OUR REAL DEAL IS FORGED IN CHILDHOOD BUT DEEPLY INFLUENCED BY OUR EXPERIENCES EVER SINCE. Me, myself & I.
THE JOURNAL OF SELF & IDENTITY FOUND THE AMOUNT OF CHANGE WE EXPERIENCE IS INFLUENCED BY:
1 How much our traits are punished or rewarded – “Sally is such a responsible child” and “Ali is so easily distracted” – are labels that we can wear with honor or dishonour way past our childhood real deal.
SO, WHO ARE YOU?
2
1
5
Our impetus to change is fuelled by 3 things: whether we have been rewarded or punished for being ‘me’ how much we compare ourselves to others how much we have been inspired to change by what we learn.
Who is ‘me’ - is it my body, my thoughts, my emotions, is it my job, my roles, my experiences, my soul? Staying true to our sense of self is influenced by any mismatch between our authentic self and our desired self.
How accepting I am of myself influences how much we change and how much we want to change. Discovering who we really are is hard, uncomfortable and ever changing. But nothing else works as well until we work this out.
2 How much we compare ourselves with others, both positively and negatively.
3
4
3 Are we learning new things that inspire us to change? Access to new ideas, people or information that helps us see ourselves and motivates us to rethink who we are, and what we stand for.
HEARTIST BY ACCOR | 45
Made with FlippingBook Converter PDF to HTML5