What are you most proud of yourself for?

[Kulotz]

For me, I am proud of myself for trying over and over and again. Sometimes I pause and cry and don't want to do anything, but after I recharge and find the energy, I simply start over again.

What's yours?

[CaptainOverthink]

I'm proud of trying, too.
Proud of resisting debilitating fear, of failing obviously and publicly, yet being back on my horse the next day despite the rumors brewing.
I'm proud of me going my own way, the way I need to improve, I'm facing my obsticles and have accepted the embarressment to high degrees.
And I also feel the respect of those who really see my struggles, for many wish they dared challenge themselves more. I am proud of myself when I see others try to bloom out too, even if only exploratory.

I am proud that I can have an impact and that I am not too proud. That I can still balance and not think I am better than anyone else, just different.

[Chazmatazz269]

Probably completing the apprenticeship and establishing a career as an electrician.
Most recently though, i had a bad day and decided to go get some barbecue for dinner. Once i had the BBQ in the car, it smelled so good and it triggered my desire for a beer or six. I instantly decided not to get the beer and instead hit the gym early the next day.
As an alcoholic, that’s a profound moment. I would normally him & haw a while before talking myself out of drinking. Many times i have actually given in to the impulse. A split second decision to not drink in the moment, in favor of a much healthier choice in the near future was kind of unprecedented for me. I can’t remember the last time i was so proud.
People who don’t know addiction won’t understand that at all.

[Booklover_90]

Not being desperate for a man. If the feelings aren’t mutual, I just let it go and let him be. I use to be such a nuisance to men that I was interested in, but no more.

[EmmaMary]

@Kulotz

The building of our home and family.

[EmmaMary]

Thank you for the MHO.

[HighValue]

When I was 24 I bench pressed 450 pounds and curled 215.

I was ranked number 1 on most multiplayer maps for Brothers in Arms Road to Hill 30 on the original Xbox. (6 of the maps, and in the top 4 in the others).

I started working in after school programs and saved up enough money by sacrificing to pay my way through commercial driving school to become a school bus driver, then worked and saved enough to pay my way to a teaching degree. Now I am a teacher with no student loans, even though the process took years to accomplish since I started out poor and had to walk to work (no transportation) for the first 5 years of that process.

[Lynx122]

I do the same thing as you :) Also I have a disability and I'm still running my life in a pretty good way. Also processing and overcoming a lot of trauma from my high school time. In general my mental health is the thing I've worked the most on and where I have the most to show for it. Just slow and steady. I'm trying to figure out if I can do mental health as a job but it's still gonna take some time.

[DrPepper12]

Quitting cigarettes and alcohol. Being a spouse and father. Saying with out hyperbole that I have over a thousand kids that I care very deeply about having been my students. Succeeding financially better than my parents by a long shot. Having been born when I was before childhood was ruined.

[ZackBan]

Leaving home at 22 and trying to make it on my own in another country.
Now, almost 4 years later, I have an engineering degree and make more money than my parents do after full careers

[CriticalCatDad]

I'm proud of myself for having been single for 9 full years and not giving in to a woman's bullshit

[Med_guy1978]

For getting back up every time I fall and not allowing myself to be defeated.

[DishLady]

Getting past a massive life challenge.

[EndlessVoid20]

For going back to school 🎒

[Jennz6]

I’m not really proud of myself