Why Self-Awareness Matters
Do you have knowledge of yourself? Because that is what Self-Awareness is, it is an understanding of your habits, likes, dislikes, the way you view the world, and what your needs are, among other things. You know what you want in life and understand your emotional responses.
So, self-awareness doesnβt solve your challenges in life, but it gives you an accurate starting point to overcome those challenges and allows you to develop a game plan and strength position for the solutions.
Self-awareness may take time to develop, but the benefits are well worth the effort.
Steps you can take and life areas you can review to develop SELF-AWARENESS? 10 Suggestions
- Keep a Journal. This is a powerful tool for learning about yourself.
- Review your Relationships. See where you have come from and where you would like to be, where your growth lies.
- Face your Regrets? Reflect on where you believe you made poor decisions in your lifetime and what changes would you make if you could go back in time?
- Constant Challenges? Persistent issues in your life are important to understand. Why does that one challenge in your life always seem to hang around, when you have the power to change most situations?
- Meditation. Meditation gives you the opportunity to create a space between your thoughts and your emotions and to observe your thoughts without judgement. Meditation is a powerful method to learn a lot about yourself by the thoughts that pop up in your mind.
- The Eyes of Others. Observe your life for a week, as if you were an onlooker. What does the way you spend your time say about you?
- Challenging Stress. How do you handle stress? What can you do to make it easier on yourself?
- Feedback. Ask your trusted friends to honestly list your strengths and weaknesses.
- Goals, Values, and Priorities. What life do you want to live and what is important to you?
- Practice Personal Development. Take one step each day to be mindful of who you truly are and start applying changes which positively serve you and align with your true self.
Self-awareness is one of the most significant things you can develop. The key to enhancing your life is grounded in self-awareness, it is extremely important in goal setting and creating a life that you would enjoy. Even if it does not include material possessions it is a place of gratitude and understanding beyond the physical of our surroundings. It is a stillness and an understanding, no matter the situations we are facing.
Without self-awareness, you are also destined to repeat your mistakes for the rest of your life, this is where you can break the cycle and be mindful of who you truly are.
You spend so much time with yourself, it would be a shame not to have a high degree of understanding of yourself, especially in these challenging times. We can view this almost global lockdown as something which is going to adversely effect everyone or we can view it as an opportunity for personal growth and for outreach in the community to bring us all together, albeit mainly on virtual platforms at the moment.