Two days ago, @eveuncovered wrote a post 'Why is Being Proud of Yourself Considered Bad?' which really hit home with me. You can read it here.

It isn't just a Finnish thing, or an English thing.. maybe it's become universal. Are we so afraid of being arrogant or too much that we have completely inverted and now are shy of not only receiving compliments, but even speaking of our achievements?

I am THE worst person at being complimented. I just don't take it well. But is it because I actually hate it or because it's so ingrained in me that i'm totally unequipped to deal with praise? I think it might be the latter.

This week my contest is taking a more serious turn and i'm asking you to:

Admit to yourself and to your fellow steemians, something you LOVE about yourself.
Something you love about your character, something you're incredible at, or something maybe you think is great about yourself that you have never told anyone. Whatever it is say it loud, proud and confidently! I asked before what you're most proud of, but this is different. This is more about who you are as a person and what you value in yourself.

Please resteem this one because maybe it will shed some positivity into peoples' lives this week!

I will be giving away a SBD prize of 1 SBD as always, but it's not so much about that. It's about bringing people together, answering tough questions and exposing ourselves for something really positive.

I'll kick this off..

I'm creative. I can look at things in a different way and pretty quickly too. I see a blank wall and know how to make it beautiful or canmake a single outfit new many times over, by styling it differently or cutting it up a little. I can create things well which aren't tangible too, like business ideas or abstract concepts or make creative, tangible solutions to fix my problems.
Today it was just that. I'm careless. I never actually lose anything permanently, but I lose most things throughout the day and end up finding them moments later. One thing I'm constantly misplacing is my sunglasses. Today, in order to solve my carelessness, which I just can't fix, I made a jazzed-up glasses cord.
I'm trying to make glasses cords cool here people.. here it is.

THEN I made this cocky Instagram story ust to see if anyone would shoot me down. Also to make a bold point for this contest. Got a couple of crying laughing emojis, nothing major. Just goes to show that even when we are a bold, cocky, proud version of ourselves.. people might not even care as much as we think!

WHAT IS THE CONTEST:

Each week I will be posting a contest. The idea is to inspire you, by reading other people's posts, and to inspire others who read yours!

RULES:

1. Upvote the post - this is still a very new contest and I don't know how it's going to go. But by upvoting we'll have more money to spread around.

2. Comment a direct answer to the contest in the comments section or make a post about it and then post the link in the comments section. If you make your own post then please use #yasminepcontest.

3. Comment on one other person's comment, in the comment section, with either a thoughtful question or thoughtful reply. Please avoid answers such as 'nice' 'cool' etc.

4. (Optional) - Resteem this post so it gets more attraction and I can have runners up in future!

SIMPLE. The winner will receive 1 SBD for week 7.

I will distribute the money 7 days after this post. You have 7 days to take part!

Good luck and do help to share the contest so we can grow it and get some cash out there to you steemians!

Winner will get 1 SBD!

Once I gain more attraction from the post I will start to give out more SBD and also have runners up too!

Good luck!

Yasmine