On International Women’s Day, I’ve decided on a new tradition: I’m going to toot my own horn. We women find it so easy to say what we admire about our friends and families, but we often struggle to compliment ourselves, and that’s just not right, ok? So on this day, here’s what I’m proud of:

1) I’m a good writer. I wrote Stormbirds and Stalkers in a month last year and I’m more proud of my collection of fanfic than I am of my Master’s thesis. #realtalk 
2) I’m very empathetic and a good listener.
3) I’m good at my job and my patients like me.
4) My ear piercings. I’ve got 11 in total and I keep accumulating them every year or two, and I wear only yellow gold like the fancy bitch I am, and I think they look cool, thanks very much.
5) I beat my Horizon Zero Dawn on NG+ Ultra Hard. SO PROUD OF MYSELF OK?? AND NIL IS PROUD OF ME TOO. 

Friends, strangers, women everywhere: please join me and make this a yearly tradition to sit down and just share a few things that you’re proud of, ok? Because every damn one of us has at least one thing to be proud of. 

I’m gonna make this into a tag game because I think it needs to be one. So if you’re tagged, please share AT LEAST three things you’re proud of or that you like about yourself, and tag as many others as you like to pass it along!!

Tagging: @seekerandstoryteller @horizonfan12 @jadefyre @hellarcanine @sun-bae @sun-and-shadow-aloy @littlesnowarrow @challia @vorchagirl @lovelycarja @bluegreenketchup… and anyone else who wants to participate!! 

(BONUS: here’s a pic of my Nil makeup on my own face. Partial face reveal. LOL.)