Self-Discovery
Over and over again, I hear that people want to understand themselves better. I’ve wanted to understand myself and others better since I was a pre-teen. This wasn’t a secret. I remember when I was around the teen years I was gifted the book “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens” by Sean Covey.
I remember this book having a model in it, it talked about paradigm shifts and how a person is the centre of their life and relationships, work, hobbies and whatever else, were separate from the self and none of them should be the main focus - you should be the main focus. I remember thinking “okay - how do I do that? What does that mean? Aren’t all of these external things part of you?”
Fast forward to today - age 32 - and I realize what is actually important is to focus on yourself first and others next. Focus on you, discover and rediscover yourself, your interests, hobbies, what relationships mean to you, what your opinions are on politics, religion, education, and so on. I don’t mean this in an arrogant type of way, but really do get to know yourself, or the you that is here today.
The resources, education, and knowledge I obtained from roughly age 13 to 29 were focused on how I fit in - to society, to work, to the community. I was focused on learning things outside of myself - skills, how to be productive, how to be someone that is valued through the eyes of the other. My thought process was “if I could just be like person x or take the traits of all the successful people in the world that I look up to, I will be successful and people will value me.” While this was beneficial for me at a time, I always found myself burnt out, trying to live through what I thought others expected and wanted of me and what I THOUGHT would make me successful. Now, I know the catalyst to my success right now is self-discovery and acceptance.
Are you interested in discovering more about yourself and learning about who you are now and what’s important to you? For a deeper dive into self-discovery, contact me to book a session.