Compliment yourself

[k3am]

Inspired by a couple glasses of wine and madringal's post.. compliment yourself. 

[k3am]

We had our 25th-anniversary party tonight. It's the first time in 4 years I've invited DH to an event - or even had an event to invite him to!

Introduced DH to our COO, who is soon to be CEO, and soon to be CEO made sure that I (through his comments to DH) knew that they thought I was a great employee and that if I ever wanted to move on, they'd move heaven and earth to change my mind.

Maybe it's a load of malarkey and he said that about everyone, but it's a good feeling.

[twinmomma]

Had my quarterly one on one yesterday. I report to the CEO. He pointed out that the reason my workload is growing exponentially is because I'm really, really good at my job and will get it done and done well. He even acknowledged that he can't believe I've been going through the personal shit that I have been and have still managed to pull off all these extra projects. That felt pretty awesome.

[rere]

I got my grant in as of 7:35 AM this morning. Due at 4:00 PM today. I would have had it in a day early if my director would have signed in within a weeks time.

I think I raise pretty awesome kids, as of this week. DS has been working all week. His boss told me this morning he is a great kid, hard worker, and catches on quick. He has even been running equipment his first week. DD is getting up at 5 AM cheerfully and going to vball practice. She said yesterday she was killing it, so hopefully all is well there too.

[sandandsea]

I’ve lost a 20-25 pounds this year and have kept it off. I’ve been much more mindful of what I eat and have given up a lot of sugary foods and really limit carbs. I did it while also working a ton and will have over 1800 billable hours this year while averaging 50 hour weeks. I’m pushing for partner at the end of the year and am really proud/happy I’ve made it to this point.

[HeartofCheese]

Last week, DD's preK teacher complimented that my kids were much better behaved when I dropped them off; AND a contact from my old job emailed me out of the blue and offered to write me a raving reference. A compliment on the two things that matter most to me: kids and career. 

[supertrooper1]

I'm happy is the best compliment for myself. I feel like just getting through every day without looking like a train wreck is a victory for me due to all of my life changes. Since February, STBXH and I split, I started a new job, finding a rental, moving, selling my house, and working through a divorce. Just keeping my head above water is challenging, but I'm doing it and I feel like I'm on the right path in life finally.

[librarychica]

I’m very suited to the job, family and life I have. I’m even-tempered, extremely organized and analytically inclined. I’m smart and I have rather nice legs.

[waverly]

I am happy and have been a long time. I am doing good at my new role (more work to do there), but happy to take on a new challenge.

My boss always raves about me. His famous quote is that I could work for the CIA (I wouldn't want to after watching all those spy shows- they have the worst jobs). I do have things that happen unexpectedly, but I am able to see patterns and decide OK this is probably going to go down one of 3 ways and I'll do this in this circumstance. For example, I hired someone 10 years ago, who last year I was able to promote to a new position. I thought she would be good for the position 10 years ago when I hired her, and I had no idea it would actually come to pass, but it's cool to see that forethought turn into something.

The school compliments me at every IEP meeting. Mostly based on his standardized test scores and academic achievement. I don't really know what I am doing specifically that would correlate to better test scores especially in math, but OK I will take the compliment.

[mommyatty]

I went to a meet and greet for people who want to serve on boards of nonprofits and the people who choose board members. I talked to 4 different nonprofits and all four said they wanted me. I think I will try to join the board of Camp Fire Girls because it ticks all my boxes (less than 2 hrs per month commitment, board meetings during lunch and within 30 min of my office, a cause I am passionate about, one where my kids can be involved, and where I can use my skills for an effective organization). I’m proud I want to help my community and work on my networking skills. Approaching new people is hard for me, but I pushed through and acted confident and charming.

Also today at a training I was the spokesperson for our group to pitch an idea and my group’s presentation won!

[mae0111]

I love reading these!!

[madringal]

May 24, 2019 18:24:46 GMT -5 mae0111 said:

I love reading these!!

Me too! You guys are seriously all rockstars!

[traveltheworld]

I'm proud that after growing up from relative poverty, I'm now a well educated and successful woman. I recently went to a round table forum for a very selective group of institutional investors, and I was able to contribute meaningfully to the conversation.

And I'm proud that DS is growing up to be relatively normal. This is the same kid who was on the borderline for an ASD diagnosis for 2 years and whose tantrums grounded a plane at age 2.

[erinshelley21]

My life has been a shit storm for almost 9 years and I have nearly mastered the "fake it til you make it" skill. Life has felt chaotic and I've learned to keep the chaos organized.

[2chatter]

mommyatty - I went to Camp Ellowi and so did SD and oldest before it closed - what a great board!!

I get lots of compliments on parenting and somewhat random people will ask me for advice. One this weekend through FB messenger. (I posted about DD missing 45% of school this year and that Bs are now entirely acceptable to me as long as she has a life, school isn’t everything — a huge reach for me as I had to have a 4.0 growing up). As I type this - realizing it is kind of the same thing at work - people ask me about candidates when they have open requirements, internal and external folks ask me strategy and how to questions. I think that’s exactly who I want to be, and it’s a nice kind of compliment thing.

[callmekd]

I am totally capable of taking my 3 kids (6,2,2) to a kid-friendly place by myself.

I'm not afraid to give my leadership tough love (as pointed out by our CEO). On that particular day I told him that I started the morning with two screaming toddlers, so giving him tough love had been the easy point of my day.

[freezorburn]

I finally got over my anxiety and messaged a contact who may be able to help me with my job search. He got back to me quickly and we scheduled a phone call for tomorrow afternoon. I don’t know what I was so worked up about, because I totally knew he would be happy to talk to me.

[186momx]

I'm really proud of myself for learning how to DIY home improvement stuff. Like how to fix a leaky kitchen sink or replace the garbage disposal. This weekend we built the fence and yes DH helped otherwise I would have still be working on it but I know how to use the drill, saws, level, square, and such so while he had to cut I could be drilling in screws. I also loved that DD wanted to help too. I stopped counting after 100 hammer hits on the nail she was hammering in but I also remember when it took me 100 hits to get a nail in at age 26 when I was learning how to replace siding.

Confession: I really enjoy using power tools even though I don't use them very often.