👓 Beyond the surface: Journey of “Being” and ‘self-awareness”

Being- simply living and existing. But is it in autopilot mode ? 

Socrates told us - "To be is to do." In my opinion, it is about how consciously we choose what and how we want to do things and there comes self-awareness in the picture.

I ask myself- "how do I know that I am self-aware??" Well, I thought about it only a couple of years ago. And certainly, we have some indications to measure our self-awareness. Here are some questions that I used to determine how I am becoming self-aware for the betterment of my life :

• Reflection: I have a journal where I do reflect on my thoughts and emotions.
• Awareness of Your Strengths and Weaknesses: Taking assessments and eventually we will be able to figure it out.
• Accepting myself: accepting that whatever situation I am in right now and if that is not serving me, I have the ability to change that. And no matter how hard I try, there will be some discomfort in life because of my actual self and we can co-exist.
• Open to feedback: we are not perfect. Sometimes we do have to adjust if our actions hurt someone unintentionally. Keeping a healthy boundary is possible without making genuine people around us unhappy.

So my question to you is :

🔖 Do you think you are self-aware? Tell me on a 1-10 scale ( 1 being No, 10 being I have a complete awareness of my surroundings)

🔖 What do you think you need to do to maintain your current self-awareness or improve if it’s below your expectations?

I would love to read your comments and suggestions and greatly appreciate your participation in the discussion. Have a lovely day/night ahead. 💛✨