The idea for this list came from Becoming Who You Are blog.
Today will be a list of things I’m proud of. Because… Why not?
- Surviving and thriving as an immigrant in the US
- Getting my PhD in only four years
- Defending my dissertation at 3 months postpartum (L was 3 months old, and she was at my defense lol)
- Traveling- before having kids. Traveling- after kids, with the kids and without.
- Having courage to go through infertility treatments and giving birth to two beautiful, healthy humans
- Recovering after my miscarriages
- Publishing some articles in scholarly journals
- Mastering two foreign languages: English and Spanish
- Doing the mental work on my inner child or shadow self so that it does not impact the family we created
- Finally, in my 40s, learning how to articulate my needs
- Teaching myself how to effectively plan my life
- Breaking the cycle in parenting
- Quitting friendships that were one-sided or/and were no longer nurturing
- Starting this blog
- Stepping into an advisor role in addition to my teaching role
- Implementing meditation with my students
- Being a regular meditator myself
- Teaching myself how to be organized
- Learning about and adopting minimalism
- Saying no to things that do not contribute to my happiness or wellbeing – mostly without guilt.
Picture on the cover: March 1, 2018 after my dissertation defense.
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