Being "ME"
The usual stuff that motivators put in their book is to "Be Yourself".
For a pedantic person like me, this advice is hardly useful because in my mind the real question is"What do I need to actually DO?"
Well these are the sort of questions that make people think I am quite a nitwit. I do understand the concept of 'being myself' but it would be nice if some general guidelines can be given, for example:
1 - what did you like to do/ enjoy doing as a child/ youngster?
2 - given a choice, would you have involved yourself in a different career?
3 - what sort of person do you like to hang out with? (why?)
4 - are you comfortable in a crowd or do you prefer to be by yourself?
5 - what are your most favourite things to do, ever?
6 - let's say time and money is not a constraint, what would you do?
7 - in your quiet moment/ by yourself, what do you pray/ ask for?
8 - when you involve yourself in debate (i.e. disagreeing with others), what is your usual approach (when addressing the 'opponent')?
9 - who do you love? why do you love them?
10- what do you want in life?
11- what will you need to do to get what you want? (what price will you be willing to pay?)
12- what do you love most about yourself? how long have you been in love (with yourself)?
13- when you have made a mistake (or done something that you could have done differently/ better), what statements do you tell yourself?
14- let's say you win a thousand dollars, what/ who would you spend the money for/ on?
15- on your dying breath, would you consider that you have done whatever that you wish you could have done? (what else would you have liked to do?)
Something like that, if it makes any sense. It is like I have turned 43 but I have yet to figure out my life. There was a book that I noticed in the book sale last week: How to be an adult. That's my book actually, but I didn't buy it because some points I kinda already knew & most probably I was just too scared to face reality. That I AM beyond adulthood. That things may not have worked out as planned (and I may not have planned as well as I could have).
HOWEVER, being at this point here today (I say this in the existential sense, of course) I have accumulated some skills, some knowledge, some wisdom, some type of organisation skills to put everything together & keep going on. I'll take that.
For a pedantic person like me, this advice is hardly useful because in my mind the real question is"What do I need to actually DO?"
Well these are the sort of questions that make people think I am quite a nitwit. I do understand the concept of 'being myself' but it would be nice if some general guidelines can be given, for example:
1 - what did you like to do/ enjoy doing as a child/ youngster?
2 - given a choice, would you have involved yourself in a different career?
3 - what sort of person do you like to hang out with? (why?)
4 - are you comfortable in a crowd or do you prefer to be by yourself?
5 - what are your most favourite things to do, ever?
6 - let's say time and money is not a constraint, what would you do?
7 - in your quiet moment/ by yourself, what do you pray/ ask for?
8 - when you involve yourself in debate (i.e. disagreeing with others), what is your usual approach (when addressing the 'opponent')?
9 - who do you love? why do you love them?
10- what do you want in life?
11- what will you need to do to get what you want? (what price will you be willing to pay?)
12- what do you love most about yourself? how long have you been in love (with yourself)?
13- when you have made a mistake (or done something that you could have done differently/ better), what statements do you tell yourself?
14- let's say you win a thousand dollars, what/ who would you spend the money for/ on?
15- on your dying breath, would you consider that you have done whatever that you wish you could have done? (what else would you have liked to do?)
Something like that, if it makes any sense. It is like I have turned 43 but I have yet to figure out my life. There was a book that I noticed in the book sale last week: How to be an adult. That's my book actually, but I didn't buy it because some points I kinda already knew & most probably I was just too scared to face reality. That I AM beyond adulthood. That things may not have worked out as planned (and I may not have planned as well as I could have).
HOWEVER, being at this point here today (I say this in the existential sense, of course) I have accumulated some skills, some knowledge, some wisdom, some type of organisation skills to put everything together & keep going on. I'll take that.
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