When was the last time you made something you were actually proud of?

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Had my first kid this year. Not the most well-polished work but I’m proud of it.

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I made a planter out of LEGOs the other day. It’s pretty cool.

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Sad that this was a gift for someone and I didn’t have enough LEGOs left for me.

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After having been sick, this morning I took a HUGE dook. Like the type the crests beyond the water level and needed a prompt second flush to handle it. Very much a Randy Marsh moment.

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I made cookies

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Hasn't happened yet

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About an hour ago.

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2.5 years ago.

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Same. And my ex-agency decided they hated it and took it off the reel. Two months into my new job they have made a dozen things i am
proud to have only briefly touched.

Or something that you thought you were going to be proud of that got whittled down to a mere toothpick of the original Sequoia of an idea you conceived, and had already reserved a thumbnail in the grid of your home page?

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Yesterday

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Ran a campaign for the 2020 election. Got the biggest swing to blue of any city in the US. Cheers.

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Never forever

Every single day

Morning BM?

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Professionally? 1988

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