When it's time to take a look at YOURSELF...
Updated: Sep 25
In this blog, I want to speak about my experience with self-awareness. Self-awareness is the conscious knowledge of one’s character, habits, feelings, motives, choices, and desires. And for me, that's what happened. I began recognizing my ways of thinking, patterns, habits, and how I react and respond to people and situations in my life. As I became self-aware, I became more aware of my feelings, choices, and what I wanted to experience. I became aware of how I spoke to people, my appearance, the people around me, and my current job. I even became conscious of the food I needed to stop and/or start eating. Self-awareness helped me become clear about who I was and how I showed up in the world.
When I became self-aware of all these different aspects of myself, I didn't fall into judging or beating myself up; I just got to a point of wanting to change everything that was toxic, unhealthy, and outdated. I no longer wanted to continue experiencing the negative cycles that kept manifesting in my life due to not being self-aware of my choices and actions. I had to step back, reflect, stop blaming other people for my actions, and start releasing everything that no longer served me. Self-awareness was realizing I wanted to be authentic and the person I was meant to be. I began making choices that felt good and aligned with the better version of myself I was becoming.
As I continue my journey of awakening, it becomes easier to see facades or ways of being that are out of alignment with my true self. Becoming self-aware helped and continues to help me grow and flourish in all areas of my life. Self-awareness helps me stay clear when facing life's challenges and live with positivity. Even when facing challenges, self-awareness has helped me learn to balance my feelings and emotions and protect my boundaries in healthy ways. Becoming self-aware is a process and an essential part of self-mastery. I can keep evolving, learning, and becoming the best, most authentic, powerful, self-loving version of myself.
5/19/20