Self-Awareness - The Key to Building Positive Habits

 

"Self-awareness is the ability to take an honest look at your life without any attachment to it being right or wrong, good or bad."

It is the single most important thing in living a meaningful life. We need to be happy, find purpose and have healthy relationships. We all know that always being happy is a little hard thing to do but if we have to try then we all will give our best.

Incorporating Self-Awareness into our life is quite literally the key to living life in the way we want. The biggest obstacle to Self-Awareness is our emotions.

An awareness of one's own personality or individuality. We have to Develop Self-awareness in ourselves. So, that may help us in many ways.

Here are some examples of where we can go for our Self-Awareness:-
  • We can recognize, monitor, and modulate the feelings, thoughts, and behavior of others. 
  • We are also able to build positive relationships with others. 
  • We are working on resolving the difficult issues from our upbringing. 
  • We can also easily empathize with others. 
  • Our general mood is always upbeat. 
  • We can also identify our emotions and feelings whether we are in sadness, joy, fear, or in anger. 
  • We can define our own beliefs without being influenced by others. It means that we have to listen to what our mind says, not the opinions of others. 
  • We can identify our strengths and shortcomings. We all know that no one is perfect. Even the most successful person you know has a list of shortcomings that they had to overcome to achieve their goals. 
Now, hopefully, by these examples, we have a better understanding of what Self-Awareness should look like in our everyday life. We also might be able to recognize the areas where we could be more Self-Aware. After all, Self-Awareness is very essential to find meaning in life.

Becoming More Self-Aware!

We all know that Self-Awareness is important, but the question is how do we develop it? And, what's the use of this?

Let us tell you how we have gone about learning ourselves better and how we use it in our daily life.

To know better we have to answer some questions ourselves, Like:-
  • What am I good at? 
  • What am I bad at? 
  • What makes me tired? 
  • What is the most important thing in my life? 
  • What stresses me out? 
  • What motivates me? 
  • What things do I value in life? 
  • What makes me happy? 
  • How do I manage negative thoughts and feelings? 
  • What do I respect about myself? 
So, there are some general questions we need to answer to know our betterment.

If you want to try this method, you should answer these questions with the first things that pop up in your mind. As you can see, these all are practical questions and maybe we all know about these questions.

The truth is that everyone interprets these questions differently. And that's exactly the main point. It's called Self-Awareness for a reason. It's about you.

If you're Self-Aware, it is easier for you to understand other people and detect how they perceive you in return.

Always remember the one thing in mind, When you are Self-Aware, You can see where your thoughts and emotions are Guiding you.

How Does Self-Awareness Relate to Building Positive Habits?

We all know that Self-Awareness is a vital first step in taking control of our life, creating what you want, and mastering your future. Where you choose to focus your energy, emotions, personality, and reactions determines where you will end up in life.

When you are Self-Aware, you can see your life from a different perspective in a good way. It also allows you to take control of your actions so you can make the necessary changes to get the outcomes you desire.

Self-Awareness is also an important skill for many different careers. But there are few areas where developing these traits can have a positive long-term impact on this. 

Leadership- You can't be an effective leader without being able to answer the "What is Self-Awareness?" Question.

It provides the Necessary base for having strong character, having a strong personality, creating the ability to lead with this purpose, trust, authenticity, and openness. 

Self-Awareness explains our successes and our failures while giving us a clear understanding of who we are and what we need most from other people to have a successful team.

Social Work- As a social worker, having Self-Awareness is an important part of preparing to encounter clients in their specific situations. Much of the process of becoming an effective social worker is made up of becoming Self-Aware.

Social workers have to be aware of their own biases when they are dealing with clients so they can make sure they are treating every client equally. 

Counseling- Self-Awareness interplays with the main process of counseling. When one can gain a greater understanding of themselves through the input of a
therapist, it leads to self-discovery.

It is a journey of self-discovery, as one observes their own thought patterns and how they affect their mood and behavior. Observing their thoughts and feelings builds self-knowledge, and doing this with a counselor provides an objective opinion during the observation.

It is very important to know your faults and flaws. It doesn't mean you dwell on them or you down yourself if you state them. Acknowledge them by knowing yourself. Self-Awareness is how you decide what you can and want to change and what you should accept.

Conclusion

People run into all kinds of difficulties when they lack Self-Awareness because their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors not only affect them but also affect others. When you achieve Self-Awareness you understand yourself to the point where you can consciously decide what you think, feel, and do.

Self-Awareness is often talked about, but it can still be confusing to understand how it should manifest in your everyday life. The sooner you realize what examples of Self-Aware there can be, the sooner you can implement them in your own life.

Awareness is the greatest agent for change. And do remember one thing always "Self-awareness doesn't keep you from making the mistakes, It allows you to always learn from them."

Written by- Akshita Sharma 

Edited By - Akash Verma 


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