Progress over time

Thought I'd riff on Louise's post about progress over perfection.

One thing I like to do is look at the person I was 1, 2, 5 or 10 years ago.

Often this is literally thinking back and remembering. Other times it's look at photos, things I've written on work I've produced.

And yes, sometimes I look at the web archive of the MoTaverse to remind myself of how far we come.

Other times it pops up when people say 'do you remember when?'

I do this to remind myself of the progress over time.

I always talk myself down, thinking we've not done enough. That I should be better, or further, or whatever.

Yet, when I take snapshots at historical timestamps, it almost always makes me feel better and see how the people around me and I have progressed.

📸 The photo is me, about 20 years ago at a Girl Geek Dinner meetup I use to run. It was my first dip into community organising, and I'm still going!