snowflake challenge 2026 #7

[brutalbunny]

Challenge #7

LIST THREE (or more) THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF. They don’t have to be your favorite things, just things that you think are good. Feel free to expand as much or as little as you want.

OH YES....!!! i can expect this is hard for a lot of people but NOT for ME because i LOVE MYSELF (werewolf ripping shirt off emoji)
after all my reason for doing snowflake is to talk about myself...

1; good under pressure! great at following instructions!
even though i got a job i'm still in resume writing mode help me god
but HONESTLY, when i realized i could confidently put "good under pressure" on my resume, i was weirdly proud!!
i'm the typical online fandom former-NEET where i'm a deeply anxious person and everything is terrifying, so i kind of assume, you know... pressure is scary and i can't imagine myself performing well. what if i mess up. I'm Going To Mess Up
but my time as an assistant stage manager for my college plays taught me that i don't freeze at all!! i honestly LOCK IN!!! anxiety can wait- there's shit that needs to happen!!
and it's not just acute situations. recently, my mom was in jail (she's FINE nothing HAPPENED it's FINE) but i was left to figure out a fair amount of things in her absense-
which, yes, was terrifying, and i did have a little bit of a cry and a freak out, but i also got shit done!! i did not just lay down and die!! i cooked my own meals and learned to use the city bus and got a JOB INTERVIEW like,..?!?!
in a similar way, following instructions... i never thought it was a notable skill, and then i realized the world is populated with people who Cannot.
and a lot of my anxieties about whether or not i'm understanding things correctly...
it's a sign that i'm understanding things, in a sense?! does that make sense?!?! IDK it's really nice to realize that you are, actually, pretty reliable all things considered!! it's nice to have faith in your ability to do a good job.

2; MY ART YAY YIPPEE YAY ^_^ MY ART ^___^
I LOVE MY ART YAYYY YAY DRAWING YAY YAY TWIRLS IN CIRCLES I LOOOOVE DRAWING I LOVE SCULPTINGGGG MAH SCULPTINGGGG I LUUUV MA OCS :333 I LOVE MY FANART #MYYAOIS AND I WUUUUV SEWINGGGGG
I LOOOOVe coughs up blood
Art for me..... is truly..... the hobby of hobbies... some people can make it a job but i, at the end of the day, don't think i want to...
but i'm happy i can do it, and i'm happy i've been drawing for so long... when i look back on my older art, 3 or 5 or 7 or 10 years ago, it feels like looking at different people.
like oh there's ruby who drew mostly with this brush, there's ruby who drew humans like that, who only drew furries, who was really into that specific style...
and i can never ever bring myself to feel shame or cringe about it. it's just pure adoration. i love her!! i love my art!! i love looking back on my old art sooo muuuch. and ugh so much of it is so fire, too, like dude she COOKED my art is so fucking cute 😭😭
similarly i love that when i go to pick up a new medium, i always end up coming back to it... as example, sculpting, i remember getting into it around 14 or so, but it didn't stick. around the same time i also started learning how to sew...
and it took several years and several tries for me to finally "get into" sewing and sculpting.
this frustrated me for a while, until i lived long enough to see those habits, and realize that the ebb and flow was actually Fine!
it's reliable! i'm allowing myself to show interest in new things because one day it will come back to me again and i can build more experience again...!!
so i'm thankful to kid ruby for ever trying to sculpt, and hyperfixating on sewing plushies...!!

3; I LOVE MYSELF AND I LOVE THAT ABOUT MYSELFF (running around in circles)
of course it sounds annoying when i say it that way but. you know!!!
a lot of people can't say that, so i'm very grateful that i can.
even when i'm very frustrated with myself... and there's a lot to be frustrated about-
historically i have No Motivation At All... i'm a little obnoxious and i stress myself out... but like...
when i was young, i came to the conclusion of "ohhhh. i'm the only person who i'm gonna be with for the rest of my life."
so like. i want to be nice to her. she's my partner in all things. :3
i know it's not that easy. i'm honestly lucky that my anxiety and depression never manifested in strong self hatred...
and that my mom raised me to be very aware that i Am Awesome. LMAO
it also sounds conceited, right? but honestly, there's a difference between conceited and self love...
there's nothing bad about being able to hold yourself like a teddy bear and go :3 i wuv mah me :3 #myme Like yayyy i love myselfff lets all love ourselves 2026 ok?!

4; i got hairy arms from testosterone and it makes me very happy:3
5; i have a tattoo of little cartoon bunnys on my arm and it makes me very happy :3
6; i like that my name is ruby i think it fits me well :3
(is dragged off stage before i can continue

Comments

[catness]

Yo Beautiful Ruby! OMG I like all that energy, practically springing at you from the page. I wish I could feel like that more often, and not just occasionally when I accomplish something.

[brutalbunny]

thank you!! :D i hope to have the same energy as my icon lol
and i hope it can come to you easier, someday!! but its good that you can be proud of yourself at the very least. now you just need to lower your standards as to what counts as an accomplishment.. self-love hack!! lmao

[autobotscoutriella]

You know what, this was extremely inspirational and I think I'm going to try to channel this energy for writing my list :D (And as someone whose job is partly to Give People Instructions I can confirm that the ability to Follow Those Instructions is truly something to be proud of!)

also your art is inspirational too - all your recent perler beads posts are making me want to go get some perlers this weekend and see if I still have a working iron :D

[pattrose]

What a terrific list. Even extra ones. I couldn't have posted anything close to yours. I have a hard time being good to myself. When I read yours, I needed to tell you you're admired.

[brutalbunny]

aw thank you!! 🥺 i read your list and i think its wonderful! i hope, maybe four years from now, itll be even easier to be kind to yourself :3

[pattrose]

I hope so too. Thank you.