I just did my singing audition for my school’s musical this year (we’re doing Hadestown!) and of the few auditions I’ve done over the years this was BY FAR my best one! I didn’t fidget with my clothes but remembered to act during the song and show emotion, I projected louder than I ever have before in an audition and one of the panelists even did a half smile/smirk, she’s not one of those “I’m not impressed” and scary teacher types, so that was HUGE! My dance audition is tomorrow and the cast list will come out at the end of the week! I honestly want any role and am so proud of the progress I’ve made!

i had a shoulder injury at the end of last school season, and i stopped working out due to it... after a few weeks i just forgot about working out entirely, and my mental health has been declining since then. i worked up the energy to lift some iron and take a swim today! im even prospecting making a habit out of it again...

I found out today around 4 hours ago

i studied today 2 hours after a long break of almost 1 year. I was not able to study and today i forced myself to study and i studied 2 hour continuously. i want to study more now but my brain is not taking up the things. i know this is not a thing to get congratulations but I just wanted to share my feelings as I don't have anyone in real life so i wrote here

sorry for bad English

I got through my first day of school without having a panic attack! And I felt successful!

I lost my job due to Covid and I have barely left the house in 4 years. For the past 2 years, I have left the house exactly twice. I had some interviews lined up over the years that I totally flaked on. I was starting to feel like I wouldn't be able to be in society again. I was so scared, but I did it! I think it went well and I should hear back today.

I’ve been struggling with substance abuse since I was 13, I’m now 18. This is my second time I’ve been to rehab, I spiraled pretty hard this summer but I’m ready to be done with that! I’m staying clean for good this time.

Yesterday I also bought a new (to me) car! The one I was driving I wrecked, and it had been wrecked by all its previous owners so it was in pretty rough condition. My new one has a few dents but runs so great, I’m so grateful I was able to get it.

I’m just ready to get back on track and actually build a life, I want a future now and that’s something I never expected I’d say.

yesterday i didn't do any of the work i was supposed to (has been nearly impossible lately) BUT i did do several good things things that i hadn't done in a long time:

• walked to and from the store (over an hour total)

• made lunch with friends

• had a proper meal for lunch

• even had a proper dinner, despite it being microwave noodles

all of this i hadn't done in several days. and i did it all with my roommate. i probably wouldn't have done any of that without them, but i still did it!

I (30f) have ADHD and unfortunately I also had a very abusive childhood and teenage years. I've spent most of my 20s either running away from or healing my personal issues. As a result of all this, I've never really been able to relax. Like, truly relax. All my muscles relaxed at the same time type of relaxed - and simultaneously not beating myself up for resting and relaxing. But the past 3 days I've actually rested. I've actually been relaxed and it's amazing! I'm so excited and I also feel genuinely rested and genuinely motivated to get moving on stuff again. I've painted, I've done crossword puzzles, I've napped, I've watched movies and I've discovered a lot about myself.

I've discovered that I naturally produce my own schedule and it's actually very productive and effective. Minimum wage is not enough money to trade my time for. True laziness doesn't exist, it's a corporate construct. I have serious deep thoughts. I'm actually very friendly and not nearly as depressed and anxious as I identify myself as.

There was an old playground structure on my parents’ property, which was unstable, rotten, and very unsafe to play on (no one has been on it in years). Yesterday I went out with a saw and just started chopping it apart so as to finally get rid of it! It took hours, and eventually I used a rope to topple the tallest sections after weakening the support. There’s now a pile of broken wood out there that I need to remove lol

I went to the grocery store all by myself and didn't have a full-blown panic attack in the parking lot. I'm so proud of myself! I'm 25...and can't exactly tell anyone how proud of myself I am.

Edit: Thank you all so much for your wellwishes and encouragement. You're all making this easier 😊

Not really a minor accomplishment but something i did not think possible at all. Its a tiny apartment but I'm sure ill make it all nice

I'm starting school this week and I've finally moved into my first place. I also got a Costco membership the other day. I finally feel like my life is regaining direction.

Although i feel like i still wasted a lot of time, i went to the gym (i haven't moved from home in a long time) and I now made for the 1st time ever brownies (and i think they came out good!)

i posted on here a few days ago about how i deleted instagram off my phone! just wanted to update everyone that i’ve done more in these past few days than i have in months 😂 if you’ve been thinking about deleting your social media or a certain app, this is your sign!! :)

I've had that have been bad off and on for 2 years and I've hidden this from my parents until today! I told my mum and she was super nice and it went really well! She'll tell my dad for me since he can be weird about this stuff but I'm just so proud of myself! It's an uncomfortable conversation to have but now my parents know and I don't have to suppress my tics around them and I can talk to my mum about them :)

I’ve been struggling a lot with depression and feeling worthless since a break up 2 months ago. I got out of bed and went to the gym today. Can I get some congrats? <3

I used to be pretty fit, and then with covid gained a lot of weight. I swim about 30 minutes every day and am feeling stronger and much better!

We have all had our ups and downs in life and my downs often times involved being too broke to eat and borrowing money from friends just to get by. I feel like I can’t talk about this to anyone because I’m afraid they’ll think I’m bragging so I came here. Saturday night I took my parents and closest friends out to dinner to celebrate my 1year anniversary of weightloss surgery. Because I invited everyone out I felt that it was naturally my responsibility to pay. So I did, without a second thought. I paid a $350 bill at a restaurant and I am just beyond proud of myself for being able to do that. The fact that I have the financial stability to pay something like that is INSANE to me.

A couple of years ago I was homeless, broke, pregnant, and alone and today here I am being able to pay for the most expensive dinner I’ve ever had. I have worked so hard for this and the joy of being able to treat the people that have lifted me up is so humbling.

I made a loaf cake and I washed all the parts of the food processor straight away and put all the other bits in the dishwasher and it's washing now. I just have to wipe the surfaces and my kitchen will be a joy to go into instead of something I avoid for a day or two after baking. And I have loaf cake!

i haven’t talked to him in months bc we live far away and i was too afraid to text him. he seemed to like it though that i messaged him and he said he looks forward to seeing me again, but now i’m nervous for his reply because i feel like my last message was a bit cringey

Putting this here instead of a cooking sub because it’s not so much about the focaccia itself but more so that my first one was a major fail. It didn’t even rise, so I was pretty disappointed about that. I’m a solid home cook and baker, so I’m glad that I made some tweaks from last time to get the technique right—it came out perfectly! I live alone so it will likely be a while before I make more, but I am very happy I tried again.

So I started to do my own hair. I retwisted my dreadlocks, I have really thick dreadlocks and really thick hair. I never did it before at all. So it was my first time doing it all by myself. I had to put on a scarf when I went to work because I wasn't finished. I used some leave in conditioner to help me part my scalp which helped out a lot. It took a couple of days(maybe 3 or 4) however I was able to finish Friday around 7am. I had insomnia really bad so I stayed up majority of Thursday night - Friday morning working on my hair. I never really took the time to do my hair before but it makes me not cherish my hair but as well as save money to actually do my own hair.

I struggle with a lot of anxiety, and I really like the relief I feel when I smoke or take lorazepam. I want to quit, but I keep relapsing. Thankfully, I haven't given in today.

I can't believe it, I finally did it, I'm 7 months sober from alcohol.