Getting involved in local street design projects, and making a literally concrete difference.
It just so happens I’m proud of something I did two hours ago as I write this sentence. A friend of mine said they needed a constant companion for the time being, and another friend said they needed a certain demographic to be friends with, and after realizing the first friend fell under that demographic, I thought “wait, do these two people know each other”. Three hours ago as I write this sentence, I introduced them, and they really hit it off. I just made three people very happy.
Being pleasant and helpful to customers at work. What I do is by no means important, but I take pride in doing it well (or at least trying to). Too many people in customer service are bored, apathetic, or act like you’re bothering them by asking them to do their jobs. I like to make people smile.
Something I wrote has been read on every continent.
That’s wonderful! What did you write about? Link? =)
I can’t link without doxing myself, but it was a civil rights political essay at a time when I was far more involved in activism than I am now.
Did someone specifically take it to Antarctica?
One of my regular readers was doing some kind of geology thing there for her college studies and shared it with her team.
Being part of a team that helped a child learn to communicate in their own way. They went from dangerous head banging behaviors, having to work in a padded room to sitting at a desk with nearly no SIB. Not all wine and roses but damn it’s night and day over the last 2 years.
I’m sure that takes a lot of patience and understanding, that’s super cool of you.
I made some mods for a few games. People still use 'em.
That’s really neat. Which games/mods?
Mostly Deus Ex and the Bethesda Fallout titles. (3, New Vegas, and 4)
Anything that’s got a link?
Easiest thing is probably just checking my NexusMods profile.
Oh and my Deus Ex mod is over at ModDB.
Very cool. I always have the Shut Up Preston in my FO4 games. I’ve just recently been meaning to do a play of Deus Ex with some modernization so this is really handy.
Another satisfied customer. Huzzah!
I do want to say that Shifter was one of my earliest major mods and some of the decisions I made were not exactly the most well thought out. It’s used as the basis for a lot of other mods but they almost all make some adjustments to what I did, and rightfully so. Other than that little disclaimer, I hope you have fun! :D
I quit smoking. Had too many downsides to be justifiable.
When helping someone knowing very well that I won’t get anything from them in return.
Surviving
Just cleaned up my whole apartment. I don’t think I’ve ever lived anywhere where the whole place is this clean. I normally deep clean one area then stop and by the time i clean the next area the first ones dirty again. Everything is sorted nicely, got stuff hung up that I’ve been putting off, vacuumed in every corner, the whole works. I’m exhausted but super proud
I’m proud of you too
I’m 20. I haven’t made it big but I’ve moved into a place with my best friend, have paid off my car without help from my dad, have a steady job making good money, can work on my own car, and have friends that make good company. I’d say I’m proud from getting all of this in the 2 years since high school
I love buying tools to work on my car. It’s a great skill to have and work on.
I just love driving. :)
I’m 20 and I did none of those. I’m a loser. I’m dropping out of college most probably
From one dropout to another, good luck. Things worked out okay for me. May e they will for you too.
Went back to school in my mid-30s, just for my AA. But it got my foot in the door to a great field and now the upwards momentum is almost limitless.
I’m not really looking to be some big shot, as I prefer work balanced, but I love that I’m not stuck where I was before.
In 2007, I, a non-white non-Korean, took a job in South Korea. Then, I took another. Then, at the third job, I was hired, but the owner’s brother was amenable to some of the more racist thoughts that guided the approach to business in SK. He thought I would hurt the business. He resisted hiring another non-white, non-Korean.
The owner asked me to write a letter. Instead of saying, “that’s not my job”, I wrote the letter. I made the case. They hired another non-white, non-Korean after me.
I’m still pretty proud of that letter.
Brushing my teeth. I’ve been through progressive hard depression from an early age. Yeah. It’s not much
Small improvements are still improvements, my friend - good on ya!
Any self improvement, as small as it may seam, creates a momentum to change other things.
Celebrate that change and use it to make other positive changes.
I’m trying to build a flossing habit, myself
You’re wrong friend.
Even for people that are not depressed, brushing their teeth is almost a chore.
You brushing your teeth, not only shows great resilience, but also improvement
Going to talk therapy. Getting married and having kids really pushed me and helps me keep going on the hardest days. I cannot have mental illness affect their lives like it did mine growing up.
