[DeadlyArcana]

Username;; Alhena
Show Name: Diamond in my Pocket
Barn Name: Kaimana - meaning diamond or strong one
Gender: Mare
Height: 16.3hh
Halter: a soft blue to match her eyes!
Competition: there are a lot of things im proud of myself for. I've accomplished a lot in the last 2 years but to narrow it down, the biggest thing that stands out to me would be how far I've come as a person and how much I have developed myself. Before I joined the military, I had severe social anxiety and depression. I would let these two things rule my life and how i spent my time. I was sluggish, unmotivated, and wasting away. But on a whim I decided to join the military because I was failing out of college and wanted to finally do something with my life.

Two years later I am incredibly outgoing and am able to do things I never imagined when I was younger. I work in healthcare inside the military, and each day I have to talk to new people. But in doing so I get to learn peoples stories, hear where they come from and even meet people who come from the same state as me, which is always the highlight of my day!

I'm proud of myself for going outside my comfort zone and being apart of something I never saw myself going into. But it was one of the best decisions ive ever made.

[lynx!]

Username;; lynx!
Show Name: SC Don't Make Me Cry
Barn Name: Timid
Gender: Mare
Height: 15.2 HH
Halter: Something pale - maybe a very light lavender?
Competition:

Honestly I'm just proud of myself for persevering. I hate that I can pinpoint the moment that things went from going downhill to plunging right off the cliff, but on the other hand it's amazing to look back and realize I got through all of that. It wasn't easy, of course it wasn't, but it's nice to know that there's something good always waiting on the other side, and there's always things to look forward too. I'm on the other side now and I have goals, small and achievable goals, that I'm reaching towards and they're nice to dwell on, not things that make my heart race with anxiety.

[DigitalLinx]

Username;; DigitalLinx
Show Name: Heed The Captain's Call
Barn Name: Puffy
Gender: Mare
Height: 16.3hh
Halter: Your choice!
Competition: I'm of myself for continuing to push through my riding career even when things got rough. I've been riding for 5 or so years now, have had a few bad spills but I keep pushing through best I can. I have my moments as we all do, but I'm proud I haven't quit.

[BadgerBuddies]

Username;; BadgerBuddies
Show Name: BBR Pride and Prejudice
Barn Name: Sin
Gender: Mare
Height: 16hh
Halter: surprise me!
Competition: As much as covid has sucked, it really forced me to take a good look at my life and start taking better care of myself at the end of 2020. It hasn't been easy, but I feel like in the past few months I've been making some strides. I returned to campus for grad school and research, made friends with people I was convinced hated me pre-covid but turns out it was all in my head, ran for a position in a club i'm really passionate about and got it, became certified to handle and train guide dog puppies in training, practicing my art and getting better while i make art for myself and others i care about, improving my baking and food art skills since i have so many people i care about to bake for now, have stood up for myself with the help of friends, and just generally have been happier thanks to some lifestyle changes and getting the help that i've needed for years but i've been pushing off. I know that's technically more than one thing that i'm proud of myself for doing, it all really falls under that first step of getting help.

[mongrel]

username: doggface
registered name: adagio's raindrops on roses
call name: primrose
gender: mare
height: 16.2hh
halter: artist's choice

prompt: it's a little basic considering everyone's been through it, but i'm proud of myself for being able to hold my hea dabove water through covid and all of the complications that came with it. school especially was insanely difficult for me in the past year, even when it was always so easy for me. i'd never had to ask for help when it came to school because i never needed it, but i really struggled once covid hit. it took me far too long to admit that i needed help, but i eventually did, and i've been working hard to realize that asking for help is okay.

[aliteralpinetree]

Username;; aliteralpinetree
Show Name: SCS Gaslight Gatekeep Girlboss
Barn Name: Rimy (somewhat of a rare word, pronounced like the name "Remmy;" it means to be covered in or made of ice! thought it was fitting for her coloration.)
Gender: Mare
Height: 16.0 hh
Halter: something soft colored with gold buckles hopefully? but what exactly is up to you!
Competition: I am proud of myself for my achievements in music! Personally I play the Euphonium (and for those of you who just went "huh what's that," I GET IT, me too tbh... just imagine a tuba, but smaller, and it plays trombone music. That about sums it up) and I've been doing pretty well recently. I took a lot of time off when all classes were cut because of Covid, and even looking at my instrument made me feel pretty depressed. A big part of what makes it fun is listening to the rest of the band, and playing together, but there's no real way to do that over Zoom, so... nothing happened. I was off of it for almost an entire year, but I started up again at the beginning of August. And boy - it's been hard, don't get me wrong, I'm having to relearn a lot after not touching it for so long - but I'm proud of how quickly I've recovered! We can finally go back to actually doing things, and I'm proud of how well I've readjusted, and how easily I've gotten back into the swing of things. It's a lot of work, and I'll never be the best player or the best of anything, really, but you know what I do like? Having fun. And I can be good at that again.

[LivingLethal]

Username;; astrophile.
Show Name: rps two against the world
Barn Name: nike
Gender: Mare
Height: 16hh
Halter: steel gray
Competition: snip <3



congratulations! i felt this name suited her <3

reading abt y'all was very inspiring; whether big or small you all have done so amazingly at achieving your goals, persevering, and healing. keep up the great work--you guys are never alone!

also shout-out to some of my other favorite names: SCS Gaslight Gatekeep Girlboss, Heed The Captain's Call, SLA Malibu's Ghost Wanted, and Always Another Day. y'all made this hard to judge LMAO

[astrophile.]

how did i just now see this? thank you so much!