Welcome to the Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge brought together by WEGO Health – a social network for all health activists. Again, I am participating in the annual Writer’s Month Challenge in which I will be writing about my health activism and health condition based upon prompts given.
Today’s prompt reads as follows:
We all know Health Activists are awesome. Share three things you love about yourself, things you’re great at, or just want to share. Don’t undercut or signpost!
This I have to admit is a difficult post for me to write as I am not very good at paying myself compliments. Often, I a self-deprecating and very rarely think about my positive qualities – I often have to ask people to help me pick out my best qualities as I have no clue!
Recently, I have started tapping into my creative side and making greeting cards. At first, I started making them for myself to give to relatives and friends during times of celebration. However, after taking them into my afternoon social group, I instantly had orders from the members asking if I could make some for them to give as cards. Not only do I find it very relaxing sitting down and making the decopauge cards, it also takes my mind off the pain I experience. I have had a lot of compliments from people regarding my cards; so at least other people think that it is something that I am good if I don’t always believe it myself! Here are some of the cards that I have made:
Writing is something that I love doing, and this blog has turned into a big passion of mine. I love sharing my experiences and thoughts with others, and there is nothing more satisfying as a writer than receiving comments from others and telling me that they enjoyed my writing and they were able to relate to what I wrote in that particular post. I have had the fortune to receive comments on my blog, Facebook or on Twitter how much people enjoy my writing, which means so much. Writing is something that I have always been good at, and so was the main reason why I decided to start the blog as a way of raising awareness of neurological conditions.
Another thing that I love is my breadth of my general knowledge! I love nothing more than playing general knowledge quizzes whether this is watching quizzes on television; playing board games such as Trivial Pursuit or taking part in a pub quiz. At my local group, one of my nicknames is ‘Quiz Bandit’ as I tend to know the answers to a lot of the questions asked, and many times have seen my team to victory!
So there are 3 things that I am good at! Took me a while to even come up with these – but in the end I managed it! So, what are some of the things you are good at, or love about yourself? As ever, please feel free to comment below….
Comments
You are good at all those things, plus you’re a great activist and a lovely person in general! Have a great day! 🙂 Sarah
Thank you so much Sarah – you have made my day x
Rhiann, I’ll add one more thing you’re good at: friendship! In a world where true friends are hard to find, you are someone who takes friendship to heart. Often it’s the little things – liking a blog post or commenting, Follow Fridays on Twitter, a reTweet. While our friendship is conducted online, it comes from our hearts. So thank you for being good at being my friend. -Pamela-
Thank you so much for your comment Pam! I am truly touched by your kind words. I try to be a good friend to all my friends and am thankful that I seem to succeed at it. I am sure that we have both had troubles with one-sided friendships in the past; friendships that have hurt us, so I am truly blessed to have found such a great friend in you.
Thank you
Rhiann xx
Rhiann, Those who tend to be givers sometimes run up against one-sided friendships but then we find that special person who’s also a giver and a beautiful friendship blossoms.