Feedback: Things you feel good about

Think of something you feel good about - something you've got a sense of pride about. It can be from any part of your life. Write down a few keywords about how you know you can feel good about it - what''s the evidence supporting this positive feeling?

Use the form below to send us your responses - just keywords please - or see some typical replies below.

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Previous Responses

Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 22:36:30 GMT
From: Fiona walker <feeheb@vinrouge.fsnet.co.uk>

I feel good about having changed my life radically over the last year. I chucked in my job as a professional opera singer and have begun a teacher training course. I can now spend lots of quality time with my children.

Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 23:28:06 GMT
From: Hamida Mansouri <Mansourihamida50@hotmail.com>

I feel good doing the course that I always wanted to do, so I set myself with goals and I try hard to stick on them.
My wonderful daughter and her cute smiles when I come back home.
My determination in anything in life, helps to boost my self-confidence every day !!!
I know who I am and where I come from and I am proud of that !!! My family and friends circle... and some lecturers as well but not all of them!

Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 19:40:45 +0100 (BST)
From: Doug Nicoll <Douglas.Nicoll@groupwise.co.uk>

Achieving 2nd Dan in Judo
It took a lot of hard work and perseverance
Above paid off in incremental stages giving confidence and feel good factor
Status within Judo circles rose
Respect when you step on mat

Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 08:15:18 +0100 (BST)
From: Shona Paterson <shona@rottie2.freeserve.co.uk>

Learning - I love learning about anything, I have a positive outlook on life and have just received an exceptional acheivement award for this!
My Son - The best gift I could ever have.
Losing 2 stone in weight! - people treat me with more respect than when I was a fatty.

Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2004 09:54:58 +0100 (BST)
From: Steve Griffin <steve@dramanet.info>

I feel good about my marriage.  My wife and I have a strong relationship that still gets better after 20 years.  I also feel good about the team of teachers I lead; they are a committed, enthuiastic and tallented group.

Date: Sat 22 Feb 2003
From: heldtrat@msn.com (Rachel Heldt)

I feel good about my relationship with my husband. We've been married 37 years and it hasn't been easy. Adjustments have to be made almost daily, compromises, and communication. But we've done it and continue and the results are well worth the effort.

Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003
From: ami.cooper@kau.se (Ami Cooper)

Being honest and willing to change. I'm proud of my ability to look at myself from different perspectives and not get stuck in negative patterns. It makes me pleased, fulfilled, complete. I don't have to fret about things, I can let others do what they want and decide for me whom I want to be.

Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 21:42:06 +0100 (BST)
From: ken coombes <cottage_garden@blueyonder.co.uk>

• driving
• power
• speed
• control

Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 16:48:18 GMT
From: Florence Rozier (rozier@acsu.buffalo.edu)

The relationships I have with my significant others such as my children. They are open with me and feel comfortable talking with me about many personal topics.

I feel very good about my ability to set a goal and accomplish it. I have developed a systematic way of setting goals, (I learned from my mother) and have been able to accomplish whatever I have set as a goal for myself.

Being honest with the way I feel. Being open with the people I love. I am straight forward with the people I deal(interact) with. Work very hard not to play power games with the students I assist and counsel.

I say what I will do and not do, and I live what I say. Walk the walk and talk the talk.

From: Maurice D. Ramos (mauriceramos@hotmail.com)
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 17:41:14 GMT

Making a difference in teaching students
Watching self-efficacy shine
Effects of spiritual guidance

Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 12:04:30 GMT
From: nicola pilnick (10076905.99@edgehill.ac.uk)

Having a beautiful daughter
Having a nice home
Going back to education after 10 years
Having a lovely circle of friends

Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998
From: Cecilia Lowe (cecilia@bilkent.edu)

Myself - have come to accept my flaws and like them - can appreciate my better qualities - no longer strive to be something i am not - enjoy being liked by my friends.

Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997
From: L.S.Myers@uel.ac.uk (Lea Myers)

I feel good about my role as a teacher.
I became a teacher because I had so enjoyed learning.
I wanted to help others to do so.
It is especially rewarding to me when a student comes to thank me for something I've done that they found helpful.
This is usually because I've taken some time to listen to them.
I think that listening is an undervalued skill amongst teachers.

Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996
From: Carol Ann Mason (camason@taz.dra.hmg.gb)

I love coming home to my beautiful little cottage. I have been there 2 years and fell in love with it more than a year previously.

I have spent money (at long last after negative equity) on making a garden out of a hill.

I come home, see my two beautful cats, my home and my wonderful flowers and trees and feel good that after all the bad times, I have achieved all this. And it wasn't easy.