Self-Awareness Saturday | What it is & Why It's Important

Self-Awareness Saturday | What it is & Why It's Important

We all want to be the best person we can possible be right?

At least I know that's a big "yes" for me! ;)

We want to work on becoming better in each and every day possible.

However, what you may not realize is that self-improvement is impossible without self-awareness.

What is Self-Awareness?

Self-awareness (aka self-knowledge or introspection) is about understanding your OWN needs, desires, failings, habits, and everything else that makes you tick. The more you know about yourself, the better you are at adapting life changes that suit your needs.
Essentially, the more you pay attention to your emotions and how you work, the better you'll understand WHY you do the things you do, the way that you do.

The more you know about your own habits, the easier it is to improve on those habits. In most cases, this takes a little experimentation.

Self-awareness allows you to understand other people, how they perceive you, your attitude and your responses to them in the moment.

We might quickly assume that we are self aware, but it is helpful to have a relative scale for awareness. If you have ever been in an auto accident you may have experienced everything happening in slow motion and noticed details of your thought process and the event. This is a state of "heightened awareness."

With practice we can learn to engage these types of heightened states and see new opportunities for interpretations in our thoughts, emotions, and conversations. Having awareness creates the opportunity to make changes in behavior and beliefs.

Why Develop Self-Awareness? As you develop self-awareness you are able to make changes in the thoughts and interpretations you make in your mind. Changing the interpretations in your mind allows you to change your emotions. Self-awareness is one of the attributes of emotional intelligence and believe it or not, an important factor in achieving s u c c e s s.

Self-awareness is the first step in c r e a t i n g what YOU want and mastering YOUR life.

Where you focus your attention, your emotions, your reactions, your personality and your behavior determine where you go in life. Having self-awareness allows you to see where your thoughts and emotions are taking you.

It also allows you to t a k e c o n t r o l of your emotions, behavior, and personality so you can make changes YOU want. Until you are aware in the moment of your thoughts, emotions, words, and behavior, you will have difficulty making changes in the direction of your life.

If you feel a little lost don't worry, I felt that way too. There will be plenty more information on this to follow.

*Stay tuned for my next "Self-Awareness Saturday at 7:30pm EST over at Facebook.com/RachelFaulFitness