Today's Challenge - Blow Your Own Trumpet

When you're a mum, you never get a pay rise, a bonus or a promotion. You don't get much recognition, and it's hard to ask for praise or thanks, even if you'd like them. We don't want to show off to our friends but sometimes we do manage to do things that make us feel good, as mothers or women. I find it easier to be open about my failings than about my successes. It is perhaps an English thing.

I want to encourage all Mumtopia's readers to blow their own trumpets today. Whatever your week has been like, you will have achieved something, even if it doesn't feel like it.

Here are my achievements this week so far:

1. I took my kids swimming on my own.
2. I planted a silver birch tree to offset my carbon footprint.
3. I made a cottage pie from scratch and the whole family ate it.
4. I didn't start smoking.
5. I went to the gym a couple of times.
6. At counselling I made a lot of progress, which was painful but essential.
7. I joined a more ethical bank.

Share your achievements here - big or small - by leaving a comment, and we can all give you a round of applause.