So yeah. I'm a grown-ass woman who has never put her long-ass hair in a messy bun...before last week anyways. I finally figured out how to do it, which sounds really stupid, now that I type it out, lmao. I'm not very good at girly things. My hair is normally in a ponytail 99% of the time, rarely left down and parted in the middle, sometimes in a braid (usually when I'm doing water sports), rarely put half-up, and now I can add 'messy bun' to my repetoire. In fact, I'm wearing it in one right now, a fact that my coworker FREAKED OUT about when she came in today. It was so funny. She was like OHMYGOD YOU'RE WEARING YOUR HAIR DIFFERENT HOLY CRAP OHMYGOD, complete with flailing around. I'm not even sure this is a 'normal' messy buy though? I basically put it up in a pony tail, wrap the elastic three times around, then wrap the hair around the elastic like a bun, and then pull the elastic around it through the middle sort of? If that makes any sense. It stays all day, which is nice, and doesn't feel loose, which I can't stand loose hairstyles. It needs to feel...sturdy? for me. Yeah, I know, I'm weird. I love looking pretty and feminine, I'm just not good at it. But this.

I'm just...stupid proud of myself for this. It's like...it's just hair, wtf, who cares. But...IT MATTERS TO ME OKAY SHUT UP.

So when's the last time you've done something that you were stupid proud of? What was it? SHARE NOW.

I'm the late bloomer of my siblings. Everything a guy my age should have done...not me.

The point is I've developed an affinity for automotive (shocker). So I like getting dirty, bloody, and tired. And this field fits my personality. That I'd get paid is a formality, I hate cars. I want to prolong their suffering. Keeping them running does that.

OOh, i have one!

I had a rough year in 2016 that threw me off my cooking and baking. 2017 was better, just not my baking - everything i tried would turn out underdone, not raised enough just gross and nasty maybe not even healthy :( and if you know anything about baking, once the heat stops, the baking stops - you can't try to bake the item more, like you would meat or vegetables. If you try to bake the thing more, it turns into stone.

So, in December i got this idea for a poundcake with poppy seeds and i threw all the ingredients together, mixed. threw the batter in the oven, and it turned out nice and good!! and then i was wondering what did i do differently this time... and it it me: baking powder. i didn't use enough of it in the past >_> i was feeling both proud and stupid...

well, does this count? oh, and hair is important. it matters! congrats on discovering how to make a messy bun! it's very useful in summer or when working out [depending on the poses]. i also don't like to feel my hair 'loose' if i put it in a ponytail or bun. [currently there's not enough length for a bun... except a really weird one like a loop, lol]

I can relate! I have long, thick hair but I never do anything new to it. I always straighten it and part it to the side. I straighten it because my natural hair is wavy (like, an ugly wave) and it gets tangled sooo easily if I don't straighten it. But I just recently found out that you have to kind of like, wrap the hair around the elastic to make a messy bun. I never knew you actually had to do that. I might give it a shot sometime, but honestly wearing my hair up in a ponytail gives me a bad headache so a bun may do the same.

But for my stupid thing I'm proud of is learning to cook. My mom never cooked and my dad cooked super rarely (like, a weekend a month) so I mostly relied on frozen meals or really easy meals to prep. Now that I'm moved out, I have been trying new things. A few of the recipes I tried were a bust, but I finally found a buffalo chicken pasta bake that turned out excellent. I am biased cause I love buffalo chicken dip, but still. I'm just glad to finally have a (decent) recipe in the mix. Too bad it's just really unhealthy lol.

I am very, very uncomfortable around people, especially strangers and just go out if I really have to, but yesterday I was on a little party in a location I used to hang around often and met a lot of old friends and managed to have some decent conversations with them. And that all without a close friend nanny-ing me and calming me down. This is something very little, and not a big thing for most people, but I am proud of it, because I accomplished it, without help from somebody else, and without beeing totally stressed out by it.

that doesn't sound little to me. sounds like something big! congrats! :)

I learned myself how to make pom poms! Its a silly thing but my family kept asking me to make them (because I’m the creative one) and now I can.

little victories!! believe it or not the "perfect" messy bun is something that many women find hard to accomplish. i can't tell you how many times i've had to redo a messy bun because it just didn't look right, even though it's supposed to be messy lol.

2017 was a very rough year for me. i struggled with eating disorder recovery, i lost my passion for school and failed a lot of classes, i got so depressed that i didn't leave my bed pretty much up until i was hauled away to inpatient psychiatric care, and i couldn't keep a job for my life so i was dirt broke.

i'm proud of myself for pulling myself up by the bootstraps and getting my life back on track. i changed my major to something i love, i got an incredible job that not only pays well but i get to see some really cool stuff every day, and i'm taking better care of my body and mind. :)

It's been very cold here in the eastern U.S. this winter, so last week I went down to the city dock to get some pictures of the ice since it is rare for the river to freeze over and I also wanted to practice my photography. I have social anxiety and had to talk myself into being brave and going by myself, which sounds very silly, but I managed to do it :D Luckily there weren't too many people there because it was so cold. At one point, while I was walking to a new vantage point, there was a car following me that eventually parked behind where I set up my camera. I was worried that they had ill intentions and my anxiety was ragging on me for going out by myself in the first place. Instead of bolting to the safety of my car, I stayed where I was and told myself to relax. Well, it turned out to be a retired gentleman who just wanted someone to talk to. We chatted for a while and I got some interesting pictures of the icy river. Overcoming my stupid anxiety for a few hours made me stupid proud :D