reflect on 6 accomplishments I've made in my life so far on my 25th birthday on 1st November

6. Passing my theory test in 2006. It wasn’t hard but that is probably because I studied for it but it didn’t stop me from being a little stressed.
I am so pleased that I passed it especially because it isn’t as easy as it was now the with harder parts.
I am glad I passed it.

5 Become a better and stronger person through all the ups and downs I’ve had in my life.
I’ve not had the easiest life and have had so many down points but because I am such a strong person I have come through so many things whereas a lesser person wouldn’t of come out the otherside.
Because of all the stuff I have been through I have become such a strong person and I feel so much more able to deal with things because of all that has happened in my life. I feel like I could deal with almost anything.

4. My relationship with my dad.
We are close and are really good friends. I can take him anywhere and he can even hang out with me and my friends. He knows who to act around my friends and is a lot of fun and not boring. I can go clothes shopping with him and he will tell me what looks good and what doesn’t look good. If I need something fixing I can asked him for help and he is always around to catch spiders when they appear in the house and scare me.
He knows lots of stuff and is right a lot of the time even though I won’t let him hear me saying that lol.
He has been there for me since my mum left when I was 12 and he let me develop my personality and not tried to mold me into who or what he wants me to be.
He is fantastic and I feel like it’s a bog accomplishment having him in my life and him being one of my best friends as well as one of the best dads there is.

3. Coming out of a violent relationship and being a stronger person for what I’ve been through.
Of course I don’t want to go into too many details here but I had a very bad relationship for three years and it was hell, being a strong person helped me get away from it in the end and it did take a few years to sort myself out and get my head together but I am such a strong person now compared to what I was then and I am proud of that fact I’ve come out the otherside stronger.

2. Made a few good friends.
I’ve always found it hard to make some good friends especially ones who I could totally trust with my life but I have 2 I’d trust with my life 100% and another 2 I trust with almost anything and I have a few others that are good friends and one who I hope will one day become a life long friend.
It’s such an accomplishment because I’ve never always had friends and I find it hard to get friends, even now. So to have such wonderful people in my life like this is an amazing thing to be able to have.

1. Open University. When I started doing courses back in 2003 with the Open University my dad was doubting if I could even pass any courses and I was determined to pass seen as my dad paid for my first course.
I didn’t find it easy but I worked hard, probably harder than I bother to work now, and I enjoyed it even through the hard times and I passed. It was amazing.
Since then I have done some more courses and every time I pass one it just feels amazing, something special and even more special when I put so much hard work into it.
I have a few smaller qualifications through the OU and I’m working on some bigger ones and I feel like I have truly accomplished something.