It’s really easy to forget all the amazing accomplishments we have made. So, now, I’m keeping a list.

It’s also really easy to negate our accomplishments. So, yeah, now I’m keeping a list. Something I can look at when I’m feeling like I’ve never done anything really… (fill in the blank here).

All of this came about because I follow Elizabeth Potts Weinstein on Twitter. Elizabeth retweeted something Catherine Caine posted about her own blog post and also wrote a post of her own. Follow the links, but the posts are all about declaring our awesomeness.

I retweeted Elizabeth’s retweet, and Catherine called me out on not having told her how awesome I am. So, I did.

It’s funny, considering how Twitter gets panned as a useless distraction (which it can be), I’ve had it be a conduit for change in my life more than once recently. It’s not the tool, but how you use it. (Go ahead, leave your mind in the gutter, it’s your mind).

My list (this will continue to grow):

I have inexhaustible patience with children!

I am über smart! (I’m in Mensa)

I am a great writer!

I knit clothes that people think I bought (self-taught), sewing too!

I’m in the process of getting rid of almost everything I own and traveling the world!

Even when I’m scared I keep going!

I care deeply about my friends, family, and the world at large!

I am a kick-ass cook!

I can get *anything* to grow!

I’ve lived in Sweden, Mexico, as well as several places in the US!

In addition to English, I speak Swedish, Spanish, and have started learning Russian!

I can teach anyone how to do anything, even if I’m learning right along with them!

I am amazingly creative, in art, but also in how I solve problems!

I am more determined than anyone has ever realized!

I give great hugs!

I left a marriage that was killing my soul!

I drove from Dallas to NYC and back, alone!

I can stop wayward children (and some adults) in their tracks with a look!

I can read upside down!

I am a quick study!

I connect information in ways other people don’t immediately see!

Letting people know how amazing we think we are at something can be scary. Once, people figure out how smart I am, it can effect the way they act around me, like they’re afraid I’ll think they’re dumb. So, I kept the people who know I’m in Mensa to a minimum. But, really, other people’s insecurities are their problem.

So there.

Tags: Awareness, awesome, comfort zone, fear, perceptions, shy, Who I am, words

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