months pregnant and knackered!) then I build every last damn piece of it myself: wardrobe, cot, chest of drawers and tall boy.

SO fucking proud! Ds is 5 now and I've just told him what I did - he's just said "thanks mama. Will you build me a swing next?!" Grin

karigan · 07/05/2017 18:33

I finished my final QTS (teacher training) placement whilst on maternity leave. If I hadn't completed it when it was scheduled then I would have had to defer the entire year for the sake of a 2 month placement.

So I did it then. My DD was 3 months old at the beginning- five months old at the end. I went in every day on less than 3 hours sleep; drove to the uni nursery at lunch to breastfeed her (despite trying everything she never took a bottle) then drove back, eating my lunch in the car and arriving back with 10 minutes to set up my afternoon lessons. I was beyond tired and I ran mostly on sugar and caffeine but never missed a single day and was hugely supported by my placement school who were wonderful.

I got an '1' (top grade) in every teaching standard as my final mark. I'd previously coasted through a lot of college, uni and it's the one thing I've had to properly throw my back into.

chickenwire17 · 07/05/2017 18:36

One biggie: having the courage to tell my abusive parents via letter that no, I was NOT to blame for the sexual abuse I suffered at my father's hand when I was a child (no, Daddy, a seven year old girl does not 'tempt' her father Hmm).

One little one: successfully growing some penstemon cuttings last year after having tried FOR YEARS!!!!

Janey50 · 07/05/2017 18:38

An incident that springs to mind was when an ex of mine dumped me in a particularly nasty way a few years back. I was really upset about it and couldn't get any sense out of him as to why he was being so vile and unpleasant. Anyway,after 3 days feeling sorry for myself,I woke up and thought 'That's it. Enough. Pull yourself together.' It was like a switch had been flicked in my brain. About an hour later,my phone rang. It was him. I was tempted to just ignore or cut the call,but out of curiosity I answered. I gave clipped,monosyllabic answers to his questions. Was I OK? Yes thanks. Was I going out today? Maybe. Did I text him yesterday? No,why would I? After a minute of this,I said 'Was there anything else?' He said 'I just wanted to see if you were OK'. I responded 'Like you're bothered' and hung up on him. I then blocked his number. When I went out later,he turned up at the coffee shop I was in. Started ranting at me about ignoring him,blocking his number etc. I let him rant and when he'd finished,I said 'Leave me alone please. If you don't go now I will tell the staff you are harassing me'. He left. I felt proud of how I handled it all,as I'd always thought I would go to pieces if he dumped me. I had proved to myself that I am made of sterner stuff. That I could live without him. That he wasn't worth it. Looking back now,I think he did me a favour.

isawahatonce · 07/05/2017 18:47

Spending 6 months in a different country where I didn't know anyone when I was 18 - I was terrified going out there and spent my first day in tears but it was wonderful and it gave me so much confidence, it was like I went there a frightened child and came back a confident adult.

Etymology23 · 07/05/2017 18:54

Wowsers, so many amazing stories here! So good to read them.

My biggie: I got through my Cambridge degree, got a 2i and had a job set up for the end of it, despite being really very very ill (unable to eat, masses of pain, frequently barely able to get out of bed). I don't really know how I did it at all.

My little one: 7 months after moving into this house, the garden has gone from chest height weeds to been made (mainly) of grass, with some pots and shrubs and patio furniture! Thanks to a lot of hard work from me ( and a lot of help from friends family and neighbours). To even be in a fit state to do that work is amazing for me.

PicardsCombOver · 07/05/2017 18:57

Quit fags and booze and have managed to stop hurting myself. Finally saw sense and turned my back on a group of 'friends' who were screwing with my head. Generally bouncing back from a lifetime of abuse, several incidents of rape and the horrific investigation. Now trying to reverse T2 diabetes Easter Smile haven't achieved much compared to the fantastic stories here but my small victories are mine nonetheless.

EmpressOfTheSpartacusOceans · 07/05/2017 19:00

That will be three weeks tomorrow when I complete a 10K through Central London and know I've raised over £1,600 for pancreatic cancer research. I said I would when one of my best friends died from it a few months ago. And I almost have.

Gingerbreadmam · 07/05/2017 19:01

three things...

have an admin job with an ok salary (from the north east so dont earn megabucks up here). Half of my office have degrees and resent being stuck in that role for that salary. im proud i am on the same salary as them without the degree.

secondly learning to drive. sounds really silly but i have lots of siblings and im the only one who drives so it feels like a bit of an achievement.

this is a sad one but - still being me although a slightly different version after the stillbirth of my son 18 months ago. i still am in awe of myself most days in how i have coped.

thethoughtfox · 07/05/2017 19:02

Passing my driving test. Had to take 2 years of lessons and was a nervous wreck every single lesson.

Chottie · 07/05/2017 19:03

Passing a C&G L2 numeracy skills exam and scoring 100% for several sections.

This was 40 years after leaving school and spending all those years thinking I couldn't "do maths".

musicposy · 07/05/2017 19:03

Learning to swim. I know that sounds pathetic but my whole childhood I never learnt to swim. I was scared of getting water over my face, scared of leaving the edge, etc etc. Every teacher I'd ever had had tried and failed. Many had got cross and frustrated with me.

Then during my teacher training we were told we'd need to supervise swimming and should be able to swim. We got free entry to the local swimming pool for a term.

I was determined to learn. I went every day. Come rain or snow, I walked to the pool. It was winter and I couldn't afford the hairdryer so some days icicles had formed in my hair by the time I got home. But I was determined not to miss a day.

To start with I couldn't even let go of the edge. After a while a lot of the regulars to the pool, mainly older ladies, started recognising me and cheering me on. Little by little I lost my fear, could let go of the edge, could have water over my face, could trust water, could swim with a float.

The day I first swam a few strokes I had about 20 people cheering for me.

I'll never be the world's best swimmer but I can swim a length or two, swim a bit underwater, and swim on my back. I still rate it as my greatest ever achievement.

Teabagtits · 07/05/2017 19:04

The first thing I was ever proud of was when I attended a week long oil painting class. I was told at school I was terrible at art and I would never get to art school. It put me off doing any kind of art for decades but I decided to try this particular summer school a few years back and whenreI painted my first ever colour portrait. I had established and renowned artists and art lecturers comment on how well I'd done. I even had offers to buy it. It looked like a photograph (I know that's not always a good thing when painting) and it made me proud that I had decided to try again all these years later. I've been painting and sometimes selling them ever since.

BetterEatCheese · 07/05/2017 19:23

Studying now, half way through a degree. It's bloody hard and I am proud of myself for taking the first step 4 years ago.

BetterEatCheese · 07/05/2017 19:26

What are you studying OP?

isittimetogotobed · 07/05/2017 19:46

Mine has been completing my degree with four children, working part time as well. I've just got a job this week and feel immensely proud of myself.
I never thought I'd actually pass, so never told people I'd applied or started a degree, I never put anything on social media either.
I have grown so much on confidence

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