Bragging Monday

[asterroc]

Just saw a nice set of slides about Impostor Syndrome, and per the suggestion of a slide therein, let's celebrate Monday today (or maybe Tuesday by the time people read this) by bragging about ourselves.

Overcoming Impostor Syndrome from dreamwidth

What's one thing you've done lately that you're proud of?

I want us all to see them all, but feel free to post anonymously.

Here's mine
I was really afraid about a programming class I'm taking this semester. We had a "HW 0" due Saturday, and I not only managed to finish it, but I finished it early (Friday afternoon)! Even better, I got the feedback this afternoon, and the prof gushed compliments! :)

Originally posted on Dreamwidth. comments there. Comment here or there.

Comments

[spazzy444.livejournal.com]

I know this is probably silly, but I am so proud at how well I am doing geometry after not looking at it since high school. I was given a basic refresher and passed the test with an 86. For someone who has struggled with math their entire life this is a huge win. Especially since at least 3 of my coworkers failed it 2x each.

[l0stmyrel1g10n.livejournal.com]

I started working again on an old fic and some parts of it came out really well. My girlfriend helped me a little but I took her contributions and added to and improved them.

[jennekirby.livejournal.com]

Even though I'm like less than 20 pounds down from "morbidly obese," I ran 10 kilometers yesterday. (OK, I did walk for a short part of it, but only maybe a quarter mile of the 6.2 miles.) I am not losing weight at all, but I'm gaining muscle rapidly, and can lift more than twice what I could back in October. I'm really proud of my body, and of my willingness to keep trying when I'm not seeing the weight loss results I hoped to see (that's not the only reason I'm doing this, but it would have been the biggest metric for me once upon a time).

[cosmicwonder.livejournal.com]

Thank you for posting this slideshow. I've been having a tough time the last couple weeks, and I can see that imposter syndrome is playing a huge role in it.

Anyway. My recent big accomplishment was quitting temp work so I could focus full-time on working towards a career in instructional design. It took a lot of guts to leave something that was somewhat stable, but would probably lead to a job that wouldn't contribute towards the life I want.

Great job on your programming assignment!

[calzephyr77.livejournal.com]

I'll always be the pretend receptionist ;-)

I can see you excelling at a programming course because you seem to think in a very ordered way. What language is it? There are two schools of thought on learning programming - hard or soft mastery (Sheri Turkle has a great chapter in this in her book Life on the Screen).