After 5yrs in a new industry, I have been promoted. My confidence has soared. Job done ! 3 weeks ago

I have made so much progress with this goal! I’m hesitant to mark it as “done” because I anticipate that confidence will always be a struggle for me. When this semester started it was a big deal if I started a conversation with someone, but now I talk to almost anyone and they come talk to me! People seem to like me! I’ve made some great friends and have proven to myself that I really am as smart as everyone tells me I am. It feels very good to have a professor tell me that my grade is so high that I could skip the final and still receive an A (I’m still going to the final). People seek out my advice and help and that feels good. Also, I am finding that I have talent as a nature photographer, particularly with birds. I even started sharing my photos with an online community.

All that being said, I recently found out that I get to go on a week-long volunteer trip to a small island with a huge (both in numbers and actual size!) brown bear population. I was initially so concerned with spending a week with total strangers that I forgot all about the bears. :) So like I said, this is a continued effort. 3 weeks ago