ays make resting and restoring yourself a top priority.
Always remember that depression is not a part of you. It is something that afflicts your being. You have to persevere and seek the right help, and always remember this too shall pass. Acknowledge your depression, but make sure you are not associating the idea that you are your depression.
Don’t ride your path to personal development on a high horse. Taking the enlightened path is great, but you also must work to understand why we sometimes take the low road in order to minimize the time you spend on it. You can’t deal with these instincts without first acknowledging them. Remember that no one ever leaves them behind completely.
Some people spend a lot of time praying or talking, but forget to take the time to listen. Take 20 minutes every day to reflect on your life and how you are feeling about it. Do this alone to really gain a deeper understanding of who you are inside and out.
Take the time each day to read. By reading, you are giving yourself the opportunity to envision other people’s mistakes and challenges and how they handled them. This will speed up your own process of personal growth by giving you insights into best practices and worst case scenarios. A good goal to begin with is to read one book every month and mark fifteen minutes every day for other types of reading, like blogs or newspapers.
Using everyday things in your environment as positive tools will energize you toward your personal development goals. Listening to your favorite song may add ten minutes to your workout time or put you in the mood to spend an extra half hour plugging away at a project. There are a million little things in our lives that influence us in such a good way that they can mean the difference between achieving or not so utilize each of them to your advantage at every opportunity.
Look at the changes you will need to make on a daily basis and actions you need to take daily in order to reach your goals. Turn those actions into daily habits. Once you get used to doing the same action daily it will make your goals easier to reach over time.
Now that you have seen what you can do to further your own personal development, you can start on your path to the person you envision. It takes a lot of work and the determination to make it happen, but if you set your mind to a goal and don’t look away, eventually you will get there.