Shaila Baumbach
Staff reporter
Self-improvement is a big topic that is discussed and promoted all over the world by mostly successful people but what is self-improvement and how does the average person really improve themselves.
Self-improvement is the improvement of one’s knowledge, status, or character by one’s own efforts. It is a process where people improve personal abilities and pursue life goals.
Yet many people are unsure and don’t know what to do with their lives so there are asking themselves how to improve or how to get there to the success and fulfillment in life, but most of them giving up after an amount of time because they think they cannot do it or are too lazy to stand up and work for their goals.
Here are some self-improvement tips on how to get better:
First, write your goals down, what do you want to achieve, what is something you really want? Self-awareness is important in this step. It is the experience of one’s own personality or individuality, it is how we see our own values or passions in life.
Second love the progress of learning. It sounds cruel to some people but imagine, now is all we have so we must do the best of it.
Meditation is also a way to get focus again and to train attention and awareness and achieve a mentally clear and stable state. It takes time and maybe this is something not everybody is loving to do, but it is something that can benefit your emotional well-being and your overall heath.
Have a routine and manage your time, it’ll bring more discipline and focus into life. And most people don’t believe in this, but heath and food are also playing a big role in self-improvement. Eating unhealthy might be really great for some people because it’s so delicious but in long-term it will not give any refinements to our body.
Be grateful for all the things that you already have or already achieved, because it is a way to appreciate yourself more instead of always reaching for something new in the hopes it will make you happier. A study from Robert Emmons over the past have found that people who consciously count their blessings tend to be less depressed.
Oprah Winfrey once said: “no matter where you are on your journey, that is exactly where you need to be. The next road is always ahead.”
Here are some self-improvement books that can help or educate you more about this topic: The Mountain is you (Brianna Wiest), Thinking, fast and slow (Kahneman), Atomic habits (James Clear) and Can’t hurt me (David Goggins).