Today we’re going to talk about the importance of allowing yourself to grow as an individual by not letting go of the past and instead letting it guide you, and set your boundaries you can grow as an individual.
Where does your creativity come from? I’ve started to reflect on this quite a bit lately and feel like it’s the things I enjoy, my hobbies and passions, it also comes from my experiences, when I enjoy things and when I really, really don’t.
That constant feeling that we’re supposed to be validated and chosen to slot into something already predetermined is all consuming and I find myself to be asking the same thing over and over again… what job or role should I bend myself to fit into? A question that’s as difficult to answer as that dreaded question of what do you want to be when you’re older?
Recently I listened to a really cool podcast by Nicola Rae-Wickham called ‘Dream And Do’ and an episode in which Natalie Leu was a guest really got me thinking. It challenged me to think more about myself as an individual with values and skills that make me who I am, and more about what lights me up and give me joy.
What if just for a moment we focused on that rather than what we thought we should be? We could instead of feeling pressured enjoy a joyful life which is guided by values and our true selves.
The answer has to come from you. What brings you joy and what will motivate you to be the best version of yourself, rather than recreating a version of someone else. It’s time to throw away the text book and say no to all the formulas that define success and what success is and time to start listening to yourself, reconnect with those values that are your own, and with no aim in particular, work against the status quo and do your own thing.
Self comparison is something which we all do, those people that you look up to thinking “I wish I was like them” are probably, most definitely wishing they were more like someone else. We look to others for the answers, but actually the answer comes from within our selves. Social media fosters this self compassion, we become obsessed with numbers, followers, likes, retweets and shares that take us far away from who we really are. We’re more concerned with what other people want to see from us, than what we’d like to be sharing.
A journey of self discovery is just as much about finding out who you’re not as much as it is about finding who you are, and from that point we can begin to set healthy boundaries and understand that we’re all different and that’s what gives us power.
*Logs out* ❤
@Hannah_Museums 
Leave a comment