Snowflake Challenge 2025 - Day 14

[gothikmaus]

Challenge #14

In your own space, create your own fandom challenge.

I thought I wouldn't take part in this challenge, as I can never come up with ideas, but then I suddenly got inspired. Thus, I hereby present you...

The "Be kind to yourself" challenge!

I've seen a few challenges asking people to leave feedback on fics and art and that's very important, my day instantly improves whenever I receive a comment on my fics and/or art, but I think we should also learn to appreciate ourselves. Just the other day, I was at work thinking I still had X, Y and Z to finish, but when I checked, I realised I had already done everything. And, without thinking, I told myself "Well done!" It can seem such a small, silly thing, but as someone who used to be extremely self-deprecating, I can guarantee even these tiny comments make a difference.

So I'm asking you to give yourself some positive feedback. It can be anything: giving yourself a metaphorical pat on the shoulder for meeting a deadline, or writing a post in which you brag about a project you're really proud of, or looking at something you're working on and you're frustrated with and saying "Okay, this isn't coming along as I had envisioned. It's time to take a break, maybe when I come back to it, it won't seem so bad."

My own positive feedback for myself is that I'm very happy with the pictures I drew for Lunar New Year. They're not perfect, but I had a lot of fun drawing them and can't wait to post them. Now it's your turn! :D

Comments

Done!

[ysabetwordsmith]

>>So I'm asking you to give yourself some positive feedback.<<

Things I am proud of today:

* I made the advance announcement for next week's Poetry Fishbowl.

* I sorted the newly arrived seeds into my seed storage box for packets. Which is full, and the bigger bags of grass seed don't even fit in there.


>>"Okay, this isn't coming along as I had envisioned. It's time to take a break, maybe when I come back to it, it won't seem so bad."<<

My goal list is always a work in progress. I already had to cross off one item because it became superfluous. But that's okay. My goal list is another thing I'm proud of, that makes me feel accomplished when I look at it. Plus this year I'm also running goals_on_dw so that's helping other folks with their goals too. \o/ It's fun to see what other people are doing. And there are also lists of ideas for fun or self-care, because goals don't all have to be hard things.

[greetingsfrommaars]

giving myself a pat on the head for figuring out some complicated stuff at work today. also happy lunar new year!

[jellyfishlover]

Aw, this challenge is lovely! Also, I'm glad you had fun drawing! :D

[muccamukk]

This is such a good challenge. I really have a hard time if I don't have the spoons to participate in fandom, and need to remember that if I can't comment and read ALL THE THINGS then that's okay. I left kudos on one thing, and that's good too.

[silveradept]

The feedback that I usually leave for myself is that the pictures that I draw are meant to be ephemeral, and therefore it is okay if they are imperfect. There are times where I have to tell myself this more than I might normally, but it is something that I try to tell myself regularly.