I am pretty sure everyone has those days, weeks, months or even moments were you learn about yourself. Throughout my chaining life, preparation process, youth group and thinking over the past few days, maybe even weeks, I have had a good amount of time to self-reflect and learn a bit about myself.
1. I am so incredibly predictable. In youth group over the past few weeks we've been digging deeper into our spiritual gifts, abilities, heart and personality. We've been given quizzes and just looked through and self evaluated ourselves to discover what God has given us to make us who we are. Every time, my results are completely obvious, not only do I guess them but so do others around me. At first I thought that I was boring, and I needed to be different, more surprising and spontaneous. Last night I came to the conclusion that being predictable is not necessarily a bad thing. I think it means I am sure of my self, I have discovered a large chunk of who I am and I am confident in that. That is reassuring, because I love to be confident and sure of things.
2. I am a memory person. I was looking around good 'ole facebook today and noticed that I have so many more pictures and status updates than most. I took some time to think about why that is, I sure hope it is not because I'm conceited or anything... But I think it is because I love memories. I love reminiscing and going through old pictures and notes. I bring up old inside jokes and memories a little too often. I hold tight to memories, and that is where my dislike of change comes from as well as how emotional I get when memorable things end. While it is nice to be sentimental and such about my life so far, I don't want to continue living in my past, I will completely miss my future.
3. I am a perfectionist. Striving towards perfection improves me, but I am so hard on myself. I constantly criticize and find things I need to change, I hate knowing I am wrong and knowing that I didn't succeed. My perfectionist ways are not necessarily something I need to change about myself, but I need to keep my confidence up, otherwise I won't succeed, I will be critical of myself and then I am back to square one.
Now the best part of metaphorically looking in the mirror is the chance for self-improvement as well as self-appreciation. You find out what you need to fix in order to be a better person, and what you have that makes you who you are in a positive way. The self-appreciation really boosts your confidence and helps you exemplify who you are to others, being confident in yourself is extremely noticeable to those around you and makes you someone who is enjoyable to be around and you'll be much happier with what you see in your reflection
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