Shoutout to job security (I love all I do especially helping run this community) but I realized I sold myself short on a major accomplishment by not recognizing it because I didn't feel like I needed to for external validation. I happened to be on LinkedIn for a project and now the whole world can see that I'm CJ Evans, M.A. (even though I have been since March). Let my lesson to you be to never sell yourself short on anything you're proud of: the more you recognize where your actions have taken, the more likely you are to feel validated and keep taking action. I was right, I didn't need external validation but the internal validation feels incredible