I am accomplished times 50

March 13th, 2007

I saw that Kelly had put up a list of things she had accomplished already that she was proud of. This is one of the FW exercises, to write 10. Cameron wrote that she sometimes asks her students to write 50. I didn't know if I could do it, but I decided to give it a go. Of course, some of these things are more significant than others, but they're all things I'm proud of.

1. Graduated with distinguished honors from art school.
2. Finished massage school even though I wanted to quit. I worked through it and I'm glad I did.
3. Surviving sexual abuse as a kid and traumatic medical tests that scarred me in many ways.
4. Worked through my struggles with an eating disorder and now have a healthy attitude towards food.
5. Kept some kind of diary or journal since age 6.
6. Helped raise my siblings.
7. Worked hard at becoming more assertive.
8. Showed art in many locations and sold some too.
9. Developed an art style that speaks to my heart.
10. Finished a marathon (26.2 miles!) for charity (raised $3500 for Leukemia research.)
11. Acted in high school and college theater.
12. Sang a song I wrote for a friend's cd of all of his friends' music.
13. Flew across the country alone (twice) to attend a retreat when I really needed it.
14. Lived with a family in Madrid for one month at the age of 15 as an exchange student.
15. Paid off my credit cards and I just finished paying off my car.
16. Have money in savings.
17. Maintained and am still maintaining and growing a wonderful and healthy relationship with the fiansor (going on 6 years).
18. Put in notice to my job to pursue my dream job.
19. Asked for help when depression hit hardest.
20. Stuck out my tongue at George Clooney on the set of the Perfect Storm.
21. Sang karoke in front of a big crowd.
22. Taught my brother his abc's when I was 3.
23. Survived an extremely painful surgery at the age of 10.
24. Was a nanny for the same family for 6 years, becoming part of the family.
25. Cut all my hair off (like a buzz cut).
26. Went skinny-dipping.
27. Died my hair blonde.
28. Danced on a bar.
29. Drove a duck boat.
30. Read at my cousin's memorial service.
31. Studied reiki I and II.
32. Led groups (and myself) through art-every-day-month (4 years) and blogging the Artist's Way.
33. Painted murals in homes and offices.
34. Learned to properly snowshoe in Maine.
35. Made a movie with my best friend of our wild and crazy trip in California.
36. Danced at an all night rave on a mountain and saw the sun come up.
37. Put together a website for a yoga teacher friend.
38. Forgave my ex.
39. Forgave my dad.
40. Forgave my mom.
41. Learned how to apologize.
42. Learned how to ask for what I want. (This is an ongoing process.)
43. Raised some very precious kitties.
44. Taught a dog how to jump through a hula-hoop.
45. Survived a breast tumor scare (it was benign.)
46. Learned how to nurture.
47. Made it through Tuesday's opening and a bunch of other ones.
48. Learned how to laugh at myself.
49. Had a star named after my step-brother who passed away at 23 of a brain aneurysm.
50. Designed a banner for my new art website.

Ahh, feels good to write that all out! :-) Try it out for yourself! 

12 Responses

Ah – good timing! I was just feeling *overwhelmed* with taking some action steps to change some things in my life, and decided to take a few minutes today to celebrate what I’ve accomplished so far! Prompted in part by this Christine Kane blog: http://tinyurl.com/2bvoc8 but also by just needing to know I have already come a long way. I loved your list! Yay, you!!

Great List Leah! You really are an accomplished person!

Leah! You are a walking miracle. I am just stunned, just sitting here with my mouth open stunned. I still haven’t learned to apologize. I try, but I still suck at it. You are my hero for so many of these. And you MUST tell us about the George Clooney tongue incident. Must! :) K

That was great! I learned alot of things about you that I didn’t know.

Wow, that was a powerful list.
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holy, great list, batwoman! i did this exercise in the margin of the book (only to 10)…but your are so right–it felt great!

ps.
if you only knew how impressed i am by the 26.2 mile marathon! wow!

This is a wonderful list.
Congratulations!
You have inspired me to do one.

A myriad of accomplishments to be proud of.
Good for you, Leah!

This is a fantastic list, Leah . . . I’m so impressed that you went whe whole way to 50, and inspired by quite of few of your items!

And number 20 . . . ??? :)

you’ve inspired me to try, leah. thank you. you ARE amazing.

WOW what a fantastic list!!! love you!

What a list! You deserve a HUGE round of applause for accomplishing all of those things!

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