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Use these slightly more honest gold stars to celebrate your daily failures

We deserve these.

 

Nayomi Reghay

Internet Culture

Posted on Apr 8, 2016   Updated on May 26, 2021, 11:27 pm CDT

Remember the good old days when you were young and tasks were simple? You could just cross your i’s, dot your t’s, and teacher would reward you with a nice shiny gold star.

Now you’re a grown-up. You’re crippled by credit card debt, your laundry basket is overflowing, you burned your toast this morning, and, dear god, there are how many days left to file your taxes? No, that can’t be right!

Well, cheer up. At least you tried! And that deserves a sticker. Here are some gold stars from Imgur user yougavemehogwarts to celebrate all your shortcomings.

You tried

You did it! Well, almost.

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*First Published: Apr 8, 2016, 3:05 pm CDT