{"id":2081,"date":"2023-01-05T09:03:42","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T09:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tipsforahealthylife.eu\/?p=2081"},"modified":"2023-01-05T09:04:01","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T09:04:01","slug":"how-to-become-more-self-aware-in-20-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tipsforahealthylife.eu\/index.php\/2023\/01\/05\/how-to-become-more-self-aware-in-20-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Become More Self-Aware In 20 Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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So, you\u2019re asking how to become more self-aware, right?<\/p>\n

Let me tell you a story.<\/p>\n

Four years ago my sister got me something that would dramatically alter the direction of my life.<\/p>\n

In fact, it was probably the most influential gift I\u2019ve ever received.<\/p>\n

It would help me find my true calling,\u00a0become a writer at the Huffington Post, and go on a 5-month road trip across America by myself.<\/p>\n

Do you know what it was?<\/p>\n

One of these\u2026<\/p>\n

A journal.<\/p>\n

A freaking journal.<\/p>\n

Here are 4 Life-Changing Benefits Of Daily Journaling
\nYou\u2019d think that sitting down and putting pen to paper wouldn\u2019t be that life-changing of a practice.<\/p>\n

But trust me, without it you wouldn\u2019t be reading this.\u00a0I wouldn\u2019t have 21,000 followers\u00a0\u2014 heck, I wouldn\u2019t even be on Medium.<\/p>\n

So if journaling helped me\u00a0build a big audience online, what can it help you do?<\/p>\n

In this article, you\u2019ll learn four things..<\/p>\n

Why journaling\u2019s the secret to\u00a0not getting angry\/upset much\u00a0anymore.
\nHow it can show you\u00a0why certain strategies work and don\u2019t work.
\nHow writing\u00a0can teach you to be more \u201cpresent\u201d\u00a0in your everyday life.
\nHow to develop self-awareness with journaling (the MOST IMPORTANT benefit by a long-shot).
\nBefore we get into all these benefits, I want you to contemplate one question.. are you self-aware?<\/p>\n

Are You Self-Aware?
\nIf you identify with most of the below statements, you might not be as self-aware as you think.<\/p>\n

Most times I have no idea why I\u2019m feeling the way that I do.
\nI forget 99% of the things that I think about every day.
\nMost of my days are a blur. I can\u2019t always remember what I did last week, for instance, or last month.
\nI don\u2019t know what I stand for, what my best traits are, and what my worst traits are.
\nIf you nodded your head to at least two of those, then congratulations, this article is going to teach you a lot about how to become more self-aware.<\/p>\n

But first, what is self-awareness? What does self-awareness mean?<\/p>\n

What Is Self-Awareness?
\nTo get straight to the point, self-awareness is just the ability to see yourself clearly. It\u2019s understanding your own strengths and weaknesses.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s knowing who you actually are.<\/p>\n

A lot of times our friends actually see us better than we see ourselves. We\u2019re unaware of some of our quirks, beliefs, or traits.<\/p>\n

By becoming more self-aware, you\u2019re cutting through the fog and seeing clearly \u2014 almost like wiping the smears off of sunglasses.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s get into the four major benefits of journaling..<\/p>\n

1. You\u2019ll Stop Getting Angry And Upset<\/strong>
\nI won\u2019t lie, my first month of journaling was basically just me screaming headfirst into a blank book (with my pen).
\nI was furious at the world.<\/p>\n

Turns out I had no idea how to be self-aware, and it showed.<\/p>\n

Then I started to notice something..<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t get angry much anymore. I stopped having big showdowns with my friends and actually maintained a mellow sort of mood all the time.<\/p>\n

A few weeks later I realized that journaling was actually helping me get my frustration out before I could direct it at anybody else.
\nIn short, writing was therapy.<\/p>\n

What a novel idea.<\/p>\n

Pun wasn\u2019t intended, but let\u2019s roll with it.
\n\u00a0<\/strong>
\n2. You\u2019ll Start Understanding Why Certain Strategies Work And Don\u2019t Work<\/strong>
\nMy biggest quarrel with bloggers these days is that they don\u2019t do enough tweaking. Like, if your posts aren\u2019t doing well, maybe you should tweak the headline, the picture, the way you write, the formatting, etc., etc.
\nBut they don\u2019t do this.<\/p>\n

They just keep doing the same thing over and over again and then they wonder why their posts aren\u2019t performing better.<\/p>\n

If you want to know how to become self-aware as a writer, this is my secret:<\/p>\n

One of my strategies, in the beginning, was using daily journaling to write down what blog posts I wrote that day, how my previous posts performed, and what I thought I needed to change to get more views\/fans\/highlights\/etc.
\nThat\u2019s all.<\/p>\n

Then I came up with ideas, used them, recorded how they impacted future posts, then kept getting better and better day by day.<\/p>\n

Journaling doesn\u2019t just have to be about recording your emotional soliloquies on a white page. It can be used as a business strategy as well. It can be used to learn how to be more self-aware about your actual writing, or business, or whatever else you have going on in your life.
\nThis highlights a key benefit to journaling that REALLY ties into my last point..it helps you\u00a0reflect\u00a0(and we don\u2019t do enough of that).
\n\u00a0<\/strong>
\n3. You\u2019ll Actually Live In The Moment More<\/strong>
\nJournaling does this incredible fucking thing in that it helps you start to understand how you actually feel about friends, family, and co-workers after doing it for a few weeks.
\nYou THINK you know how you feel about these people, but let me assure you that you have no freaking clue.<\/p>\n

Letting thoughts run through our minds can be a visceral experience. We may think back to an old memory or an old lover, or we may think about something that hasn\u2019t happened at all and find ourselves in a deep emotional rut because of it.
\nI call it zoning the F out.<\/p>\n

Happens to me all the time.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Listen carefully, because what you\u2019re about to read will help you learn how to become more self-aware..<\/p>\n

Letting your thoughts run through your mind is like sifting for gold in a river with your bare hands..<\/p>\n

Something incredibly valuable may have been in your hands\/possession at some point, but you probably never knew it because you don\u2019t have the necessary tools to capture it. And like that it\u2019s halfway down the river never to be seen again.
\nJournaling puts these visceral thoughts on paper so they don\u2019t get away.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sure you can remember a time when you had a conversation with someone and they interrupt you and then you can\u2019t remember the REALLY IMPORTANT thing you were about to say to them.<\/p>\n

Then it bugs you for five minutes and because your brain is old now it\u2019s lost forever, never to be seen again.
\nThe same thing happens to our thoughts.<\/p>\n

Turns out we have numerous realizations\/straight-up discoveries about our friends\/family that enter and leave our minds in a hurry.<\/p>\n

When we write we focus on the details. We write about the little idiosyncrasies of an interaction with someone. And most times when journaling we write while the interaction is still FRESH in our minds.
\nThis strengthens our observation muscle.<\/p>\n

Then we start looking for little details in our next interaction.<\/p>\n

An eyebrow raised. A smile. How they always eat the same thing for lunch every day.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re just strengthening that observation muscle more and more \u2014 it\u2019s something you won\u2019t understand until you start journaling for a long time.<\/p>\n

4. How To Develop Self-Awareness With Journaling<\/strong>
\nSelf-awareness is touted by self-help gurus like<\/p>\n

Gary Vaynerchuk
\nas one of the MOST IMPORTANT traits to have for success.<\/p>\n

When learning how to develop self-awareness, why does journaling help so much?<\/p>\n

Like I said before \u2014 letting thoughts run through our minds is one thing, but recording them is like stepping in wet concrete.
\nThe outline of our foot is now there forever.<\/p>\n

After one month of journaling, I stopped getting angry at people. After three months of journaling, I knew traveling\/adventure was what brought me the most joy. After 8 months of journaling, I realized that maybe writing is what I should do for the rest of my life.
\nA lot of people get beaten down by their thoughts. Me? I have a full-blown recorded conversation with them. I spar. I find weaknesses \u2014 flaws. I find opportunities.<\/p>\n

Every time I step in the ring with my mind I get hurt, but I find out that much more about myself by the time I\u2019m done.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s how to become more self-aware!<\/p>\n

Competing in a boxing match will always hurt, but there\u2019s also always a winner.<\/p>\n

After I got into the habit of daily journaling, I started winning for a change.<\/p>\n

I realized I\u2019m actually an ultra-sensitive dude and that maybe I should use that instead of shying away from it like \u201cstrong male\u201d stereotypes are \u201csupposed\u201d to do.
\nI realized I\u2019m too loyal. I realized I\u2019m stubborn, prideful, and a stupid young person. I realized I said shit two months ago that I disagreed with later, and that caused me to humble myself big time.<\/p>\n

It also helped me realize that what we believe now isn\u2019t always what we\u2019re going to believe tomorrow.
\nFeelings are like the seasons \u2014 they come and go. People come and go. Family normally always stays.<\/p>\n

I started getting slapped in the face by life itself. I started getting challenged. I started realizing that I don\u2019t have it all together and I realized that you just can\u2019t BE somebody else \u2014 you have to be yourself and accept that you just aren\u2019t like that guy or girl you admire.<\/p>\n

I realized all these things \u2014 some of the hardest truths about life \u2014 alone in a quiet room with nothing but a pen and a journal.
\nEverybody wants to better themselves. They make grand plans to do so and it almost always falls apart.<\/p>\n

I promise you the quickest way to better yourself is to write.<\/p>\n

If you want to speed that up, try writing online. That\u2019s a whole other aspect of learning how to be self aware.<\/p>\n

Here you aren\u2019t just sparring with your mind, you\u2019re sparring with other people\u2019s minds in the comments and they aren\u2019t afraid to tell you you\u2019re dead wrong.<\/p>\n

In fact, a lot of people quite enjoy it.<\/p>\n

So here\u2019s to writing \u2014 the thing that\u2019s made me who I am, and the thing that\u2019ll make me who I\u2019ll be tomorrow.<\/p>\n

2 Bonus Activities That\u2019ll Teach You How To Become More Self Aware<\/strong><\/em>
\nI wanted to offer you a few more exercises to teach you how to develop self-awareness besides just journaling. Here are a few that really helped me.<\/p>\n

The Myers-Briggs Test
\nMy Mom messaged me the other day with my brother\u2019s Myers-Briggs test result. I wasn\u2019t expecting an hour-long conversation about it.<\/p>\n

She was just absolutely fascinated by the result. If you didn\u2019t know, the Myers-Briggs test sorts people into one of sixteen different categories. I\u2019m an INFJ, and I\u2019ll never forget the first time I read my personality profile.<\/p>\n

It was as if I was given the keys to my soul for the first time \u2014 unlocking all the secrets within. I finally understood WHY I acted the way that I did. I became more self-aware.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why my Mom was so fascinated by my brother\u2019s test result. She felt that she finally understood him. She was aware of who he was now.<\/p>\n

Take the test right here, you won\u2019t be disappointed.<\/p>\n

Take The Enneagram Test
\nI\u2019m not as big of a fan of the Enneagram as I am of the Myers-Briggs test, but it can still teach you a lot about yourself if you\u2019re willing to give it a shot.<\/p>\n

Like the Myers-Briggs test, it tells you something about your personality and you\u2019re typically one of nine different results.<\/p>\n

You can take it right here.<\/p>\n

So, how to become more self-aware? Journal and take a few personality tests. It might sound simple, but until you try it for an extended period of time, you\u2019ll never understand just how powerful it can be.<\/p>\n

Happy journaling!<\/p>\n

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