Friday, April 26, 2013

What You Can Do For Your Self Improvement

By David Wolf


How do you make improvements in your personality if you do not know what is lacking in the first place? Most of the time, people tend to overlook what is really important in order to become a better person. These are overshadowed by career and financial status. Hence, it is crucial to examine your inner self and reflect on your mistakes in the past to see what is hindering you to succeed. Here is a summary of what you must know to achieve your goals of enhancing your character.

Spend an alone-time somewhere

Spending a whole week in a retreat house or resort is good for you, not only for your physical body but for your emotional well-being as well. Just choose a place that is quiet and peaceful so you can relax and contemplate on the recent events of your life. You can also take time in thinking about your successes and failures. Self improvement is best done when you are alone.

Write a Diary

Writing one's thoughts, feelings, emotions, problems, aspirations, hopes and dreams in a journal is not only a great way to collect one's thoughts, but also psychologically therapeutic. Though most individuals may not have the time to maintain a journal and record their day-to-day lives, it is highly recommended as a means for self-improvement. Maintaining a journal has yet another advantage; an individual can always look back and read earlier entries from their journals to understand aspects of their past and take better decisions for the future.

Make a plan and make it happen

You will learn that regular reflections on your own life help a lot in becoming a much better you. Create an outline of what you want to improve. For example, list down your attitude or traits that must be changed. Do you have the tendency to be extremely sad sometimes? You may want to create a plan on how to combat your sadness like going to the beach or buying something for yourself. There are many ideas that you can gather while writing.

Self improvement is something that cannot be achieved without determination. It is easy to give up at the start especially when you are not seeing any developments. Just be patient. In time, you will notice that you are growing into a mature individual with a happy outlook in life. This should be your primary goal, to live happily and independently.




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