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What was your biggest victory in 2023?
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What was your biggest victory in 2023?
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20
Knowing what you know now, what advice would you give to your 16-year-old self?
July 24's question:
110
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June 24's question:
9
What has been your biggest victory in the past year?
May 24's question:
6
What is your happiest memory of your mother or a maternal figure?
February 24's question:
17
When it comes to work, what is your negative self-talk?
November 23's question:
9
What is one event in your life that you wish you could change, and how would you change it?
October 23's question:
24
When you think of the word ‘rejection’, what memory comes to mind?
September 23's question:
17
What is the most intense pain you’ve experienced that wasn’t physical?
August 23's question:
18
When you think of the word ‘disappointment’, what memory comes to mind?
May 23's question:
6
What is the biggest challenge you’ve faced in the past year?
May 23's question:
23
When was the last time you felt lonely, and what made you feel that way?
April 23's question:
9
Is there a family tradition from your childhood that you have instilled, or would like to one day instil, in your own family?
March 23's question:
17
Who was your most influential teacher in school? What impact did they have on your life?
February 23's question:
15
What is the kindest thing someone has done for you in the past year?
January 23's question:
29
What has been your biggest victory in the past year?
December 22's question:
37
When was the last time you felt brave? What were you doing that made you feel that way?
Anonymous
Leaving a corporate job for a lower paying job at a startup, best decision I ever made. Your mental health has no price tag!
Anonymous
I became a mother, and finished my degree with a distinction, with a newborn baby ๐คฉ
Anonymous
I worked three jobs for the last 4 years to be able to help support my parents when they retire. I am SO proud of what I have achieved by not only doing these jobs and getting paid, but proving to the companies that I am adding value, and an important part of the team. So in 2023, when my parents retired, I bought them a house, 600m from our house, and I felt like a boss b*tch! haha
Anonymous
I started my first job, moved to a new town and my biggest victory is that I finished my masters’ degree!
Anonymous
The sad thing is, I donโt actually know. Iโm still trying to find my victories โฅ๏ธ
Anonymous
i survived. got divorced, lost 1 company, started another, did the bloody work with my therapist and stepped away from situations that were no longer serving me. hereโs to 2024 – being stronger, even more resilient and ready to reclaim my chaotic life.
Anonymous
My biggest victory of 2023 was standing up after being betrayed & belittled. Itโs funny how you think that you cannot live without someone, but when they disappear you realise that you can (and you are actually better off!)
I feel unstoppable. The fear is gone.
Anonymous
Started a new job in 2023, moved to a new city and life started to unfold in a beautiful way. I started to see the life I had worked hard for starting to come to reality.
Anonymous
Surviving year 1 of running my own business full time – after leaving a very intense corporate job!
Anonymous
I knitted a really beautiful scarf for a person I really love. I have a bad habit of not finishing things so this felt amazing and has helped my craft confidence so much!
Anonymous
I bought myself a house. ๐ฅน
Anonymous
Leaving an abusive relationship.
Anonymous
2023 i felt alive. i laughed, i cried, i learned, i taught.
i felt incredibly in touch with myself and my values.
most of all, i felt content and that’s the biggest victory i could ever ask for.
Anonymous
I survived my first year of teaching! 2023 was really difficult, I lost my grandmother to cancer at the beginning of the year, I found out I had ADD, I had to pay for everything and live alone for the very first time in my life! But I did it. I managed to see a therapist throughout the year, I asked for a lot of help (which is difficult for me to do) and I survived! (Ooh and I also got married to my best friend at the end of the year, which is pretty awesome).
Anonymous
Learning to love myself ๐ค
Anonymous
Surviving a devastating incurable diagnosis.
Finding a way to be happy again.
Anonymous
Getting the courage to leave the long term unhealthy/emotionally abusive relationship I was in. And thus reclaiming parts of me he tried to take away!
Anonymous
Just surviving the year. One day at a time.
Anonymous
Getting my health back and loving myself!
Anonymous
Finding my ride or die friends. The people who are actually there for me through every season no matter how bad: and still stay. Finding emotionally mature and intelligent people. The people who make me feel loved, appreciated and motivate me to be better. I am because they are.
Anonymous
We had our third (and last) baby!
Anonymous
Honestly just surviving a year where I thought I was going to drown in my own thoughts and emotions from constantly putting others and their happiness before my own.
Anonymous
Surviving the year my Dad died and I had to deal with it personally and take over his business.
I made it and did an even better job than I thought I ever would.
Anonymous
Finally getting my first dream dog, at the perfect time to keep me company through an incredibly tough break up. Victory = having the best companion and creating the best little life together #humansbestfriend ๐พโค๏ธ