A brief guide on how to feel better about who you are in your daily life.
Many of you care about how to be a good person in your life and being seen as a good person. You want to protect the social identity in your environment and it’s important for you to be a good person. Why is it important? Because we have to behave in society that can bring benefits such as be more respected and knowing the purpose of your life and also a reflection of growth and insight.
“You continue to have experiences throughout your life and it depends on your personality and high willingness to change to survive in your life,”
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On the other hand, someone may challenge your identity or maybe upon reflection, you may be challenging it by yourselves. In fact, people are working so hard to protect that identity. Most of you compare yourselves with others which one is better or which one is worse than you. However, comparing yourselves to others can lead you to frustration. Being a better person for me is to be more kind to yourselves and also build ability to learn new experiences to change your own beliefs, habits, be more open to various things and take the opportunity to reach the goal in your life.
That’s why there must be a way to become a better person by improving it and you will be the best version of yourself.
Here four things you can do to become a better person every day:
Let Go of Things from The Past
It may be challenging for you to let go of the past, but you can train it day by day. Try to let go of what you can’t control. You rather move forward. It will reframe your thoughts and your emotions. Focus on yourself and make a choice. Remember that yourself is important. So, your thought can affect your emotion and your behaviour. Let go of the situation that makes you overwhelmed. Rather than feeling your negative emotion, you can increase your emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence is important and it will influence your behaviour and also able to observe behaviour, expression, body language and understand other people’s perspectives. A study suggests that high emotional intelligence has an impact on the resilience of physical and mental health. If you cannot organize your emotions and deal with your emotions it can affect your perspective, decision making and relationship. Your ability to manage your emotion is crucial, as it has a greater long-term impact on your life.
Talk Less, Listen More
You are being able to analyze, perceive the nuances of social interaction. The key is to develop an understanding of, deep respect for the differences. Not just hearing but you can adjust active listening. Active listening doesn’t mean that you have a lot of time to listen to other people but you have to accept, respect the feelings of others such as not involving interpretation in a conversation and being tolerant of other people’s perspectives. Sometimes, you don’t realize other people’s thoughts that you think are different from your perspective. You must pay attention. It can improve your social skills and understanding other people to create empathy.
Learn about Personal Development and Growth
If you have a growth mindset, you can learn and develop some skills that you are interested in and become better in those fields by developing those skills with mentorship by searching for someone who can be your mentor and build your skills. It can help you implement your knowledge, determine and practice your skills. Your mentor can help you to realize your dreams in your life. You can take courses or workshops in a certain area. Build your skills and develop your critical thinking skills and also competent, professionals in your field to career growth and can help you set the goals. It is your personalized journey and which pathway do you take and mentorship can guide you to achieve that. You can challenge yourselves and do some things that lead you to success and appreciate your process. Try to focus and value your process even if there are various processes. Keep learning and reflecting yourselves.
Add Mental Wellness Activities to Your Schedule
You have to pay attention to your mental health because it can affect your thoughts, actions, feelings. Remember that your mind controls your behaviour.
Here are some activities that can support your mental health:
- Try to practice some meditation that can increase your focus, attention and improve positive thinking that can manage your life;
- Communicate to others make you engage with people around you to maintain your social life;
- Create healthy behaviour such as good eating, exercising regularly, have a good sleep;
- Make a time for journaling. That is a good method of expressing and releasing thoughts and feelings. It can be powerful to process your emotion and make you feel better. It can be very therapeutic to improve cognitive and emotional well-being.
Becoming a Better Person Inside and Out is a PROCESS.
Do it step-by-step. Make sure that you can carry yourself and treat others well. Small processes can create small changes than not at all. Only by continuing and completing that, it can be your pattern of behavior and also that will make you be a better person every day!