The gift of life is something so special. One thing about life is it can be taken at any given moment, that makes it important to cherish. It’s important to live life to the fullest. It’s important to grow mentally, spiritually, and emotionally. It’s important to understand who you are and cater to yourself.
I get it. Sometimes this is hard when you’re a giver or a parent that has to care for your kids or a mate that has to cater to your significant other. You begin to feel like you don’t have time to focus on or get to know you. But in all honesty, it’s so necessary.
You can’t be amazing to others if you’re not first amazing to yourself. You need to know about you. You need to know the things that make you happy versus what makes you tick. You should know what you like and don’t like. You have to be honest with yourself about how you feel. Know your truth.
This can be a tough task at times but, again, it is necessary. There’s many ways you can get to know you but I highly advise to start with a pen and paper. Drill yourself with questions to find out new things, current behaviors and actions.
Need some help? Ask yourself these questions for starters:
- What are my strengths and weaknesses?
- Pros and Cons about me
- What’s a great habit that I currently possess?
- What needs work in my life?
- What is my purpose in life?
- What is my personality type?
- Who am I? One of the hardest questions to answers is who you are.
- What are my values?
- What matters the most to me?
- What does it mean to have a “good life?” .
- Where does self-worth come from?
- Am I happy with my life?
- What do I need right now, more than anything else?
- Did I make time for myself this week?
- Am I making time for my social life?
- What scares me the most right now?
- What is something I find inspiring?
- Am I on track to reach my goals?
- What do I need to work on?
- How do I make others feel that are around me?
Asking yourself these questions will help you discover the real you. Knowing who you are gives you a head start to your day. You have to know what kind of person you are and also know who it is you want to be. Life is all about love and evolving. However, you must start with you. You must know where you are in order to make you better.
So sit down with yourself this week and write. Find out new things about you and embrace them. Then love on you for who you are and work towards your best self.
We’re created to love and help others but we must know and love ourselves, first.