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IWill 2023-02-20 10:38 - 4 minute read

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How to work towards self growth?

Roopali Shrivastava, Senior Counseling Psychologist, IWill

First of all, you are perfect just the way you are. You are. Yes, you. With your self-doubt and body hang-ups and failures. With your temper and your sadness and your joy. You are fantastic. Simply fantastic!

Enhancing your personal value or worth is a form of self-growth. It requires deliberate effort to develop into the finest version of oneself. Lifelong healing endeavours include self-improvement, personal development, self-inquiry, and personal growth.

As you begin, or continue, this journey of personal growth and well-being, remember that the only person you can grow and change is yourself. “Personal growth” is just that, personal! It will look and feel different for everyone. As you head down this road, it is imperative to take a closer look at yourself, an esoteric, abstract concept that has boggled humans for all of time. The self is an individual person as the object of their own reflective consciousness. And keep in mind that the “self” that “you” examine won’t be everyone’s cup of tea. This “self” is yours alone to grapple with and experience.

1. Inquire

The first piece of your personal growth plan is to inquire about your current state of being. What do you like most about how you are living your life? What do you like least? Is there something you would like to change? Self-inquiry is about taking your life a layer deeper. It is about getting curious about why you do what you do, making change where possible, and continuing to do so for all of your days.

2. Inspire

The second piece of the self-growth checklist is to inspire yourself to make some changes. Inspiration, or the motivation to keep going on this path and feel creative and alive while you do it, can come in many forms.

3. Intent

After you have inquired about your current state of being and inspired yourself to make some real changes to better align with your values, it can be beneficial to set intentions based on what you have discovered. Intentions can help you create plans for when your brain seemingly goes offline or life goes haywire. Intentions can help you set your plans into motion. Intentions can guide you when you aren’t sure which way to go. During this third step of the personal growth checklist, the aim is to put your desired changes out into the universe. During this step, there are still no actual changes that need to be made (unless you set an intention one day and happen to make it a reality the next!).

4. Imagine

The fourth piece of the self-growth checklist is to imagine yourself and your life AS IF you’re already living according to your intentions. Visualize your intentions coming to fruition.

• Write affirmations to remind yourself you’re on the right track and to stay motivated.

• Record yourself speaking from five years down the road when you are living your dream life.

• Write out your perfect day, down to what you eat and what you wear and how you feel.

During this fourth step of the personal growth checklist, the aim is to use your imagination to affirm your new choices. During this step, there are still no actual changes that need to be made (unless you imagine the shifts you hope to create and wake up to find that they’ve manifested overnight!).

5. Implement

The fifth piece of reaching your personal growth goals is to implement your desired changes. You will now put into action your intentions for personal growth. Your self-improvement imaginings become reality here as you apply all that you have learned about yourself into making some meaningful shifts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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